Illinois Emergency Management Agency Radon and Condo/ Homeowner Associations in Illinois Melinda Lewis September 21, 2016

Why We Don’t Have An Issue Radon Industry Licensing Act – 420 ILCS 44  (420 ILCS 44/40)     Sec. 40. Interference. No person shall interfere with or cause another person to interfere with the successful completion of a radon measurement or the installation or operation of a radon mitigation system. This Section applies to persons required to be licensed under this Act and to persons not required to be licensed under this Act. (Source: P.A. 90-262, eff. 7-30-97.)

What Complaints Do We Get? Association not allowing measurement to take place Association board not approving mitigation system to be installed **Almost all complaints/ issues coming from licensee’s**

Applying the Rule What Associations CAN Do: Specify a location on the building the system must run up Specify that it must be an interior system Allow for a chase to be built to conceal the exterior pipe system What Associations CANNOT Do: Decide a mitigation system cannot be installed in a building Decide a measurement cannot be performed in a building

Melinda Lewis IEMA Radon Program Melinda. Lewis@illinois Melinda Lewis IEMA Radon Program Melinda.Lewis@illinois.gov (217)785-9889