I am an Investor in Radon Risk Reduction
and now
USEPA Is Divesting Its Radon Portfolio
I have invested 24 years of my life in installing mitigation systems to reduce the public's risk of radon induced lung cancer.
• I invest in office space and equipment in order that potential and existing customers and the media can contact me.
• I invest my time answering questions that potential and existing customers and the media may have.
• I invest in transportation in order to travel to the customer's site to conduct inspections and install systems.
• I invest in equipment and supplies in order install mitigation systems.
• I invest my time and resources to serve on various radon-related boards.
• I invest my time and resources to maintain membership in attend meetings sponsored by Midwest Chapter AARST as well as AARST.
• I invest my resources to maintain licensure within the States of Illinois and Indiana.
• I invest my time serving on the Boards of AARST, AARST Midwest Chapter, and SIL Radon Awareness Task Force, Inc.
The EPA proposed budget for FY 2013 reads as follows:
"Eliminates Outdated, Underperforming, and Overlapping Programs. Reducing dupli¬cative, overlapping, or underperforming activities across governments is essential to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently. For 2013, the Administration terminates $50 million in EPA programs, including programs that overlap other Federal agency missions (e.g., the Clean Automo¬tive Technologies program), are underperforming, or can be implemented through other Federal or State efforts (e.g., the Radon and Beaches grant programs)."
The following statement says it all:
Radon Program
(FY 2013 PB: $2.2M, FY 2012 Enacted: $4.1M, FY 2013 Change: -$1.9M)
This disinvestment of $1.9 million eliminates oversight for the State Indoor Radon Grants, which are also being eliminated, and targets remaining resources to implement the Federal Radon Action Plan, a multi-year, multi-agency strategy for reducing the risk from radon exposure by leveraging existing federal housing programs and more efficiently implementing radon-related activities to have a greater impact on public health.
My One Tough Question For Our U.S. Congress:
How many dollars are targeted to implement the Federal Radon Action Plan?
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