þÿ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 6.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicodeFFFE"> <title>NC Radon Program</title> <meta name="Microsoft Border" content="b, default"> </head> <body> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="98%" height="41"> <tr> <td width="76%" height="7" colspan="8"><a name="topofpage"></a> <font face="Arial"><b> <a name="topofpage0" href="http://www.dhhs.gov" style="text-decoration: none; background-color: #000080"> <font color="#FFFF00">North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services</font></a></b></font></td> <td width="24%" height="7" colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="69%" height="1" colspan="7" background="color84.gif"> <p align="center"><b><font size="5" color="#000080">NC Radon Program</font></b></td> <td width="34%" height="9" colspan="3" background="color84.gif" rowspan="2"> <p align="center"><a title="NC Radon Home Page" href="index.htm"> <img border="0" src="images/ncradonzonesv2.gif" width="218" height="77"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="16%" height="15" bgcolor="#000080" colspan="2"></td> <td width="33%" height="15" bgcolor="#000080" colspan="3"></td> <td width="20%" height="15" bgcolor="#000080" colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="26%" height="6" bgcolor="#000080" colspan="3" nowrap> <p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.ncradiation.net/"> <font color="#FFFF00">Radiation&nbsp; 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We re-distribute this grant to government related organizations to implement a variety of radon programs throughout North Carolina. Past organizations include: the Cooperate Extension Service of NCSU, Applied Research Program of NCSU, the Environmental Science and Engineering Department of UNC  Chapel Hill, NC geology survey, NC Division of Water Quality, NC Division of Epidemiology and several North Carolina county environmental health departments (Guilford, Forsyth and Yadkin)</font></p> </font> <p align="justify"><font FACE="Times New Roman" size="2"> Some activities supported and/or sponsored by this grant include:</font></p> <ul> <font FACE="Times New Roman"> <li> <p align="left"><font size="2">Basic radon research surveys such as: state radon in air survey; radon in water survey; and radon behavior study in ground water. </font> </li> <li> <p align="left"><font size="2">Radon outreach programs such as, distribution of radon detectors to citizens to test their homes for radon. </font> </li> <li> <p align="left"><font size="2">Sponsor meetings in radon education, </font> </li> <li> <p align="left"><font size="2">Sponsor training workshops on radon measurement, mitigation, and radon resistant new home construction techniques. </font> </li> <li> <p align="left"><font size="2">Assist in radon measurement in schools. </font> </li> </ul> <p align="left"><font size="2">If you are state or local government related, or a non-profit organization and wish to know more about applying for this grant, contact </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;Catherine Rosfjord (Catherine.Rosfjord@ncdenr.gov)</font></td> <td width="9%" height="14"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="16%" height="33" colspan="2"> <img border="0" src="images/rps-logosmall.gif" width="84" height="49"></td> <td width="68%" height="33" colspan="6" align="center"> <font size="1" face="Times New Roman"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.dhhs.gov">NC DHHS&nbsp; </a> <a target="_self" href="http://www.ncradiation.net">&nbsp;Radiation Protection Section</a> <font color="#1F3D3D"><br> 1645 Mail Service Center</font><b>.</b><font color="#1F3D3D"> Raleigh, NC 27699-1645</font><b><br> </b><font color="#1F3D3D">Office (919)571-4141</font> <font color="#1F3D3D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fax (919)571-4148</font></font></td> <td width="19%" height="28" colspan="2"> <img border="0" src="images/dhhs_logo.JPG" width="103" height="73"></td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <p></p> </body> </html>