READ: EPA updates its Indoor airPlus program

READ: EPA updates its Indoor airPlus program

(4 RC) - EPA regularly receives partner questions and comments regarding various aspects of the Indoor airPLUS program requirements. This Policy Record format will be used to provide regular updates on the resolution of future issues, including changes to program requirements and clarifications or refinements to the specifications. The primary purpose of this document is to allow stakeholders equal access to the latest policy issues and resolutions. This document also serves as an official program update… (EPA, Dec 2021)

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READ: EPA issues IAQ construction specifications

READ: EPA issues IAQ construction specifications

(1 RC) - These specifications were developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to recognize new homes equipped with a comprehensive set of Indoor Air Quality features. They were developed with significant input from stakeholders, based on best available science and information about risks associated with IAQ problems, and balanced with practical issues of cost, builder production process compatibility, and verifiability… (EPA, Feb 2008)

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READ: Safely Clean, Decontaminate, and Reoccupy Flood-damaged Houses Part 2

READ: Safely Clean, Decontaminate, and Reoccupy Flood-damaged Houses Part 2

(4 RC) - This guidance for safely cleaning, decontaminating, and reoccupying homes after flood events, this document provides a review of the existing literature on the health hazards presented by floods, flood damage, and subsequent cleanup activities and summarizes several guidance documents on strategies for safely returning flooded buildings to habitable conditions. … (US EPA, 2015)

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READ: Safely Clean, Decontaminate, and Reoccupy Flood-damaged Houses Part 1

READ: Safely Clean, Decontaminate, and Reoccupy Flood-damaged Houses Part 1

(4 RC) - This guidance for safely cleaning, decontaminating, and reoccupying homes after flood events, this document provides a review of the existing literature on the health hazards presented by floods, flood damage, and subsequent cleanup activities and summarizes several guidance documents on strategies for safely returning flooded buildings to habitable conditions. … (US EPA, 2015)

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LISTEN: FEMA - Structural Drying Claims Guidance

LISTEN: FEMA - Structural Drying Claims Guidance

(1 RC) - This audio provides guidance from the Federal Emergency Management Administration on insurance claims involving structural drying under the Standard Flood Insurance Policy (SFIP). The information is useful for structural drying technicians and consultants as well as building managers and emergency management personnel.

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