By John Crane
Published: July 28, 2008
The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Monday to determine whether to require radon-detection and removal equipment in new homes.
The proposed addition to the county code is recommended by the state for counties believed to have high radon levels, CountyAdministrator Dan Sleeper said.
About half the state’s counties, including Pittsylvania County, have a high potential for radon, he said.
The public hearing will be held during the Board of Supervisors’ regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the General District Courtroom on the second floor of the Edwin R. Shields Courthouse Addition in Chatham.
The change would establish radon requirements as a condition of building inspections of all new homes in the county. It also would bring the county in line with the 2006 Virginia Construction Code, which took effect May 1.
With one of the largest uranium deposits in the world at Coles Hill near Chatham, it makes sense to implement the code, Sleeper said.
He said the required equipment would cost from $500 to $1,700.
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