Mission Statement Development of TNI consensus standards that enable the externalization of the EPA's Stationary Source Audit Program (SSAP), including the following: - Roles and responsibilities of program participants
- Manufacture of audit samples
- Oversight of audit sample providers
- Management of audit sample results
- Acceptance criteria
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Committee Sponsor - TNI Board of Directors
- Consensus Standards Development Board
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Objectives - Specifications for the manufacture of audit samples
- Quantification of audit samples - analysis for true value, validation, homogeneity, stability, etc.
- Acceptance criteria - how they are derived, representativeness of the sample, etc.
- Approval program for the audit sample providers
- Turnaround time on audit sample provider manufacturer
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Success Measures - Constitution of final Expert Committee Charter by January 2009
- Development of a Working Draft Standard by January 2009
- Recognition of TNI program by EPA
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Key Milestones - Development of Working Draft Standard (WDS) (January 2009)
- Presentation of WDS at TNI Winter 2009 meeting
- Incorporation of WDS comments to develop Voting Draft Standard (VDS)(April 2009)
- Vote VDS out of committee for TNI ballot (May 2009)
- Posting of VDS for TNI ballot (June 2009)
- Discussion of VDS comments at TNI Summer 2009 meeting (August 2009)
- Development of response to comments document (December 2009)
- Confirmation of committee vote on modified VDS document (January 2010)
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Considerations - EPA SSAP funding will end in October 2009
- Committee is inexperienced in development of TNI consensus standards
- Committee has limited timeframe to develop standards
- Potential confusion as to role of committee versus existing Proficiency Testing Expert Committee
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Available Resources - Mentors available from experienced TNI Expert Committees
- TNI Program Administrator can staff administrative functions
- Some funding available for face-to-face meeting through NSF International cooperative agreement
- Standards templates available by using existing TNI Proficiency Testing modules
- EPA program documentation
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Additional Resources Required - Canadian SS AP resources - research potential correlations
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Anticipated Meeting Schedule - Twice monthly teleconference
- Face-to-face meeting in Fall 2008
- TNI Winter 2009 meeting (Miami, FL))
- TNI Summer 2009 meeting (San Antonio, TX)
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