Mission Statement

The mission of this committee is to manage TNI's efforts in supporting a national program for the accreditation of environmental laboratories. Activities of the committee include developing and/or establishing policies and procedures, standards interpretations, guidance documents, and any related tools used by accreditation bodies to implement NELAP.

Objectives

• Will work in cooperation with the NELAP Accreditation Council to assist in implementing this program.
• Will work with the Consensus Standard Development Program Executive Committee to ensure that accreditation standards developed for this program are suitable for use, and
• Will see the assistance of Expert Committees, the PT Executive Committee, and the Technical Assistance Committee as appropriate for standards interpretations, guidance documents and related tools.
  
  

Success Measures

• Developed the Standards Interpretation Request SOP 5-101
• Provided recommendations to NELAP Board on TNI standards
  
  

Key Milestones

• Assure successful implementation of the TNI standards
  
  

Considerations

Available Resources

• Other TNI Committees (Expert and Support) for changes to the modules
• Volunteer committee members
• Existing national and international consensus-based standards
• EPA Cooperative Agreement
• TNI Website
• Participating organizations
• Other entities as the committee sees fit, that pertain to our mission
  
  

Additional Resources Required

• Web-based teleconferencing services
• Effective and accessible member database
  
  

Anticipated Meeting Schedule

• Monthly Committee Teleconferences (Fourth Monday of each month by teleconference at noon E.S.T.)
• Additional teleconference scheduled as necessary
• Committee meetings during semiannual TNI Forums