Asbestos Expert Committee
It is the mission of this committee to develop and maintain consensus standards for asbestos testing (AT) that support TNI programs and that address the following elements of an asbestos testing program:
- Roles and responsibilities of program participants,
- Method selection and validation,
- Technical requirements, and
- Quality assurance and data acceptance criteria.
Conference Calls: 3rd Wednesday of January, April, July, and October, 1:00pm - 2:30pm ET
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to request to participate for these calls.
| Robert Hecker, Chair New York State DOH Albany, New York [email protected] | Kathleen Bartley, Vice Chair NYSDOH [email protected] |
| Robert Wyeth, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute West Seneca, New York [email protected] | Lisa Beach Bureau Veritas [email protected] |
| Tina Buttermore Pace Analytical Services - Ormond Beach Flagler Beach, Florida [email protected] | Megan Fisher Eurofins [email protected] |
| Maria Friedman California ELAP Glendale, California [email protected] | Kyle Kroeze NJ DEP [email protected] |

develop consensus standards for use by TNI's programs. This group has a support role in assisting other programs with activities such as guidance and standards interpretation.
fosters the generation of data of known and documented quality is through the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, or NELAP. The purpose of this program is to establish and implement a program for the accreditation of environmental laboratories.
is to establish and maintain a national PT program to support TNI’s National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, and other activities.
Field Activities Program (NEFAP) Executive Committee is to establish and implement an accreditation program for field sampling and measurement organizations (FSMOs).
Audit Sample Program is to develop consensus standards for the manufacture and analysis of audit samples for source emission testing.
on a variety of topics of interest to the environmental measurement community. TNI also hosts two regularly scheduled meetings per year, typically in January and August. Both are a week long and involve open meetings of TNI committees as well as training courses and other special sessions.