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.TNI Board of Directors Approves Report on Corrective Action for Standards Development
Date Posted: 9-21-2012
On August 8, 2011, the Board of Directors decided to undertake a formal corrective action process to determine what occurred in the development of the 2009 Standard, with the intent to suggest actions to improve this process for the current Standards being revised. Subsequently, an ad hoc task force was formed, led by Sharon Mertens, with representatives from the NELAP AC, PT Committee, CSD-EC, LASEC, TNI Board and TNI staff. This final report, approved by the TNI Board on September 12, 2012, presents the methodology, findings or discussion items and recommendations of this committee.
Download the Final Report here (PDF).