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.Voting Draft Standard for NELAP Available for Review and Vote
Date Posted: 3-27-2013
The TNI Chemistry Committee has voted to approve a Voting Draft Standard (VDS) that would affect section 1.7 (instrument calibration) of Module 4 of Volume 1 of the TNI laboratory accreditation standard. This VDS is part of a larger effort to revise Module 4 over the next few years. A copy of the VDS can be found below. Deletions are in strike-out text, additions are underlined. Click the link below to download.
In accordance with SOP 2-100, this standard is open to a membership vote beginning on March 27, 2013. This vote will be open for 45 days, concluding on May 11, 2013. Any votes cast on or before May 11, 2013 (closing date) will be discussed publically at the Chemistry Committee meeting on Tuesday in San Antonio, TX on August 6, 2013.
TNI urges all members to vote on this standard before May 11, 2013 (closing date). You may choose to vote any time between the posting of this announcement and May 11, 2013. In order to vote, you must log in to the Members Only area of the website and then click on TNI NELAP Voting Draft Standard BALLOT.
TNI NELAP Voting Draft Standard on Instrument Calibration
Volume 1, Module 4, Section 1.7: Instrument Calibration
Clicking on the title, above, will open a PDF of the Voting Draft Standard.
When voting you will have the following options:
- Affirmative
- Affirmative with comment
- Negative with comment
- Abstain