Proposed Development of a 2017 Environmental Sector Standard on Quality Systems for Chemical Testing
Date Posted: 6-26-2017
The TNI Chemistry Expert Committee has provided a proposed modification to Volume 1 Module 4, Section 1.5.2 of the 2016 standard. Stakeholders are invited to provide comments and input. All input received by July 26, 2017 will be considered by the committee in its preparation of a Voting Draft Standard.
To view the proposal, please follow the following link:
http://nelac-institute.org/docs/standards/2017/Pre-VDS outline-V1M4_2017.pdf

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).
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.