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 on TNI NELAP Interim Standard Open Through 1-17-2015
Date Posted: 12-4-2014
The NELAC Institute has opened balloting for one TNI Interim Standard, and is encouraging all members to cast a ballot. All ballots must be submitted by 11:59pm EST on January 17, 2015 in order for comments to be considered by the TNI Chemistry Expert Committee. Any negative votes without comment will not be considered.
In order to vote, you must log in to the Members Only area of the website and then click on NELAP Interim Standard (IS) Ballot.
Votes cast on or before 11:59pm EST on January 17, 2015 (closing date) will be discussed publicly at the Chemistry Expert Committee meeting at the TNI Forum on Laboratory Accreditation in Crystal City, VA in early February, 2015.
The following TNI Standard module is under consideration as an Interim Standard:
Environmental Laboratory Sector
Volume 1, Module 4
Clicking on a title, above, will open a PDF of the Interim Standard in a separate window.
If you have any questions about this process, please contact Jerry Parr at [email protected] or 817-598-1624.