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.Comment Period for Modified Working Draft Standard - V1M5 Microbiology
Date Posted: 1-7-2015
The Modified Working Draft Standard (MWDS) was presented by teleconference on December 22, 2014 to those stakeholder groups who may subsequently adopt, use, or be accredited to the standard. Pursuant to SOP 2-100 (Procedures Governing Standards Development), any stakeholder or stakeholder group is invited to submit written comments to the Microbiology Expert Committee Chair, Robin Cook ([email protected]) and the Program Administrator, Ilona Taunton ([email protected]), no later than January 22, 2015.
The comments will be formally discussed at the TNI winter meeting the week of February 2, 2015.
A link is provided to the Modified Working Draft Standard for your review: EL-V1M5-MWDS (PDF).