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.Response-to-Comments Posted for FSMO Volume 1 Draft Standard
Date Posted: 3-18-2026
The TNI Field Activities Expert Committee has resolved all comments received on its Draft Standard on Volume 1 of the Field Sampling and Measurement Organizations Sector Standard. The Response to Comment lists all comments received by the Field Activities Expert Committee. All comments were found to be non-persuasive. Any further comments on the Draft Standard or the Response to Comments should be forwarded to the Committee Chair, Katie Strothman ([email protected]) with a copy to Ilona Taunton ([email protected]).
For reference, the FSMO Volume 1 Draft Standard was posted on the TNI website on July 30, 2024. The resulting Response-to-Comments document may be accessed by clicking the following link: