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.Comment Period Extended to September 26, 2026, for V1M2 and V1M5 Draft Standards
Date Posted: 7-31-2026
The TNI Quality Management Systems Expert Committee posted Draft Standard EL-V1M2 for public comment on May 26, 2026, and the TNI Microbiology Expert Committee posted Draft Standard EL-V1M5 for public comment on June 1, 2026. Email notifications that were to be made in conjunction with these postings weren't made. As a result, TNI has decided that the comment period for each of these Draft Standards should remain open for a longer period. The comment period for each of these two Draft Standards will close on September 26, 2026.
Please send your comments and proposed revised text on the TNI Quality Management Systems Expert Committee Draft Standard EL-V1M2 to both Debbie Bond ([email protected]) and Ilona Taunton ([email protected]), the Program Administrator (PA). Please send your comments and proposed revised text on the TNI Microbiology Expert Committee Draft Standard EL-V1M5 to both Cody Danielson ([email protected]) and Paul Junio, the Program Administrator ([email protected]). All comments will be tracked by the PA, and commenters will be notified of the committee's response to the comment. If there are no persuasive comments received, the Draft Standard will become the Final Standard.