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.Standard Interpretation
Standard: 2009 TNI
Section: V2M2, Section 4.1.1 (f)
REQUEST:
V2M2, section 4.1.1 f) states: "notify all Secondary ABs of revocation of accreditation of any laboratory in the program." Does this standard language require not only for a Primary AB to notify all Secondary ABs of a total revocation of a laboratory's accreditation, but to also require notification for a partial revocation? We are requesting this SIR since we are debating the interpretation of this requirement within our own program and because we have only been notified by one other AB in regards to total revocation of a laboratory accreditation. We feel there is a need for clarification on how to interpret/implement this requirement and are uncertain if it is being understood and implemented consistently by other ABs.
TNI FINAL RESPONSE:
This standard clause does not delineate between the types of laboratory accreditation revocations, total or partial. The standard should be implemented such that Secondary ABs are notified of any revocation, total or partial, of a laboratory’s accreditation.