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.Vote on TNI Voting Draft Standards
Date Posted: 12-6-2010
The NELAC Institute has published Voting Draft Standards for any TNI member to consider and provide a vote. These Voting Draft Standards concern the following TNI Standard volume and modules:
Environmental Sector
Volume 1: Management and Technical Requirements for Laboratories Performing Environmental Analysis
Module 2 - Quality Systems: General Requirements
Module 3 - Asbestos Testing
Module 4 - Chemical Testing
Module 5 - Microbiological Testing
Module 6 - Radiochemical Testing
Module 7 - Toxicity Testing
Clicking on the module ti
As stated in TNI's Policies Governing Standards Development, any TNI member may vote on any of these Voting Draft Standards by voting:
- Affirmative,
- Affirmative with comment,
- Negative with comment, or
- Abstain.
In order to vote, you must log in to the Members Only area of the website and click on VOTING DRAFT STANDARD VOTE. All ballots must be submitted by 12:01am EST on January 19, 2011 in order for comments to be considered by the TNI Expert Committee. Any negative votes without comment will not be considered. If you have any questions about this process, please contact Jerry Parr at [email protected] or 817-598-1624.