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.Request for Comments on the Draft Standard General Requirements for Field Sampling and Measurement Organizations - Volume 1
Date Posted: 7-30-2024
The TNI Field Activities Expert Committee (FAC) is providing for your review and comment the following documents:
- A Draft of Volume 1 of TNI's Field Sampling and Measurement Organization Standard that has been modified consistent with the Committee's Notice of Intent to Modify (NOI) this Standard. The existing Volume 1 General Requirements for Field Sampling and Measurement Organizations Standard was finalized in 2014. The proposed Draft Standard (DS) was updated to incorporate ISO/IEC 17025:2017. (click here to view PDF)
- A Word file containing a Summary of Proposed Changes with Justification for those changes. (click here to download)
The comment period will be open for ninety (90) calendar days, in accordance with revisions to the Consensus Standards Development SOP 2-100, located at link. Please send your comments and proposed revised text to both Katie Strothman ([email protected]) and Ilona Taunton, the Program Administrator (PA) for the FAC ([email protected]). All comments will be tracked by the PA and you will be notified of the committee's response to your comment after all comments are considered and addressed if they are deemed persuasive.
You are invited to provide comments on any portion of the Draft Standard, as you see fit. We do ask that you provide alternative wording that would address your concern whenever possible. As with prior revisions of TNI standards, all comments will be ruled either persuasive, non-persuasive, or editorial by the Committee, and addressed accordingly. If substantive or controversial changes are required to the Draft Standard, a revised Draft Standard will be re-presented for public comment.