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.Advocacy Committee
The purpose of this program is to promote TNI's core programs. The Advocacy Committee will consist of 10 to 16 members with balanced representation. A TNI Director will chair this committee. At least two (2) other Directors shall be members of the committee. The TNI Small Laboratory Advocate shall also be a member of this committee. In forming this Committee the following stakeholder interests must be represented:
- NELAP-recognized AB
- NELAP accredited laboratory
- Non-NELAP AB
- EPA representative
- NEFAP representative
The Advocacy Committee will:
- Establish relationships with other organizations (e.g., ACIL, AWWA, WEF) that have an interest in accreditation issues.
- Establish relationships with EPA program offices.
- Develop presentations and papers to promote national accreditation.
- Develop presentations and papers to promote TNI.
- Provide outreach at national, regional and local meetings.
- Assist with publication of the member newsletter.
Conference Calls: 1st Thursday, 1 pm ET
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to request to participate for these calls.
Committee Membership
Most of the work of TNI is done by volunteers working on committees tasked with specific functions. If you are interested in actively helping our organization, complete a TNI Committee Application (opens in a separate window). Participation on TNI committees is described in Operations of TNI Committees.
| Steve Arms, Chair Florida DOH (retired) Jacksonville, FL arms.steve@comcast.net | Carol Batterton, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Fredericksburg, TX carol.batterton@nelac-institute.org |
| Lynn Bradley The NELAC Institute Staunton, VA lynn.bradley@nelac-institute.org | Teresa Coins Arkansas Analytical, Inc. Little Rock, AR tcoins@arkansasanalytical.com |
| Robin Cook City of Daytona Beach EML Daytona Beach, FL cookr@codb.us | Ron Coss Orange County Sanitation District Fountain Valley, CA rcoss@ocsd.com |
| Stacie Crandall HRSD Virginia Beach, VA scrandall@hrsd.com | Zonetta English Louisville Jefferson Co., MSD Louisville, KY zonetta.english@louisvillemsd.org |
| Martina McGarvey Pennsylvania DEP Harrisburg, PA mmcgarvey@pa.gov | Sharon Mertens Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Milwaukee, WI smertens@mmsd.com |
| Marlene Moore Advanced Systems, Inc. Newark, DE mmoore@advancedsys.com | Trinity O'Neal City of Austin Water Utility Austin, TX trinity.o'neal@austintexas.gov |
| Lara Phelps USEPA / OSA Research Triangle Park, NC phelps.lara@epa.gov | Janice Willey NAVSEA LQAO Goose Creek, SC janice.willey@navy.mil |
