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.Competency Task Force
A description of the Competency Task Force will appear in this space.
Conference Calls: Meeting schedule will appear in this space.
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to request to participate for these calls.
Task Force 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.
| Kenneth Brown, Chair City of Escondido Escondido, California [email protected] | Lynn Bradley, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Staunton, Virginia [email protected] |
| Paul Banfer EISC Las Vegas, Nevada [email protected] | Patricia Carvajal San Antonio River Authority [email protected] |
| Steve Drielak Drielak & Associates Ellicott City, Maryland [email protected] | Amanda Dutko Fairway Laboratories Altoona, Pennsylvania [email protected] |
| Stacey Fry Babcock Laboratories Riverside, California [email protected] | Harold Longbaugh City of Houston Houston, Texas [email protected] |
| Scott Siders Retired Sherman, Illinois [email protected] | Joann Slavin New York State DOH Albany, New York [email protected] |
| Alfredo Sotomayor Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Milwaukee, Wisconsin [email protected] | Elizabeth Turner Pace Analytical Services Allen, Texas [email protected] |