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.Credentials Committee
The mission of this committee is to implement, manage, and expand efforts to document competencies for Quality Managers, Technical Managers, Assessors, Samplers, and others as appropriate.
Conference Calls: Fourth Wednesday, 1:00pm Eastern
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] | Alfredo Sotomayor, Vice Chair Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Milwaukee, Wisconsin [email protected] |
| Jerry Parr, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Weatherford, Texas [email protected] | Paul Banfer EISC Las Vegas, Nevada [email protected] |
| Paul Canevaro Republic Services Houston, Texas [email protected] | Patricia Carvajal San Antonio River Authority [email protected] |
| Stacey Fry Moreno Valley, California [email protected] | Salima Haniff Bureau Veritas Laboratories Mississauga, Alabama [email protected] |
| Theresa Johnson McCampbell Analytical Inc. Pittsburg, California [email protected] | Harold Longbaugh City of Houston Houston, Texas [email protected] |
| Melanie Roshu Matrix Sciences International, Inc. Happy Valley, Oregon [email protected] | Joann Slavin Wadsworth Center/ Environmental Laboratory Approval Program Amityville, New York [email protected] |
| David Smith Environmental Express Charleston, South Carolina [email protected] | Elizabeth Turner Eurofins Wylie, Texas [email protected] |