Field Activities Committee
This committee develops standards for the accreditation of field sampling and measurement organizations (FSMO).
Conference Calls: 1st Monday, 11:00am ET
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to request to participate for these calls.
| Katie Strothman, Chair Sanders Fort Myers, Florida [email protected] | Marlene Moore, Vice Chair Advanced Systems, Inc Newark, Delaware [email protected] |
| Ilona Taunton, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Mill Spring, North Carolina [email protected] | Paul Bergeron Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality BATON ROUGE, Louisiana [email protected] |
| Jack Denby Jack Denby Virginia Beach, Virginia [email protected] | David Fricker A2LA Frederick, Maryland [email protected] |
| Scott Haas Consultant [email protected] | Patrick Selig ANAB Fort Wayne, Indiana [email protected] |
| Matthew Sica Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation Vassalboro, Maine [email protected] | Tyler Sullens Alabama Power Company Calera, Alabama [email protected] |
| Shannon Swantek Enlightened Quality Analytics, LLC Boulder Creek, California [email protected] | Adam Szafran Environmental Monitoring & Technologies Genoa City, Wisconsin [email protected] |
| Elizabeth West Retired from LDEQ LELAP Bossier City, Louisiana [email protected] |
Current Projects:
Help Establish NEFAP Training Program
FSMO Tools and Quality Manual Template
Help define mobile laboratory process
Guidelines for Scope of Accreditation
Current Needs:
Different types of FSMOs to assist on Tools and Quality Manual Template
New committee members to replace those rotating off
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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.