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.Finance Committee
The Finance Committee consists of at least three (3) Individual Members appointed by the Chair whose duty shall be to perform an annual review of the TNI financial records and report the results to the Board of Directors. The Chair of this committee shall be the Treasurer. This Committee also
- develops an annual budget for review by the TNI Board,
- provides periodic reports to the Board on the status of TNI’s finances, and
- publishes an annual Financial Report.
Conference Calls: The conference calls of this committee are closed to the public.
| Justin Brown, Treasurer Environmental Monitoring and Technologies Des Plaines, Illinois [email protected] | Sharon Mertens Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Milwaukee, Wisconsin [email protected] |
| Alfredo Sotomayor Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Milwaukee, Wisconsin [email protected] |
Minutes of this committee are considered to be executive privilege.
Develop long-range budget
Finalize financial policies and procedures