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.Laboratory Accreditation System Executive Committee
The purpose of this Executive Committee is to manage TNI's efforts in supporting a national program for the accreditation of environmental laboratories. Activities of the Committee include developing and establishing policies and procedures, interpretations, guidance documents, and any related tools used by accreditation bodies to implement NELAP.
The LASC consists of 7 to 15 individuals with balanced representation of all stakeholder groups in TNI. To ensure that the program is implemented effectively and to address the needs of the stakeholder community, the LASC will work in cooperation with other core programs within The NELAC Institute. Specifically, the LASC:
- Will work with the NELAP Accreditation Council and the PT Executive Committee in the development of the laboratory accreditation system,
- Will work with the Consensus Standard Development Executive Committee to ensure that accreditation standards developed for this program are suitable for use, and
- Will seek the assistance of Expert Committees when developing guidance.
Conference Calls: 4th Tuesday, 1:30 pm ET
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to participate in the calls of this committee.
Note: On June 9, 2010, this committee was renamed the Laboratory Accreditation System Executive Committee to reflect a change in the TNI bylaws. Documents such as meeting minutes may show the previous name of this committee, Laboratory Accreditation System Committee.
| Maria Friedman, Chair CA ELAP qamfriedman@gmail.com | Lynn Bradley, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Staunton, VA lynn.bradley@nelac-institute.org |
| Dorothy Love, Vice Chair Lancaster Labs (Eurofins) Lancaster, PA dorothylove@eurofinsus.com | Aaren Alger Mechanicsburg, PA aaren.s.alger@gmail.com |
| Sumy Cherukara US EPA Region 2 Edison, NJ cherukara.sumy@epa.gov | Jack Farrell aex@ix.netcom.com |
| Bill Hall New Hampshire ELAP Concord, NH whall@des.state.nh.us | Silky Labie Environmental Laboratory Consulting and Technologies, LLC ELCATllc@centurylink.net |
| Harold Longbaugh Wastewater Operations Laboratory, City of Houston Houston, TX harold.longbaugh@houstontx.gov | Louise McGinley Texas Comm. on Env. Quality Austin, TX louise.mcginley@tceq.texas.gov |
| Michele Potter NJ DEP Trenton, NJ Michele.Potter@dep.nj.gov | Mohan Sabaratnam IAS msabaratnam@iasonline.org |
| Scott Siders PDC Laboratories, Inc. Peoria, IL siders6six@yahoo.com | Nick Straccione EMSL Analytical Cinnaminson, NJ nstraccione@emsl.com |
Current Projects:
Review of new TNI Standards
Development of national lab accreditation database
Standard Interpretation SOP Rev. 2 - Provisional (PDF, 362KB)
