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.Microbiology Expert Committee
The Microbiology Expert Committee develops and maintains consensus standards for microbiology that support TNI programs.
Conference Calls: First Tuesday of the month at 1:30pm ET.
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to participate in the calls of this committee.
| Robin Cook, Chair City of Daytona Beach EML Daytona Beach, FL cookr@codb.us | Kasey Raley, Vice Chair Eurofins Eaton Analytical, Inc Monrovia, CA KaseyRaley@EurofinsUS.com |
| Ilona Taunton, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Mill Spring, NC ilona.taunton@nelac-institute.org | Michael Blades ERA (A Waters Company) Golden, CO mblades@eraqc.com |
| Dwayne Burkholder Pennsylvania DEP Harrisburg, PA dburkholde@pa.gov | Vanessa Soto Contreras Florida DOH Jacksonville, FL Vanessa.SotoContreras@flhealth.gov |
| Lew Denny Flowers Chemical Laboratories - North Lee, FL lewdenny@comcast.net | Jessica Hoch Texas Comm. on Env. Quality Austin, TX jessica.hoch@tceq.texas.gov |
| Christabel Monteiro ESC Lab Sciences Mt. Juliet, TN cmonteiro@esclabsciences.com | Enoma Omoregie NYCDEP, Water Distribution Laboratory eomoregie@health.nyc.gov |
| Patsy Root IDEXX Laboratories Westbrook, ME patsy-root@idexx.com | Brad Stawick Microbac Laboratories, Inc. Merrillville, IN brad.stawick@microbac.com |
| Deb Waller New Jersey DEP Trenton, NJ debra.waller@dep.state.nj.us | Gary Yakub Environmental Standards Valley Forge, PA gyakub@envstd.com |
