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.National Environmental Field Activities Program (NEFAP) Executive Committee
The purpose of the National Environmental Field Activities Program (NEFAP) Executive Committee is to establish and implement an accreditation program for field sampling and measurement organizations (FSMOs).
The TNI Standard for FSMOs is modeled after ISO/IEC 17025:2005 "General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories." TNI Standard Volume 1 is the FSMO Competency Standard, which is the same international standard for fixed laboratories. TNI Standard Volume II is the FSMO Accreditation Body (AB) Requirements to Accredit FSMOs. The AB Standard is based on ISO/IEC 17011:2004 "Conformity Assessment - General Requirements For Accreditation Bodies Accrediting Conformity Assessment Bodies."
Conference Calls: 3rd Wednesday, 1:00pm ET
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to request to participate for these calls.
Note: On June 9, 2010, this committee was renamed the NEFAP Executive Committee to reflect a change in the TNI bylaws. Documents such as meeting minutes may show the previous name of this committee, NEFAP Board.
| Tracy Szerszen, Chair Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. Troy, Michigan tszerszen@pjlabs.com | Paul Bergeron, Vice Chair Louisiana DEQ Baton Rouge, Louisiana paul.bergeron@la.gov |
| Ilona Taunton, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Mill Spring, North Carolina ilona.taunton@nelac-institute.org | Justin Brown Environmental Monitoring and Technologies Des Plaines, Illinois jbrown@emt.com |
| Jeremy Driver Alabama Power Company Jemison, Alabama jddriver@southernco.com | David Fricker A2LA Frederick, Maryland dfricker@A2LA.org |
| Jacob Gruzalski Environmental Standards, Inc. Knoxville, Tennessee jgruzalski@envstd.com | Kevin Holbrooks JEA Jacksonville, Florida holbke@jea.com |
| Ryan Pangelinan ORELAP Hillsboro, Oregon RYAN.PANGELINAN@dhsoha.state.or.us | Patrick Selig ANAB Fort Wayne, Indiana pselig@anab.org |
| Stephanie Sparkman CS Laboratories, Inc. Tigard, Oregon ssparkman@cslaboratories.com | Katie Strothman Sanders Fort Myers, Florida katie@sanderslabs.net |
| Elizabeth Turner Pace Analytical Services, LLC. Allen, Texas Elizabeth.Turner@pacelabs.com | Kim Watson Consultant kwatson45@aol.com |
Coming soon
Description of FSMOs and NEFAP for EPA FEM (MS Word format)
Field Operations Group (FOG) Operational Guidelines for Field Activities (PDF)
Policy to Assure Competency of Organizations Generating Environmental Measurement Data Under Agency-Funded Acquisitions (PDF)
National Rivers and Streams Assessment - Field Operations Manual (18MB, PDF)
