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 Quality Systems Committee
This committee develops laboratory quality systems standards based on public input and provides technical assistance on issues related to adopted standards or tools that facilitate the implementation of the standard.
Conference Calls: 2nd Monday, 1 pm 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 Laboratory Quality Systems Committee to reflect a change in the TNI bylaws. Documents such as meeting minutes may show the previous name of this committee, Quality Systems Committee.
| Debbie Bond, Chair Alabama Power Company Jemison, Alabama dbond@southernco.com | Kathi Gumpper, Vice Chair ChemVal Consulting Manistee, Michigan kgumpper@chemval.com |
| Ilona Taunton, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Mill Spring, North Carolina ilona.taunton@nelac-institute.org | Stephanie Atkins Pace Analytical Services, LLC. West Columbia, South Carolina stephanie.atkins@pacelabs.com |
| Nicole Cairns New York State DOH Albany, New York nicole.cairns@health.ny.gov | Michael Demarais SVL Analytical, Inc. Kellogg, Idaho michael@svl.net |
| Tony Francis SAW Environmental Highland, Utah tfrancis@sawenviro.com | Earl Hansen The NELAC Institute South Bend, Indiana papaearl41@hotmail.com |
| Ashely Larssen KC Water Kansas City, Missouri ashley.larssen@kcmo.org | Jenna Majchrzak New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Trenton, New Jersey jenna.majchrzak@dep.nj.gov |
| Carla McCord VA DCLS Richmond, Virginia carla.mccord@dgs.virginia.gov | Zaneta Popovska Zaneta Popovska Fort Wayne, Indiana zpopovska@anab.org |
| Amber Ross Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ambross@pa.gov | Amy Schreader UC Laboratory Janesville, Minnesota amy@uclaboratory.net |
| Nick Slawson A2LA Frederick, Maryland nslawson@a2la.org | Alyssa Wingard US Navy Goose Creek, South Carolina alyssa.g.wingard.civ@us.navy.mil |
Current Projects:
Development of guidance for implementation of TNI QS standard modules
Current Needs:
Coming soon
TNI Quality System Committee Decision Making Rules (PDF, 65KB)
2008 TNI Version 2003 NELAC Checklist with TNI Standards Identified (PDF, 1.4MB)
Quality Systems Presentation, August 2008, Washington, D.C. (PDF, 268KB)
Quality Systems Presentation, January 2008, Newport Beach, CA (PDF, 63KB)
Assessment Forum Presentation, August 2008, Washington, D.C. (PDF, 46KB)
