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.Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing Expert Committee
It is the mission of this committee to update and maintain the whole effluent toxicity testing Standard (TNI Volume 1, Module 7) based upon public comment, to provide technical assistance on issues related to whole effluent toxicity, to develop tools to aid implementation, and to facilitate the implementation of the Standard.
Conference Calls: 3rd Wednesday, 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to request to participate for these calls.
| Teresa Norberg-King, Chair USEPA ORD NHEERL (retired) Duluth, Minnesota [email protected] | Stephen Clark, Vice Chair Pacific EcoRisk Fairfield, California [email protected] |
| Lynn Bradley, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Staunton, Virginia [email protected] | Beth Biller Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services Richmond, Virginia [email protected] |
| Thekkekalathil Chandrasekhar Florida DEP Tallahassee, Florida [email protected] | Darrin Greenstein Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Costa Mesa, California [email protected] |
| Christina Henderson Bio-Aquatic Testing Carrollton, Texas [email protected] | Katie Payne Enthalpy Analytical San Diego, California [email protected] |
| Lyndsay Thomas Coastal Bioanalysts Inc. Gloucester, Virginia [email protected] | Caitie Van Sciver New Jersey DEP Trenton, New Jersey [email protected] |
| Gretchen Welfinger NY ELAP Albany, New York [email protected] | Elizabeth West Retired from LDEQ LELAP Bossier City, Louisiana [email protected] |