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 participate in the calls of this committee.
| Rami Naddy, Chair TRE Env. Strat. LLC Ft. Collins, CO naddyrb.tre@gmail.com | Pete De Lisle, Vice Chair Coastal Bioanalysts Inc Gloucester, VA pfd@coastalbio.com |
| Teresa Norberg-King, Affiliate USEPA ORD NHEERL Duluth, MN norberg-king.teresa@epa.gov | Ginger Briggs Bio-Analytical Laboratories Doyline, LA bioanalytical@wildblue.net |
| Chris Burbage HRSD Virginia Beach, VA cburbage@hrsd.com | Kari Fleming Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Madison, WI Kari.Fleming@wisconsin.gov |
| Amy Hackman Penn. Dept. Environ. Protection Harrisburg, PA ahackman@pa.gov | VelRey Lozano US EPA Region 8 (program) Denver, CO lozano.velrey@epa.gov |
| John Overbey American Interplex Corporation Little Rock, AR joverbey@americaninterplex.com | Chris Pasch Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. Austin, TX cpasch@apaienv.com |
| Michael Pfeil Texas Comm. Environ. Quality Austin, TX Michael.pfeil@tceq.texas.gov | Michele Potter New Jersey Dept of Environ Protect. Trenton, NJ Michele.Potter@dep.nj.gov |
| Steven Rewa Environmental Resources Management Holland, MI steven.rewa@erm.com | Beth Thompson Shealy Consulting, LLC Batesburg-Leesville, SC bthompson@shealyconsulting.net |
| Elizabeth West Louisiana DEQ Shreveport, LA elizabeth.west@la.gov |
