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.Standard Interpretation
Standard: 2003 NELAC
Section: 5.5.10.2
Link to relevant standard
REQUEST:
This section deals with information that shall be on the Test Report.
e) identification of the test method used; and h) reference to the sampling plan and procedures used by.....
Is it a requirement that the revision level of these documents be listed on the Test Report?
TNI FINAL RESPONSE:
(Quality System Expert Committee/NELAP Accreditation Council, 2-10-13)
The laboratory should verify how the state requires reporting methods.