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.PT Committee Proposes Tentative Interim Amendments to 2009 TNI Standard
Date Posted: 1-14-2012
The TNI Proficiency Testing Expert Committee has developed 3 proposed Tentative Interim Amendments to the NELAP Accreditation Standards. Thses changes all relate to Whole Efffluent Toxicity Testing. In accordance with SOP 2-100, comments on these proposed changes may be made to the Committee Chair, Mitzi Miller at [email protected] before January 30, 2012. All comments will be considered by the committee at their meeting in Sarasota, Florida on January 31, 2012.
Tentative Interim Amendments (PDF)