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).
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.Notice Regarding California's Accreditation Program
Date Posted: 1-9-2014
On December 30, 2013, the California Department of Health notified the NELAP Accreditation Council of its intent to withdraw from TNI’s National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) as a result of problems observed by TNI during its evaluation process.. The NELAP Accreditation Council is working to assist laboratories affected by this change, and is taking the following actions:
- NELAP will inform California that it has accepted its notice of intent effective January 31, 2014.
- NELAP will contact all laboratories that hold a primary NELAP accreditation with California by January 13 with a transition plan that will allow them to obtain NELAP accreditation from another NELAP Accreditation Body in a timely fashion.
- NELAP will continue to discuss with California their plans for granting accreditation to NELAP labs not located in California and make this information generally available. California has informed TNI that secondary certificates issued by California will continue to be recognized until their expiration date in 2014.
NELAP is committed to a smooth, orderly and quick transition for those affected laboratories to a new Primary NELAP AB.
Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.