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.New TNI Board Elects Officers
Date Posted: 4-20-2009
Joe Aiello, Judy Duncan, Jack Farrell, Ken Olsen, David Speis, and Curtis Wood were all re-elected by the membership to serve 3-year terms on the TNI Board of Directors. Aaren Alger of the Pennyslvania DEP was newly elected to serve a 3-year term. In the first meeting of the 2009 Board on April 7, the following officers were elected:
Chair: Steve Arms
Vice-Chair: Sharon Mertens
Secretary: Alfredo Sotomayor
Treasurer: David Speis
Judy Duncan agreed to accept the position of Past Chair.
The complete list of Directors and their terms can be found here.