2016 Laboratory Standard Now Available
Date Posted: 10-24-2016
TNI's Consensus Standards Development Program has released a new consensus standard for the accreditation of environmental laboratories. This standard is available for use within TNI's National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) or by any other Accreditation Body that may wish to use this standard.
To purchase the standard, Click Here. If you are a TNI member, log into the member page and then you may purchase the standard at the TNI member rate.
Click Here to read a summary of the changes between this standard and the 2009 standard.

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.