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.Comment Period Extended for Draft Standard V2M1
Date Posted: 1-13-2021
On December 1, 2020, The Request for Comments on Draft Standard V2M1, General Requirements for Accreditation Bodies Accrediting Environmental Laboratories was posted with a 90-day comment period (see original announcement here). At the request of the NELAP Accreditation Council, the comment period is being extended to 120-days. The comment period will now close on March 30, 2021. Please send your comments and proposed revised text to both Carl Kircher ([email protected]) and Lynn Bradley, the Program Administrator for the LAB Expert Committee ([email protected]). All comments will be tracked by Lynn and you will be notified of the committee’s response to your comment after all comments are considered and addressed if they are deemed persuasive.