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.Final Revised Asbestos Standard Posted
Date Posted: 7-25-2023
The TNI Asbestos Testing Expert Committee is providing notification of the Final Revised Standard for Asbestos Testing (EL V1M3, Rev. 3.0, 4.20.2022) approved by the committee on 10.20.2022.
The Notice of Intent to Modify the Standard was published on 9.28.2017. The Summary of proposed changes with a brief explanation of the Committee’s intentions was published on 12.22.2020. Prior to arrival at the final standard, two drafts were prepared and submitted for comments. All comments have been addressed and the required Response to Comments document was posted on 2.26.2023. The final version of EL V1M3 was also approved by the LASEC/AC.
Attached as per SOP 2-100, Rev.3.4 is a copy of EL1V3, Rev.3.0, 4.20.2022 and the justification document relating to all the changes in the previous version of the Module: