The NELAC Institute | 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
Environmental Quality ProgramsTexas, United States11-50 Employees
The NELAC Institute (TNI) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Weatherford, Texas, established in 2006 to advance a national accreditation program for environmental laboratories and monitoring. It aims to ensure the generation of environmental data of known and documented quality through an open, inclusive, and transparent process that serves the needs of the environmental community. TNI's leadership envisions a single, nationwide accreditation program that uniformly evaluates technical competence across entities involved in environmental measurement, with the goal of improving data quality for federal and state agencies. The organization operates through a membership model open to individuals across private, public, and academic sectors, including various membership types and active committee participation to advance its work. In addition to its core mission, TNI has pursued collaborations and developments in the accreditation landscape, as demonstrated by partnerships and recognition related to its standards.