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'''The NELAC Institute''' ('''TNI''') is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting "the generation of environmental data of known and documented quality through an open, inclusive, and transparent process that is responsive to the needs of the community."<ref name=NELACAbout>{{cite web |url=http://www.nelac-institute.org/aboutus.php |title=The NELAC Instute - About TNI |publisher=The NELAC Institute |accessdate=02 March 2012}}</ref> The founders' long-term motivation behind the creation of the NIC was to enact a "uniform, rigorous, and robust" nationwide environmental laboratory and monitoring accreditation program.<ref name=NELACAbout /> This accreditation program exists today in the form of the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP).

==National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program==

NELAP is an accreditation program targeted at environmental laboratories. The laboratory and accreditation body standards for the program are modeled after sections of [[ISO/IEC 17025]] and ISO/IEC 17011.<ref name=NELAPHome>{{cite web |url=http://www.nelac-institute.org/newnelap.php |title=National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) |publisher=The NELAC Institute |accessdate=02 March 2012}}</reF>

==External links==

* [http://www.nelac-institute.org/index.php The NELAC Institute]
* [http://www.nelac-institute.org/newnelap.php National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program]

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