Robert Benz, the Sales and Marketing Director at Khemia, will chair the LIMS Implementation Session at NEMC on Monday, July 13th.  We have a great group of talks put together by Ethosoft, ATL, City of Portland, North Texas Water Management District and ESC (Environmental Science Corp).

http://www.nemc.us

Khemia will hold an annual user group meeting on Monday afternoon, July 13th.  Khemia has rented a separate room at the Hyatt from NEMC (www.nemc.us) in which to hold this meeting.  For any details regarding this meeting, please contact khemia at rbenz@khemia.com.

NEMC 2015 will feature over 160 presentations and posters organized into concurrent technical sessions from July 13-16 in Chicago, IL. Abstracts for each of the presentations have been posted. http://bit.ly/1KOASSL

On April 22, 2008, EPA published the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule, which established performance recognition criteria for lead test kits for use as an option to determine if regulated lead-based paint is not present in target housing and child-occupied facilities. EPA plans to hold a meeting for interested stakeholders and the public on Thursday, June 4, 2015. At the meeting, EPA is seeking information related to: The existing market for lead test kits as referenced in the 2008 RRP rule; the development or modification of lead test kit(s) that may meet EPA’s positive-response criterion (in addition to the negative-response criterion); and other alternatives for lead-based paint field testing. (5/14/15; 80 FR 27621) http://1.usa.gov/1e9IYuR

After a year-long effort involving interviews, webinars, and a special meeting in 2014, TNI has issued a report, Exploring the Future of National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation, that describes the current status of the national program, identifies barriers to future growth and offers strategies that TNI plans to pursue.

http://nelac-institute.org/docs/news/TNI-Exploring-the-Future-Report-April-2015.pdf