Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 17, § 95978 - Offset Verifier and Verification Body Accreditation
(a) An offset verifier or verification body
must meet the accreditation requirements in section
95132 of MRR to provide offset
verification services to verify GHG emission reductions and GHG removal
enhancements for offset projects listed pursuant to this article. Accreditation
of verification bodies and offset verifiers for verifying Offset Project Data
Reports under this article must be achieved separately from accreditation for
verifying reports submitted under the MRR.
(b) For purposes of this article, the
subcontractor requirements in section
95132(e) of the
MRR must be applied to the Offset Project Operator and/or Authorized Project
Designee and not a reporting entity.
(c) An ARB accredited verification body must
make itself and its personnel available for an ARB audit.
(d) An ARB-accredited offset verification
body may employ or contract with technical experts not accredited by ARB to
assist with offset verification services.
(1)
All technical experts must be listed on the Notice of Offset Verification
Services as required in section
95977.1(b) and
must be included in the evaluation for conflict of interest as required in
section 95979.
(2) Technical experts must be under the
direct supervision of an ARB-accredited offset verifier while performing
verification activities.
(3)
Technical experts may assist in underlying offset verification tasks, but may
not be responsible for completing any offset verification services as defined
in 95802(a).
(e) "Direct
supervision," for purposes of this section, means daily, on-site, close contact
with an ARB-accredited verifier acting as a supervisor to a technical expert
during a site visit, who is able to respond to the needs of the technical
expert. During a site visit, the supervisor must be physically present, or
within 4 hours travel time and available to respond to the needs of the
technical expert.
(f) "Technical
expert," for purposes of this section, means a person, who is not an
ARB-accredited verifier, and has demonstrated expertise in a particular
technical area for which the person hired by the verification body to assist
with underlying offset verification task(s) that require a particular
expertise. A technical expert may be an employee of the verification body
working to get the required experience to become an ARB-accredited
verifier.
Notes
2. Amendment filed 6-26-2014; operative 7-1-2014 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2014, No. 26).
3. Amendment of subsection (e) filed 9-18-2017; operative 10-1-2017 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2017, No. 38).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 38510, 38560, 38562, 38570, 38571, 38580, 39600 and 39601, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 38530, 38560.5, 38564, 38565, 38570 and 39600, Health and Safety Code.
2. Amendment filed 6-26-2014; operative
3. Amendment of subsection (e) filed 9-18-2017; operative
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