California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 3 - Air Resources › Chapter 1 - Air Resources Board › Subchapter 10 - Climate Change › Article 2 - Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting › Subarticle 4 - Requirements for Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data Reports and Requirements Applicable to Emissions Data Verifiers; Requirements for Accreditation of Emissions Data and Offset Project Data Report Verifiers › Section 95131 - Requirements for Verification Services

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Verification services shall be subject to the following
						  requirements.
(a)
Notice of
						Verification Services.
After the Executive Officer has provided a
						determination that the potential for a conflict of interest is acceptable as
						specified in section
						95133(f) and that
						verification services may proceed, the verification body shall submit a notice
						of verification services to ARB. The verification body may begin verification
						services for the reporting entity after the notice is received by the Executive
						Officer, but must allow 14 days advance notice of the site visit unless an
						earlier date is approved by the Executive Officer in writing. In the event that
						the conflict of interest statement and the notice of verification services are
						submitted together, verification services cannot begin until ten days after the
						Executive Officer has deemed acceptable the potential for conflict of interest
						as specified in 95133(f). Verification services may not begin until the
						reporting entity certifies the emissions data report in Cal e-GGRT. The notice
						shall include the following information:
(1) A
						list of the staff who will be designated to provide verification services as a
						verification team, including the names of each designated staff member, the
						lead verifier, and all subcontractors, and a description of the roles and
						responsibilities each member will have during verification.
(2) Documentation that the verification team
						has the skills required to provide verification services for the reporting
						facility. This shall include a demonstration that a verification team includes
						at least one member accredited as a sector specific verifier that is not also
						the independent reviewer, when required below:
(A) For providing verification services to an
						electric power entity; a supplier of petroleum products or biofuels; a supplier
						of natural gas, natural gas liquids, or liquefied petroleum gas; or a supplier
						of carbon dioxide, at least one verification team member must be accredited by
						ARB as a transactions specialist;
(B) For providing verification services to
						the operator of a petroleum refinery, hydrogen production unit or facility, or
						petroleum and natural gas system listed in section
						95101(e), at
						least one verification team member must be accredited by ARB as an oil and gas
						systems specialist;
(C) For
						providing verification services to the operator of a facility engaged in cement
						production, glass production, lime manufacturing, pulp and paper manufacturing
						if process emissions are included in the scope of operations, iron and steel
						production, nitric acid production, or lead production, at least one
						verification team member must be accredited by ARB as a process emissions
						specialist.
(3) General
						information on the reporting entity, including:
(A) The name of the reporting entity and the
						facilities and other locations that will be subject to verification services,
						reporting entity contact, address, telephone number, and e-mail
						address;
(B) The industry sector
						and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the
						reporting facility;
(C) The date(s)
						of the on-site visit, if required in section
						95130(a)(1), with
						facility address and contact information;
(D) A brief description of expected
						verification services to be performed, including expected completion
						date.
(4) If any of the
						information under section
						95131(a)(1) or
						95131(a)(3)
						changes after the notice is submitted to ARB, the verification body must notify
						ARB by submitting an updated conflict of interest self-evaluation form and
						updated notice of verification services as soon as the change is made. The
						conflict of interest must be reevaluated pursuant to section
						95133(f) and ARB
						must approve any changes in writing.