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ARB’s Compliance Offset Program is seeking offset project
developers to participate in its Pilot Verification Program
(pilot program) for projects performed under the Compliance
Offset Protocol Rice Cultivation Projects. Under the pilot
program, ARB will fund a regulatory verification and an
alternative methods verification for participating projects’
first two reporting periods.

The objective of the pilot program is to compare the rigor of
alternative verification methods to existing regulatory
verification requirements to determine if alternative, less
comprehensive verification methods may be incorporated into a
future version of the Compliance Offset Protocol Rice Cultivation
Projects.  Under the pilot program, ARB will contract directly
with accredited offset verification bodies to perform the
required regulatory verification and the alternative verification
for the first two reporting periods of participating projects. 
The regulatory verification and alternative verification will be
conducted by different verification bodies.  The alternative
verification will be conducted solely for the purpose of
evaluating alternative verification methods and cannot be used
for the issuance of ARB offset credits.

ARB regularly audits verifications as part of implementing its
Compliance Offset Program.  ARB will audit all of the
verifications performed under pilot program.  As with any
verification audit, participants in the pilot program must make
themselves available to ARB staff conducting the audit.

Parties who are interested in participating in the Pilot
Verification Program must submit the below information to ARB no
later than March 31, 2016.  ARB staff will reach out to potential
participants regarding next steps.

Please email the following information to
GHGoffsetverification@arb.ca.gov:

  -  Name and contact information of Offset Project Operator and
Authorized Project Designee, if applicable;
  -  Location of offset project(s);
  -  Reporting period dates; 
  -  Number of fields;
  -  Acreage of each field; and
  -  Type of eligible project activities conducted on each field
(dry seeding, early drainage in preparation for harvest, and/or
alternate wetting and drying).



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