CARB Moves forward with Third-Party Verification for Low Carbon Fuel Standard
(Green Car Congress) California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) has supported an innovative revolution in alternative fuels. Those fuels have replaced more than 2.5 billion gallons of petroleum fuel in the past 12 months, providing Californians with cleaner alternatives. The California Air Resources Board has released a list of CARB-certified, third-party verifiers who will provide the next level of program quality control.
The LCFS regulation steadily drives down the carbon intensity of transportation fuels sold in California, resulting in cleaner fuels. Third-party verification provides an additional check that program data is complete and accurate, and that credits generated under the program represent additional and enforceable emission reductions.
The addition of third-party verification provides even more security and transparency to a very successful program focused on reducing emissions by supporting the transition to cleaner fuels. Third-party verification also provides additional ‘boots-on-the-ground’ to assist CARB staff with ensuring proper compliance with the regulation.
—CARB Executive Officer Richard Corey
Only verifiers accredited by CARB can provide verification services for entities subject to the LCFS regulation. All verifiers must meet specific requirements that include prescreening for education and professional experience and completion of required training. Individual accredited verifiers work in teams under the direction of companies accredited by CARB as LCFS verification bodies. CARB completed a comprehensive, in-person training for verifier accreditation, including an accreditation exam, in the fourth quarter of 2019.
CARB is accepting new applications for accreditation of verification bodies and individual verifiers on an ongoing basis and will offer accreditation training sessions in the third and fourth quarters of 2020 for new verifiers. CARB plans to offer additional training as needed, to ensure a sufficient number of verifiers. READ MORE
CARB moves forward with third-party verification for Low Carbon Fuel Standard: First list of accredited verifiers released; will add an additional layer of quality control (California Air Resources Board)
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