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§ 2842. Commission Visits to Registry Participants' Sites.

20 CA ADC § 2842Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

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Title 20. Public Utilities and Energy
Division 2. State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 10. Approval of Technical Assistance Providers and Certifiers
Article 5. Post-Qualification Changes and Submittal Requirements
20 CCR § 2842
§ 2842. Commission Visits to Registry Participants' Sites.
Currentness
(a) Prior to any site visit the Commission shall inform the Certifier and Registry Participant in writing of the Commission's intent to make a site visit. At the Commission's request, the Registry Participant shall provide to the Commission prior to a site visit any information provided to the Certifier for the purposes of certification.
(b) During the site visit, the Registry Participant shall provide the Commission or the Commission's contractor with documentation sufficient to ascertain whether the Registry Participant has a program consistent with Registry protocols and the reasonableness of the emissions information being reported for a sample of estimates or calculations. This documentation may include the following:
(1) facility, emission source, stationary source, mobile source, and fuel inventories;
(2) organization chart, greenhouse gas management plan, documentation and retention plan;
(3) training manual, procedures manual, consultant qualifications statement;
(4) any protocols used in addition to Registry protocols;
(5) monthly electric utility bills, and emission factors of electricity use, if not a default factor;
(6) fuel purchase records, fuel in stock, vehicle miles traveled, inventory of vehicles, and emission factors of mobile combustion, if not a default factor;
(7) monthly utility bills from stationary combustion, fuel purchase records, inventory of stationary combustion facilities, and emission factors of stationary combustion, if not a default factor;
(8) monthly utility bills, fuel and efficiency data from supplier, and emission factors, if not a default factor, for each of the following:
(A) cogeneration;
(B) imported steam;
(C) district heating;
(D) district cooling; and
(E) process activities;
(9) refrigerant purchase records, refrigerant sales records, calculation methodology, and emission factors;
(10) waste-in-place data, waste landfilled, calculation methodology, and emission factors;
(11) coal production data submitted to the Energy Information Administration, calculation methodology, and emission factors;
(12) gas throughput data, calculation methodology, and emission factors; and
(13) sulfur hexafluoride purchase records, calculation methodology, and emission factors.
(c) If, as a result of a site visit, the Commission determines that a Registry Participant does not have a program for reporting greenhouse gases consistent with Registry protocols or that the Participant's reported data is not reasonable, then the Commission shall recommend to the Registry to not certify the Participant's data.

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Note: Authority cited: Sections 25213 and 25218(e), Public Resources Code; and Section 42870, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 42870, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. New section filed 9-8-2005; operative 10-8-2005 (Register 2005, No. 36).
This database is current through 4/12/24 Register 2024, No. 15.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 20, § 2842, 20 CA ADC § 2842
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