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arbcombo -- July 27 Workshop to Discuss Draft Guidance for the US Forest Protocol

Posted: 08 Jul 2015 13:51:39
Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) staff is holding a public
workshop on Monday, July 27, 2015, to discuss draft guidance for
compliance offset projects using the US Forest Projects protocol.


DATE:		Monday, July 27, 2015   
TIME:		1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
PLACE:	        California Environmental Protection Agency
		Air Resources Board
		Sierra Hearing Room
		1001 I Street
		Sacramento, California 95814 

On June 25, 2015, the Board considered proposed updates to the
existing U.S. Forest Projects Compliance Offset Protocol, as well
as the addition of a new Rice Cultivation Projects Compliance
Offset Protocol and other related amendments to the Cap-and-Trade
Regulation (Regulation).  The Board approved for adoption the
proposed amendments and also directed ARB staff to engage
stakeholders through a public process to discuss and develop
further guidance for U.S. Forest projects.  The July 27, 2015,
workshop will commence this public process.

Staff will be outlining the scope of the proposed guidance
materials and soliciting input from stakeholders on additional
areas that may benefit from guidance.  Staff will solicit
comments on these forest offset protocol topics to develop a
guidance document and clarify the intent of the protocol
language: the logical management unit (LMU), even-age management
(EAM) requirements (including adjacency, buffer, stocking, and
any other related language to enable project developers to
clarify implementation) and financial feasibility.  Other topics
beyond these will be considered for further clarification of the
language.  Common practice values have been approved for adoption
as part of Board action, and as such, discussion of common
practice values will be limited to issues requiring further
guidance, not changes to the values themselves.  Staff will also
solicit input on the frequency of future common practice updates.
 Following the workshop, stakeholders will have an opportunity to
provide written comments during an informal comment period, which
will conclude at 5:00 p.m. PST on Tuesday, August 11, 2015. 
After which, staff will provide a draft guidance document for
additional stakeholder input prior to finalizing the guidance
document and posting on the ARB webpage.

A copy of the presentation for the workshop will be available on
ARB’s Cap-and-Trade Workshops and Meetings webpage at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/meetings/meetings.htm

All interested stakeholders are invited to attend.  A live
webcast of the workshop will be available at:
http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?BDO=1.  Remote participants
will be able to submit e-mail questions during the workshop at an
address provided in the presentation. 


Background
ARB first formally adopted the Regulation in October 2011.  The
Board has subsequently adopted regulatory amendments covering
ARB’s Compliance Offsets Program in April 2014, September 2014,
and most recently June 2015.  More information about ARB’s
Compliance Offset Program is available at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/offsets/offsets.htm

More information about ARB’s Cap-and-Trade Program is available
at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/capandtrade.htm



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