First Name: | Erica |
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Last Name: | Alvarado |
Email Address: | erica.alvarado@tetratech.com |
Affiliation | Tetra Tech |
Subject | Concern over proposed verification deadline |
Comment |
Dear ARB, We appreciate the opportunity to provide comments on the “Amendments to Mandatory Reporting and Cap-and-Trade Regulations.” We would like to bring to your attention of our serious concern over ARB’s proposal to change the verification deadline from September 1 to August 1. While we understand the need to have this change of deadline to better support cap-and-trade regulation allocation and compliance, it would critically shorten the time to an already very tight verification season. Our verifiers have conducted many verifications over the years, we strive to provide the best and high quality service to our clients. However, losing a month of time to complete such verifications would make it very challenging to provide the full attention to each and every verification we complete. Should you go forward with shortening an already very tight verification season, we will still absolutely provide the highest quality service possible but please keep in mind this deadline change will significantly impact every verification body and their clients work. In the webinar, it stated that reporters and verifiers can more effectively use time leading up to the verification deadline, however, in our experience reporters need all the time given to meet the reporting deadline, particularly for a complex facility such as an oil and gas producer. The verifier must wait to officially begin work until the contract is signed, report is in the system, the COI has been submitted and processed. Currently, we do use the time leading up to the verification season as effectively as possible but when you have no control over time of another entity’s work or critical path, it is extremely difficult to be at the end of the process that have to catch up with a season cut short. We sincerely ask you to reconsider changing the verification deadline from September 1 to August 1. Thank you, Erica Alvarado |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2016-02-25 12:35:58 |
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