The correct date for ARB's public workshop is on Monday March 17,
2014, to discuss initial draft language for a proposed new Rice
Cultivation Projects Compliance Offset Protocol and proposed
updates to existing Compliance Offset Protocols.
DATE: Monday, March 17, 2014
TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
PLACE: California Environmental Protection Agency
Air Resources Board
Byron Sher Auditorium
1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Staff plans to propose the addition of a new Rice Cultivation
Projects Compliance Offset Protocol and updates to existing
Compliance Offset Protocols under the Cap-and-Trade Regulation at
the September 2014 Board hearing. The hearing date has been
moved from the original spring timetable, but will not change the
effective date of the amendments to the existing Compliance
Offset Protocols, the addition of the Rice Cultivation Projects
Compliance Offset Protocol, and corresponding amendments to the
Regulation. If adopted, we anticipate the effective date to be
January 1, 2015 as originally intended. When the new and updated
Compliance Offset Protocols are proposed, a Notice of Proposed
Regulatory Action with the draft new and updated Compliance
Offset Protocols will be released for a 45-day public comment
period in advance of the Board item.
Background
The California Cap-and-Trade Regulation (Regulation) was formally
adopted by the Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) in 2011. In
response to continued Board direction and further discussions
with stakeholders, staff began a public process to propose a new
Rice Cultivation Projects Compliance Offset Protocol and updates
to existing Compliance Offset Protocols for Board consideration
in 2014. Documents that will be made publicly available prior to
the workshop will provide a discussion of the new Rice
Cultivation Projects Compliance Offset Protocol and updates to
existing Compliance Offset Protocols. These documents will
provide the public with the opportunity to discuss staff's draft
language for the new and updated Compliance Offset Protocols
prior to staff formally submitting a Notice of Proposed
Regulatory Action. The public will have additional opportunities
to comment on these protocols during the 45-day public comment
period and Board hearing.
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