Independent verification.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 10

(a) (b) (i) The lead individual verifier and other members of the verification team are accredited by one or more independent and nationally-recognized accreditation programs, described in paragraph (c) of this section, for the types of professionals needed to determine compliance with DOE's 1605(b) guidelines; (ii) The lead verifier has experience managing an auditing or verification process, including the recruitment and allocation of other individual verifiers, and has been empowered to make decisions relevant to the provision of a verification statement; and (iii) All members of a verification team have education, training and/or professional experience that matches the tasks performed by the individual verifiers, as deemed necessary by the verifier accreditation program. (2) As further guidance, all members of the verification team should be familiar with: (i) The subject matter covered by the scope of the verification; (ii) The requirements of this part; (iii) Greenhouse gas emission and emission reduction quantification; (iv) Data and information auditing sampling methods; and (v) Risk assessment and methodologies and materiality analysis procedures outlined by other domestic and international standards. (3) An individual verifier should have a professional degree or accreditation in engineering (environmental, industrial, chemical), accounting, economics, or a related field, supplemented by specific training and/or experience in emissions reporting and accounting, and

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 10:§ 300.11