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7 U.S. Code § 6712. Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program
(a) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) Advisory Council
The term “Advisory Council” means the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program Advisory Council established under subsection (f)(1).
(2) Agriculture or forestry credit
The term “agriculture or forestry credit” means a credit representing an amount of greenhouse gas emissions from an agricultural or forestry activity that are prevented, reduced, or mitigated (including through the sequestration of carbon) as a result of an agricultural or forestry activity.
(3) Beginning, socially disadvantaged, limited resource, or veteran farmer, rancher, or private forest landownerThe term “beginning, socially disadvantaged, limited resource, or veteran farmer, rancher, or private forest landowner” means a farmer, rancher, or private forest landowner who is—
(A)
a beginning farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2279(a) of this title);
(B)
a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2003(e) of this title);
(C)
a limited resource farmer or rancher (as defined in section 1470.3 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)); or
(D)
a veteran farmer (as defined in section 2279 of this title).
(4) Covered entityThe term “covered entity” means a person or entity, including a private business, non-profit organization, or public agency, that either—
(A)
is a provider of technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, or private forest landowners in carrying out sustainable land use management practices that prevent, reduce, or mitigate greenhouse gas emissions (including through the sequestration of carbon); or
(B)
is a third-party verifier entity that conducts the verification of the processes described in protocols for voluntary environmental credit markets.
(5) Greenhouse gasThe term “greenhouse gas” means—
(A)
carbon dioxide;
(B)
methane;
(C)
nitrous oxide; and
(D)
any other gas that the Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Council, determines has been identified to have heat trapping qualities.
(6) Program
The term “Program” means the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program established under subsection (b).
(7) ProtocolThe term “protocol” means a systematic approach for generating an agriculture or forestry credit, which follows a transparent and thorough science-based methodology (including 1 or more baseline scenarios)—
(A)
for the development of projects to prevent, reduce, or mitigate greenhouse gas emissions (including projects to sequester carbon); and
(B)
for demonstrating how to quantify, monitor, report, and verify the prevention, reduction, or mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions by projects described in subparagraph (A).
(8) Socially disadvantaged group
The term “socially disadvantaged group” has the meaning given that term in section 2003(e) of this title.
(9) Technical assistance
The term “technical assistance” means technical expertise, information, and tools to assist a farmer, rancher, or private forest landowner, who is engaged in or wants to engage in a project to prevent, reduce, or mitigate greenhouse gas emissions (including a project to sequester carbon), as necessary to meet a protocol.
(10) Voluntary environmental credit market
The term “voluntary environmental credit market” means a voluntary market through which agriculture or forestry credits may be bought or sold.