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Certification is required once a practice is installed to assure that implementation and practice standards are met.
All trading contracts require annual credit verification and reporting. Verification is required to assure that the practices are maintained and operating effectively. For credits generated by annual practices, such as cover crops, inspections will be required a minimum of twice during the annual life. For credits generated by structural BMPs inspections are required once per year.
In both cases, the inspections must be done by independent third parties. Local Soil Conservation Districts can also provide inspection services. In addition to the third-party inspections, MDA (or its designee) will perform annual spot-check inspections on a minimum of 10 percent of all traded agricultural credits.
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