The template for SSp1 allows for "Streamlined Path" in which a "Registered Civil Engineer" signs to accept responsibility that a proper ESC Plan has been created that is equal to or more stringent than the 2003 EPA CGP requirements.

The project in consideration here is in China.

In short, does the USGBC accept China's certification of "registered civil engineers" as equivalent to the US, and thus accept the streamlined documentation path with their electronic signature?

Obviously the same ESC requirements still need to be met, but we do need clarity on what registration is applicable.

Are there other considerations that then result from the signature exemption... IE that the "contractor declaration and documentation" or " project team date-stamped photos" options are preferred as more reliable verification of the plan implementation, instead of the simple "narrative description"? Or is that not the case, the three options are still all available (as seems true because the form does not grey it out)?