The Reserve will allow variances from protocol requirements only where Reserve staff determine that such variances are acceptable. Variances are only granted for deviations from requirements related to monitoring or measuring of GHG reductions or removals. The Reserve will not consider variances related to project eligibility criteria, or to the general methodological approaches for quantifying GHG reductions or removals specified in a protocol. For more information about variances, please refer to Section 3.3.4 of the Reserve’s Offset Program Manual.