Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 400-499 - Environmental Protection - Air Pollution Control › Chapter NR 437 - Voluntary emission reduction registry › Section NR 437.04 - Quantification protocols

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) QUANTIFICATION.
			The emission or carbon reserve baseline and the resulting VER shall be
			quantified using quantification protocols that are listed in sub. (2) (a) or
			that have been submitted to the department under sub. (2) (b).
(2) QUANTIFICATION PROTOCOLS.
(a) The following protocols may be used to
			quantify baselines and VERs:
1. Source
			emission testing performed in accordance with ss.
			NR
			439.07 and
			446.04.
2. Continuous emissions monitoring performed
			in accordance with the methods specified in ss.
			NR
			439.09 and
			439.095(6).
3. Mass balance estimates based on evaluation
			of input and output streams using representative supplier data, engineering
			estimates or sampling analyses.
4.
			Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories,
			intergovernmental panel on climate change, 1996, incorporated by reference in
			s.
			NR
			484.06(6).
5. International Performance Measurement and
			Verification Protocol, Volume 1, U.S. department of energy, January 2001,
			incorporated by reference in s.
			NR
			484.06(7).
6. Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission
			Factors, Volume I: Stationary, Point and Area Sources, U.S. environmental
			protection agency, AP-42, 5th edition, January 1, 1995, as revised by
			Supplements A to F and Update 2001, incorporated by reference in s.
			NR
			484.05(8).
7. Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission
			Factors, Volume II: Mobile Sources, U.S. environmental protection agency,
			AP-42, 4th edition, September 1985, as revised by Supplement A (1991),
			incorporated by reference in s.
			NR
			484.05(8g).
8. Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission
			Factors, Volume II: Mobile Sources, U.S. environmental protection agency,
			AP-42, 5th edition, Appendices G to K, incorporated by reference in s.
			NR
			484.05(8r).
9. Emission Inventory Improvement Program
			Technical Reports, Volume I, Introduction and Use of EIIP Guidance for Emission
			Inventory Development, U.S. environmental protection agency, July 1997,
			incorporated by reference in s.
			NR 484.06(4) (b)
			1.
10. Emission Inventory Improvement Program
			Technical Reports, Volume II, Point Sources, U.S. environmental protection
			agency, May 2002, incorporated by reference in s.
			NR 484.06(4) (b)
			2.
11. Emission Inventory Improvement Program
			Technical Reports, Volume III, Area Sources and Area Source Method Abstracts,
			U.S. environmental protection agency, December 2001, incorporated by reference
			in s.
			NR 484.06(4) (b)
			3.
12. Emission Inventory Improvement Program
			Technical Reports, Volume IV, Mobile Sources, U.S. environmental protection
			agency, September 1997, incorporated by reference in s.
			NR 484.06(4) (b)
			4.
13. Emission Inventory Improvement Program
			Technical Reports, Volume VI, Quality Assurance Procedures and DARS Software,
			U.S. environmental protection agency, September 1997, incorporated by reference
			in s.
			NR 484.06(4) (b)
			5.
14. Emission Inventory Improvement Program
			Technical Reports, Volume VII, Data Management Procedures, U.S. environmental
			protection agency, January 1999, incorporated by reference in s.
			NR 484.06(4) (b)
			6.
15. Emission Inventory Improvement Program
			Technical Reports, Volume VIII. Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, U.S.
			environmental protection agency, October 1999, published electronically,
			incorporated by reference in s.
			NR 484.06(4) (b)
			7.
16. Emission Inventory Improvement Program
			Technical Reports, Volume IX, Particulate Emissions, U.S. environmental
			protection agency, August 2001, published electronically, incorporated by
			reference in s.
			NR 484.06(4) (b)
			8.
17. Voluntary reporting of greenhouse gases
			under Section 1605(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 - General Guidelines,
			October 1994, U.S. department of energy, incorporated by reference in s.
			NR
			484.05(14).
18. Sector-Specific Issues and Reporting
			Methodologies Supporting the General Guidelines for the Voluntary Reporting of
			Greenhouse Gases under Section 1605(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992,
			Volumes I, Electricity Supply Sector, Residential and Commercial Buildings
			Sector, and Industrial Sector, October 1994, U.S. department of energy,
			incorporated by reference in s.
			NR
			484.05(15).
19. Sector-Specific Issues and Reporting
			Methodologies Supporting the General Guidelines for the Voluntary Reporting of
			Greenhouse Gases under Section 1605(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992,
			Volumes II, Transportation Sector, Forestry Sector, and Agricultural Sector,
			October 1994, U.S. department of energy, incorporated by reference in s.
			NR
			484.05(16).
20. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol - a corporate
			accounting and reporting standard, World Resources Institute and World Business
			Council for Sustainable Development, September 2001, incorporated by reference
			in s.
			NR 484.11(11)
			(a).
21. GHG Calculation Tools, World Resources
			Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development, October 2001,
			incorporated by reference in s.
			NR 484.11(11)
			(b).
22. Factor Information Retrieval Data System
			(FIRE), U.S. environmental protection agency, office of air quality planning
			and standards, version 6.23, incorporated by reference in s.
			NR 484.06(4)
			(a).