Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00226:reg:5:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00226
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 3/6)
Character Range: 14007–17421

net abatement amount for a reporting period (worked out in accordance with Division 2 of Part 4) attributable to the conversion of methane (CH4) to carbon dioxide (CO2) by carrying out:
            (a) biogas generation for biomethane; or
            (b) emissions destruction; or
            (c) emissions avoidance.

            Note:       Biogas generation for biomethane involves sending biogas to a biogas upgrading system to be turned into biomethane. This biogas is considered to have its methane component converted to carbon dioxide, as if it had been sent to a combustion device, because subsequent usage of the biomethane results in its combustion.

       default capacity, for a listed type of material, means the default methane-producing capacity that is specified for that type of material in the Supplement.

         Note: The Supplement specifies individual default capacities for listed types of material.

       displacement abatement, in relation to a project, means the carbon dioxide equivalent net abatement amount for a reporting period worked out in accordance with Division 2 of Part 4), attributable to biomethane production.

       diversion, of material from organic effluent has the meaning given by paragraph 8A(5)(a).

         eligible animal effluent biogas waste has the meaning given by section 15A.

         eligible animal facility means:
            (a) a piggery; or
            (b) a dairy facility;

           that is designed so that, in normal operation, it generates a liquid waste stream that:
            (c) consists only of water, the faeces and urine of the animals, and incidental waste (including spoiled feed, straw, etc); and
            (d) would normally be treated in an anaerobic pond.

         eligible biogas means:
            (a) biogas produced from eligible biogas waste; or
            (b) landfill gas.

         eligible biogas waste means biogas waste that is:
            (a) biogas waste that is eligible animal effluent biogas waste; or
            (b) mixed solid waste within the meaning of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Alternative Waste Treatment) Methodology Determination 2015; or
            (c) eligible organic material within the meaning of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Source Separated Organic Waste) Methodology Determination 2016; or
            (d) domestic or commercial wastewater, or industrial wastewater, within the meaning of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Domestic, Commercial and Industrial Wastewater) Methodology Determination 2015.

              Note:       The proportion of eligible waste used to generate biogas to be treated by biomethane production within the project must be able to be determined.

         eligible material—see subsection 15(1).

         emissions avoidance has the meaning given by subsection 8A(5).

         emissions destruction has the meaning given by subsection 8A(4).

         forerunner project:
            (a) in relation to a restarting biomethane conversion and displacement project—has the meaning given by paragraph 8E(a); or
            (b) in relation to a restarting biomethane displacement-only project—has the meaning given by paragraph 8F(a).

         ineligible material—see subsection 16(1).

       landfill means a site where waste is or was buried under a permission (however described) given under the law