Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L00060:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L00060
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 3226–6455

5  Definitions
  In this determination:
Act means the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.
alternative waste treatment facility or AWT facility means a facility that:
 (a) accepts and processes mixed solid waste using eligible waste treatment technology; and
 (b) extracts recyclable materials from the waste.
alternative waste treatment project or AWT project has the meaning given by subsection 9(2).
anaerobic digester means a system that consists of:
 (a) one or more closed units designed to promote anaerobic digestion; and
 (b) a biogas collection system; and
 (c) any equipment associated with the transfer of biogas to a combustion device.
Note: Examples of anaerobic digesters include the following:
(a) covered anaerobic lagoons;
(b) plug‑flow reactors;
(c) continuously stirred tank reactors;
(d) fixed film digesters;
(e) upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digesters.
anaerobic digestion means a biological process in which organic matter is broken down by microorganisms in the absence of oxygen.
applicable equation has the meaning given by subsection 41(4).
appropriate evidence has the meaning given by subsection 27(4).
appropriate measuring requirements has the meaning given by subsection 45(4).
biobased product means a product that:
 (a) is manufactured by an AWT facility; and
 (b) contains material that was previously putrescible eligible waste.
Note: Examples of biobased products include the following:
(a) compost;
(b) landscape mulch;
(c) mine site remediation material;
(d) soil conditioner.
biofilter means an engineered system that contains living compost‑like material through which biogas passes for methane oxidation.
biogas collection efficiency means the percentage of biogas generated in an anaerobic digester that is sent to a combustion device.
biosolids means a mixture of mainly water and organic materials that:
 (a) is produced entirely from domestic or commercial waste water treatment processes; and
 (b) has undergone further processing to significantly reduce disease‑causing pathogens and volatile organic matter; and
 (c) has been stabilised for beneficial use.
CFI AWT determination means the following methodology determinations as in force immediately before the ERF commencement day:
 (a) the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Avoided Emissions from Diverting Legacy Waste from Landfill for Process Engineered Fuel Manufacture) Methodology Determination 2012;
 (b) the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Avoided Emissions from Diverting Legacy Waste through a Composting Alternative Waste Technology) Methodology Determination 2013;
 (c) the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Diversion of Legacy Waste to an Alternative Waste Treatment Facility) Methodology Determination 2013;
 (d) the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Enclosed Mechanical Processing and Composting Alternative Waste Treatment) Methodology Determination 2013.
combustion device means:
 (a) a boiler, or an internal combustion engine, that is operated in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; or
 (b) a flare that has a monitoring and control system and is operated in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; or
 (c) a device:
 (i) that