Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00126:reg:39
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00126
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 39
Character Range: 51361–52289

39  Eligibility requirements for stubble retention
 (1) A soil carbon project that involves stubble retention in a carbon estimation area is an eligible offsets project only if:
 (a) stubble is retained in the carbon estimation area after a crop is harvested; and
 (b) burning or baling occurs in the area no more than once every 5 years that the area is under crops.
 (2) For the purposes of this determination, stubble retention commences in a carbon estimation area if:
 (a) a crop is sown in the carbon estimation area; and
 (b) no burning or baling occurred in the area after the previous crop in the area was harvested; and
 (c) the sowing and the harvest referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) occurred after the project declaration date.
 (3) The stubble retention is taken to have commenced when the sowing referred to in paragraph (2)(a) is completed.

Subdivision 8—Eligibility requirements for conversion to pasture