Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00562:clause:1_8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00562
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 8
Character Range: 80408–81834

8  Fuel loads—shrub fuel and fine fuel
 (1) This section sets out how to calculate the fuel loads for the project area for a calendar year for shrub fuel and fine fuel for the definition of FLf,v,s for subsection 7(2).
 (2) The project proponent must:
 (a) in accordance with the savanna technical guidance document, produce or source a years­‑since‑last‑burnt (YSLB) map for the calendar year that covers the project area; and
 (b) use that map to determine, for years-since-last-burnt values YSLB = 1 to 11, for the calendar year, and for each vegetation fuel type v, the area burnt, SYSLB,v for the project area, by comparing the YSLB map for the year with the vegetation fuel type map; and
 (c) use those areas burnt to calculate the fuel load, FLf,v,s for the project area, in tonnes of biomass per hectare, for fuel size class f of vegetation fuel type v, for fire season s of the calendar year, in accordance with equation 7.
 (3) For paragraph (2)(c), the equation is the following:

  equation 7

  where:
SYSLB,v is the area of the project area burnt in the calendar year, in hectares, for years-since-last burnt value YSLB and for vegetation fuel type v, from paragraph (2)(b).
FAYSLB,f,v,s is the fuel accumulation value for years-since-last-burnt value YSLB, in tonnes of biomass per hectare, for fuel size class f of vegetation fuel type v for fire season s, as given by the savanna technical guidance document.