Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00226:reg:5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00226
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 2/6)
Character Range: 11024–14284

system means a system of equipment that is capable of undertaking biogas upgrading.

       biogas waste means putrescible organic waste material that can be treated through anaerobic digestion to produce biogas.

         biomethane means a high-methane content gas that is:
            (a) produced by biogas upgrading; and
            (b) suitable for use as a natural gas substitute.

       biomethane conversion and displacement project has the meaning given by section 8C.

         biomethane displacement-only project has the meaning given by section 8D.

         biomethane facility means a facility:
            (a) at which biomethane production is undertaken or intended to be undertaken; and
            (b) from which the resulting biomethane is sent, or is proposed to be sent, to an end use where it can reasonably be expected to be combusted within Australia as a natural gas substitute.

            Note 1:  If biogas upgrading occurs at the project treatment facility, the project treatment facility may also be a biomethane facility.

            Note 2:  Biomethane facilities that are used in an animal effluent management project that involves biogas generation for biomethane or biomethane production become known as project biomethane facilities.

            Note 3:  The section 22 application or section 128 application for a biomethane conversion and displacement project or a biomethane displacement-only project, and the section 22 application for a restarting biomethane conversion and displacement project or a restarting biomethane displacement-only project, must include details of at least one project biomethane facility (see paragraph 9A(2)(d)).

         biomethane production has the meaning given by subsection 8A(3).

         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 combusts biogas with a destruction efficiency of at least 98% (or such other threshold specified for the purposes of this subparagraph in the Supplement); and
               (ii) that is operated in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; and
               (iii) the combustion process of which is controlled using a monitoring and control system.

       complete, in relation to the combustion of methane or biomethane, is combustion with a destruction efficiency of 98% or more of the methane.

       composting (passive windrow) means the treatment of solid material diverted as part of an animal effluent management project aerobically in a pile or windrow (a line of heaped material) that is passively managed with infrequent turning for mixing and aeration.

       conversion 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 the conversion of methane (CH4) to carbon dioxide (CO2) by carrying out:
            (a) biogas generation for biomethane; or
            (b) emissions destruction;