Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01696:clause:1_5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01696
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 5 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 125258–127990

5  Carbon estimation areas (CEAs), exclusion areas and emissions accounting areas
 (1) The project proponent must map land within a project area for the project into one or more carbon estimation areas (CEAs) such that:
 (a) all the land in each CEA:
 (i) is eligible land; and
 (ii) is subject to the carrying out or maintenance of at least one eligible management activity until the end of the permanence obligation period for the project; and
 (iii) is within a single State or Territory; and
 (iv) has identical responsible landholders; and
 (b) if the project was declared as an eligible offsets project after 1 September 2020—the mapping is completed, and provided to the Regulator as required by the Supplement, prior to each baseline sampling round for each CEA.
 (2) The project proponent may map non-contiguous parts of a project area as a single CEA, where the furthest boundaries of non-contiguous areas do not exceed 10 kilometres in distance from each other within a singular CEA.
 (3) The boundaries of a CEA may be revised only to merge and split existing CEAs in accordance with requirements in the Supplement.
Note:  If the boundaries of a CEA are revised, baseline emissions and baseline soil organic carbon stocks may need to be recalculated.
              (4) The project proponent must not remove project areas which would remove part of a CEA, unless such removal is provided for in, and meets the requirements of, the Supplement.
 (5) The project proponent may map other land within the project area for the project into one or more exclusion areas such that:
 (a) no land management or agricultural activities are to be conducted in the area; and
 (b) none of the land is included in a CEA.
Note: Exclusion areas would generally be dwellings, roads, dams or other infrastructure.
 (6) Any part of the project area which is neither a CEA nor an exclusion area is an emissions accounting area.
Note: The soil organic carbon stock change of an emissions accounting area is not included in the net abatement amount, but emissions from these areas are included in the net abatement amount calculations. Emissions accounting areas are likely to include agricultural land which is not suitable or conducive to sampling (such as rocky outcrops) and densely forested land where land management activities are not applied.
 (7) Subsections (8), (9) and (10) apply to a CEA that:
 (a) has been mapped in accordance with this section; and
 (b) includes land that is not eligible, or has ceased to be eligible, because it does not satisfy paragraph 9(1)(b) of this determination (dwelling or structures); and
 (c) has not been removed from the project area of the project.
 (8) Despite subparagraph (1)(a)(i), ineligible