Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00231:clause:1_12d
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00231
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 12D
Character Range: 35976–39377

12D  Requirements for restarting biomethane conversion and displacement projects

        (1) A restarting biomethane conversion and displacement project:
           (a)  must occur at a project landfill that was part of an eligible offsets project (the forerunner project):
              (i) that did not involve landfill gas capture for biomethane during its crediting period or periods; and
              (ii) for which the applicable methodology determination was:
                (A) this determination; or
                (B) the Carbon Farming (Capture and Combustion of Methane in Landfill Gas from Legacy Waste) Methodology Determination 2012; or
                (C) the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Capture and Combustion of Methane in Landfill Gas from Legacy Waste: Upgrade Projects) Methodology Determination 2012; or
                (D) the 2015 LFG determination; or
                (E) an earlier version of a determination referred to in sub-subparagraph (A) to (D) applicable in accordance with section 125, 126, 127 or 130 of the Act; and
              (iii) the only or last crediting period for which has expired; and
           (b)  must involve the installation of one or more biogas upgrading systems at a project biomethane facility; and
           (c)  must, if it involves landfill gas capture for biomethane, also involve biomethane production; and
           (d)  must have a crediting period greater than zero under section 16A.

            Note: A restarting biomethane conversion and displacement project will only earn credits for conversion abatement attributable to landfill gas capture for biomethane and the displacement abatement attributable to biomethane production (see paragraph 17A(d)). Such a project may also involve emissions destruction, but no credits will be issued in relation to those project activities.

        (2) If:
           (a) a project is a restarting biomethane conversion and displacement project; and
           (b) at the expiry of its forerunner project's crediting period, the applicable methodology determination for the forerunner project was:
              (i) this determination; or
              (ii) the 2015 LFG determination;
         the project is credited under this determination as a new project, a recommencing project, an upgrade project, a transitioning project, a transitioning (continued) project, a transitioning (new) project, a transitioning (recommencing) project and a transitioning (upgrade) project as it was previously credited as the forerunner project.

        (3) If:
           (a) a project is a restarting biomethane conversion and displacement project; and
           (b) at the expiry of its forerunner project's crediting period the applicable methodology determination for the forerunner project was:
              (i) the Carbon Farming (Capture and Combustion of Methane in Landfill Gas from Legacy Waste) Methodology Determination 2012; or
              (ii) the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Capture and Combustion of Methane in Landfill Gas from Legacy Waste: Upgrade Projects) Methodology Determination 2012;

         the project is credited under this determination as a transitioning project.

            Note: Section 31 specifies how the proportion of methane that would have been combusted without the project is worked out for transitioning projects.