Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00231:clause:1_11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00231
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 11
Character Range: 32712–33633

11  Requirements for upgrade projects
 (1) An upgrade project must:
 (a) upgrade an existing landfill gas collection system at a landfill to increase its collection efficiency to a higher annual level than previously measured at the landfill over each year covered by subsection (2); and
 (b) install new gas wells to increase landfill gas collection; and
 (c) treat collected gas by emissions destruction or landfill gas capture for biomethane.
 (2) An application for declaration of an upgrade project as an eligible offsets project must include operational records that:
 (a) support the calculation of the collection efficiency of the existing landfill gas collection system; and
 (b) cover the 4‑year period before the application is made.
 (3) The first reporting period for an upgrade project must end not less than 12 months after the landfill gas collection system, as upgraded, begins to collect landfill gas.