Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00227:reg:7
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Provision Reference: reg 7
Character Range: 27677–29122

7  Wastewater projects

       (1) For paragraph 106(1)(a) of the Act, this determination applies to an offsets project in which either or both of the following occur, in a way that can reasonably be expected to result in eligible carbon abatement:
          (a) eligible wastewater, with or without other organic material, is treated in a treatment facility in a way that destroys methane emissions that would otherwise arise if the eligible wastewater was treated in a deep open anaerobic lagoon;
          (b) eligible biogas produced from the treatment of eligible wastewater, with or without biogas produced from other biogas waste, is treated by biogas upgrading at a biomethane facility to produce biomethane which is then sent to an end use where it can reasonably be expected to be combusted within Australia as a natural gas substitute.

       (2) A project covered by subsection (1) is a wastewater project.

       (3) A wastewater project that is an eligible offsets project may be one of the   following types (which are called project types in this determination):
          (a) a non-biomethane project;
          (b) a biomethane conversion and displacement project;
          (c) a biomethane displacement-only project;
          (d) a restarting biomethane conversion and displacement project;
          (e) a restarting biomethane displacement only project.

Part 3—Project requirements

Division 1—Operation of this Part