Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00226:reg:15:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00226
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 50327–52950

offsets project, being evidence that meets any requirements in the Supplement.

       (4) When applying paragraph (3)(b), references in the Supplement to the project are to be read as references to the forerunner project of the restarting biomethane conversion and displacement project.

             Note 1: Ineligible material is not excluded from being processed by biogas generation for biomethane or emissions destruction at project treatment facilities; however, the abatement calculations in Division 2 of Part 4 will subtract the potential emissions from the ineligible material from the net abatement amount. As a result, the proponent will receive credit only to the extent that emissions destroyed exceed emissions attributed to the ineligible material.

             In practice, it is expected that ineligible material will be included in project facilities only in small quantities, and where the cost or inconvenience of separating the ineligible material from eligible material would outweigh the likely loss of abatement credits.

              Note 2: The waste stream from an eligible animal facility is eligible material only if it is produced by the normal operation of the eligible animal facility and therefore includes only incidental waste (such as feed waste) in addition to faeces and urine (see definitions in section 5).

              Note 3: Evidence under paragraphs (2)(b) and (3)(b) to satisfy the Regulator that material would have been treated in an anaerobic pond may differ for new facilities compared to existing facilities
15A Eligible animal effluent biogas waste

       In relation to a project, eligible animal effluent biogas waste is organic effluent that:
            (a) was produced by either:
                (i) an eligible animal facility; or
                (ii) a facility that produces materials of one or more listed types as a waste stream; and
            (b) either:
                (i) consists of animal effluent; or
                (ii) satisfies the following:
                     (A) the organic effluent consists principally of materials of one or more listed types;
                     (B) if it includes material that is not of a listed type—that material contributes no more than 2% of the methane avoided or combusted by the project over the reporting period;               (C) the effluent was not diverted from a facility that is part of an eligible offsets project related to the avoidance of methane emissions; and
            (c) would reasonably have been expected to be treated in an anaerobic pond if it was not treated by anaerobic digestion.