Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00226:reg:8a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00226
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8A
Character Range: 29594–31992

8A  Project activities

       (1) An animal effluent management project must involve one or more of the following activities (which are called project activities in this determination):
            (a) biogas generation for biomethane;
            (b) biomethane production;
            (c) emissions destruction;
            (d) emissions avoidance.

       (2) Biogas generation for biomethane involves:
            (a) treating organic effluent by generating biogas from it; and emissions avoidance.
            (b) capturing that biogas; and
            (c) sending that biogas to a biogas upgrading system that is part of a project biomethane facility.

                Note: Conversion abatement from biogas generation for biomethane only occurs when biomethane produced from biogas as part of the project can reasonably be expected to be combusted within Australia as a natural gas substitute.

       (3) Biomethane production involves:
            (a) treating biogas by biogas upgrading to produce biomethane at a project biomethane facility; and
            (b) sending the biomethane to an end use where it can reasonably be expected to be combusted within Australia as a natural gas substitute.

                Note 1: Acceptable end uses may include sale and transport to a gas retailer or gas consumer, or on-site combustion for heat or power.

                Note 2: Combustion of biomethane may occur on-site at a project biomethane facility, or off-site if the biomethane is transported from a project biomethane facility to an end user. This may be through injection into a gas distribution or transmission network, transport via road, or another gas transport mechanism.

       (4) Emissions destruction involves:
            (a) treating organic effluent by generating biogas from it; and
            (b) capturing that biogas; and
            (c) destroying the proportion of the biogas that is methane using a combustion device.

       (5) Emissions avoidance involves treating organic effluent by:
            (a) removing material that includes volatile solids (diversion of the material); and
            (b) dealing with the diverted material aerobically in a way that produces materially fewer total methane and nitrous oxide emissions than would be produced by treatment in an anaerobic pond (a post-diversion treatment).

Division 2—Project-specific requirements