Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00227:reg:5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00227
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 2/6)
Character Range: 13052–16270

sent, to an end use where it can reasonably be expected to be combusted within Australia as a natural gas substitute.

              Note 1: If biogas upgrading occurs at the project treatment facility, the project treatment facility may also be a biomethane facility.

              Note 2: Biomethane facilities that are used in a wastewater project that involves biogas generation for biomethane or biomethane production become known as project biomethane facilities.

              Note 3: The section 22 application or section 128 application for a biomethane conversion and displacement project or a biomethane displacement-only project, and the section 22 application for a restarting biomethane conversion and displacement project or a restarting biomethane displacement-only project, must include details of at least one project biomethane facility (see paragraph 8I(2)(d)).

       biomethane production has the meaning given by subsection 8A(3).

       chemical oxygen demand, or COD, means the total material available for chemical oxidation (both biodegradable and non-biodegradable).

       combustion device means:
           (a) a boiler, or an internal combustion engine, that is operated in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; or
           (b) a flare that has a monitoring and control system and is operated in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; or
           (c) a device:
               (i) that combusts biogas with a destruction efficiency of at least 98%; and
               (ii) that is operated in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; and
               (iii) the combustion process of which is controlled using a monitoring and control system.

       complete, in relation to the combustion of methane or biomethane, is combustion with a destruction efficiency of 98% or more of the methane.

       conversion abatement, in relation to a project, means the carbon dioxide equivalent net abatement amount for a reporting period (worked out in accordance with Division 2 of Part 4) attributable to the conversion of methane (CH4) to carbon dioxide (CO2) by carrying out:
           (a) biogas generation for biomethane; or
           (b) emissions destruction.

              Note:       Biogas generation for biomethane involves sending biogas to a biogas upgrading system to be turned into biomethane. This biogas is considered to have its methane component converted to carbon dioxide, as if it had been sent to a combustion device, because subsequent usage of the biomethane results in its combustion.

       covered lagoon means a lagoon that:
           (a) is an existing anaerobic lagoon (the uncovered lagoon) that is covered to create a closed unit; and
           (b) does not contain any heating or stirring features that were not present in the uncovered lagoon.

       deep open anaerobic lagoon means an open lagoon:
           (a) with a depth of more than 2 metres; and
           (b) in which the biological treatment of biomass or other organic matter occurs through anaerobic digestion; and
           (c) from which the resulting methane emissions are not captured and are instead vented into the atmosphere.

       digestate