Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Source Separated Organic Waste) Methodology Determination 2016 (Cth)

Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Source Separated Organic Waste) Methodology Determination 2016 I, Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, make the following determination.

Dated 4 February 2016

Greg Hunt Minister for the Environment

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Duration 5 Definitions 6 Meaning of separated at the point of generation 7 References to factors and parameters from external sources Part 2—Source separated organic waste projects 8 Source separated organic waste projects Part 3—Project requirements Division 1—General requirements 9 Operation of this Division 10 Requirements for new waste diversion activities 11 Requirements for expansion waste diversion activities 12 Requirements for aggregated waste diversion activities 13 Requirements for particular kinds of new waste diversion activities, expansion waste diversion activities and aggregated waste diversion activities 14 Requirements for charity diversion activities 15 Implementation of source separation activities 16 Information to be included in application for declaration—original activities 17 Information to be included in application for declaration—potential activities 18 Information to be included in application for declaration—trial waste diversion activities etc. Division 2—Additionality requirements 19 Requirement in lieu of newness requirement Part 4—Net abatement amount Division 1—Preliminary 20 Operation of this Part 21 Overview of gases accounted for in abatement calculations Division 2—Method for calculating net abatement amount 22 Summary 23 Net abatement amount Division 3—Method for calculating activity abatement portions Subdivision A—Activity abatement portions 24 Summary 25 Activities to be included in calculations 26 Calculation and accrual of activity abatement portions Subdivision B—Calculations relating to baseline emissions 27 Summary 28 Baseline emissions 29 Methane generation potential of degradable organic carbon content in eligible organic material 30 Quantity of a waste mix type in eligible organic material—sub‑method 1 31 Quantity of a waste mix type in eligible organic material—sub‑method 2 32 Quantity of a waste mix type in eligible organic material—sub‑method 3 33 Default proportion of waste mix type w in material collected 34 Landfill diversion factor 35 Expansion proportion Subdivision C—Calculations relating to project emissions 36 Summary 37 Project emissions 38 Total quantity of waste 39 Emissions from fuel 40 Emissions from purchased electricity 41 Emissions from processing eligible organic material 42 Emissions from composting processes 43 Emissions from anaerobic digesters 44 Volume of methane sent to a combustion device 45 Volume of methane vented due to a major venting event 46 Emissions from combustion devices Subdivision D—Calculation of improvement factor 47 Summary 48 Improvement factor Part 5—Reporting, record‑keeping and monitoring requirements Division 1—Offsets report requirements 49 Operation of this Division 50 Information about source separation activities 51 Determination of certain factors and parameters Division 2—Notification requirements 52 Operation of this Division 53 Implementation of potential activities 54 Change to nominated waste treatment facility or unit 55 Change to sub‑activities included in aggregated waste diversion activities Division 3—Record‑keeping requirements 56 Operation of this Division 57 Record‑keeping requirements—waste audits Division 4—Monitoring requirements 58 Operation of this Division 59 Requirements to monitor certain parameters—charity diversion activities 60 Requirements to monitor certain parameters—other source separation activities 61 Requirement to undertake waste audits 62 Consequences of not meeting requirement to monitor certain parameters Part 6—Dividing an SSOW project 63 Operation of this Part 64 Requirements for division of project