Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Savanna Fire Management—Sequestration and Emissions Avoidance) Methodology Determination 2018 (Cth)

Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Savanna Fire Management—Sequestration and Emissions Avoidance) Methodology Determination 2018 I, Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the Environment and Energy, make the following determination.

Dated

13 April 2018

Josh Frydenberg Minister for the Environment and Energy

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Duration 5 Definitions 6 Meaning of high rainfall zone and low rainfall zone 7 Meaning of fire season, early dry season and late dry season 8 Meaning of baseline period 9 Documents that are updated from time to time 10 References to factors and parameters from external sources Part 2—Savanna sequestration projects 11 Savanna sequestration projects Part 3—Project requirements Division 1—General 12 Operation of this Part 13 Information to include in section 22 application Division 2—Project area 14 Requirements relating to project area 15 Variations to project areas Division 3—Project activity 16 Requirement to undertake savanna fire management 17 Project management plan Division 4—Vegetation fuel type map 18 Requirement to create and validate vegetation fuel type map 19 Revisions to vegetation fuel type map 20 Vegetation fuel type map for subdivided project area Division 5—Additionality 21 Requirement in lieu of newness requirement 22 Requirement in lieu of regulatory additionality requirement Division 6—Projects that include transferring project areas 23 Simplified outline of this Division 24 Meaning of transferring project area and related definitions 25 Eligibility requirements for projects with transferring project areas 26 Baseline period—transferring project area 27 Vegetation fuel type map for transferring project area 28 Crediting period for some projects that include transferring project areas Part 4—Net abatement amount Division 1—Preliminary 29 Operation of this Part 30 Simplified outline of this Part 31 Use of SavBAT 3 33 Overview of gases accounted for in abatement calculations Division 2—Calculation of net abatement amount 34 The net abatement amount, A Part 5—Reporting, record-keeping and monitoring requirements Division 1—Offsets report requirements 35 Operation of this Division 36 Information that must be included in offsets reports Division 2—Record‑keeping requirements 37 Operation of this Division 38 Record‑keeping requirements Division 3—Monitoring requirements 39 Operation of this Division 40 Monitoring requirements Part 6—Partial reporting 41 Partial reporting Schedule 1—Emissions avoidance—calculation of adjusted contribution to net abatement amount for a calendar year Division 1—Preliminary 1 Simplified outline of this Schedule Division 2—Calculations 2 Calculation of adjusted contribution to net abatement amount from emissions avoidance for a calendar year, AEA,adj 3 The previous year's uncertainty buffer, BU,Prev 4 The contribution to the net abatement amount from emissions avoidance for a calendar year, AEA 5 The uncertainty buffer cap for a calendar year, BU,Cap 6 Mean annual baseline fire emissions 7 Fire emissions for a calendar year, EF 8 Fuel loads—shrub fuel and fine fuel 9 Fuel loads—coarse fuel and heavy fuel Division 3—Adjustments to calculations 10 Adjustments resulting from project area spanning rainfall zones 11 Adjustments resulting from lack of fire activity 12 Adjustments resulting from subdivided project areas Schedule 2—Sequestration—calculation of adjusted contribution to net abatement amount for a calendar year Division 1—Preliminary 1 Simplified outline of this Schedule Division 2—Calculations 2 Calculation of adjusted contribution to net abatement amount from sequestration of carbon in dead organic matter for a calendar year, ASeq,adj 3 The previous year's carry‑over amount, CSeq,Prev 4 The contribution to the net abatement amount from sequestration for a calendar year, ASeq 5 The sequestration buffer 6 Calculation of CSeq 7 Equilibrium fuel loads Division 3—Adjustments to calculations 8 Adjustments resulting from project area spanning rainfall zones 9 Adjustments resulting from lack of fire activity 10 Adjustments resulting from subdivided project areas 11 Attribution of cumulative net abatement amount to a project area being removed from the project