16Restrictions on treatment of ineligible material

16 Restrictions on treatment of ineligible material

Note: Non-compliance with this section during a reporting period can result in no credits being issued (in accordance with subsections 21(3) and (6)).

(1) For this determination, in relation to a project, ineligible material is material other than eligible material.

Note: Ineligible material may consist of organic effluent that does not satisfy section 15, or other organic effluent, provided that it does not affect the treatment effectiveness of the project treatment facility.

(2) If the project treatment facility treats material by emissions avoidance, ineligible material must not be combined with eligible material for treatment by the project treatment facility.

(3) Ineligible material may be combined with eligible material for treatment by a project treatment facility only if all the following apply:

(a) the project treatment facility does not treat material by emissions avoidance;

(b) the ineligible material, when combined with the eligible material, has no significant adverse effect on the operation and performance of the project treatment facility;

Note: A significant adverse effect includes exacerbating fugitive emissions or serious adverse secondary environmental effects such as odour.

(c) before any ineligible material is combined with the eligible material:

(i) the quantity of the ineligible material has been measured; and

(ii) the ineligible material either:

(A) is material of a listed type; or

(B) has had its methane-producing capacity measured in accordance with the Supplement;

(d) the volume of methane attributable to any inconsistent ineligible material totals less than 5% of the methane attributable to all the material (both eligible and ineligible) entering the project treatment facility during the reporting period.

(4) For paragraph (3)(d):

(a) ineligible material is inconsistent if its methane-producing capacity, measured in accordance with the Supplement, varies by more than 40% between each measurement; and

(b) the volume of methane attributable to inconsistent ineligible material and all material entering the project must be calculated using equation 8.