7Animal effluent management projects

7 Animal effluent management projects

(1) For paragraph 106(1)(a) of the Act, this determination applies to an offsets project in which either or both of the following occur, in a way that can be reasonably expected to result in eligible carbon abatement:

(a) animal effluent, with or without other organic effluent, is processed in a treatment facility in a way that destroys or avoids methane emissions that would otherwise arise if decomposing organic matter in animal waste was disposed of in an anaerobic pond;

(b) eligible biogas produced from the treatment of organic effluent, with or without biogas produced from other biogas waste, is treated by biogas upgrading at a biomethane facility to produce biomethane which is then sent to an end use where it can reasonably be expected to be combusted within Australia as a natural gas substitute.

(2) A project covered by subsection (1) is an animal effluent management project.

(3) An animal effluent management project that is an eligible offsets project may be one of the following types (which are called project types in this determination):

(a) a non-biomethane project;

(b) a biomethane conversion and displacement project;

(c) a biomethane displacement-only project;

(d) a restarting biomethane conversion and displacement project;

(e) a restarting biomethane displacement-only project.

Part 3—Project requirements

Division 1—Operation of this Part

8 Operation of this Part

(1) For paragraph 106(1)(b) of the Act, this Part sets out requirements that must be met for an animal effluent management project to be an eligible offsets project.

(2) Division 2 sets out project-specific requirements for each different type of animal effluent management project.

(3) Division 3 specifies the information that is required to be included in a section 22 application or section 128 application relating to a project.

(4) Division 4 sets out requirements for project treatment facilities.

(5) Division 5 sets out requirements in lieu of the newness requirement for certain projects, for subparagraph 27(4A)(a)(ii) of the Act.

(6) Division 6 specifies the meaning of “eligible material” and “ineligible material” and imposes restrictions on the treatment of ineligible material in projects.

(7) Division 7 specifies the crediting period for a project, for paragraph 69(3)(b) and subparagraph 70(3)(d)(ii) of the Act.