17Project activity

17 Project activity

Requirement to implement project activity

(1) For each year in the crediting period and for each herd in the project, the project proponent must implement at least one agricultural practice that complies with subsection (2) (a project activity).

Note: If there is more than one herd in the project, different project activities could be implemented in relation to each herd.

The project activities for a year must be reported in the offsets report. They can change from year to year but must comply with subsection (2).

(2) An agricultural practice must be one that:

(a) can reasonably be expected to reduce emissions from the herd through one of the measures specified in paragraphs 6(1)(a) to (d); and

(b) either:

(i) was not undertaken in relation to the herd during the emissions intensity reference period; or
(ii) is a variation of a practice that was undertaken in relation to the herd during the emissions intensity reference period; and

(c) does not consist of feeding non‑protein nitrogen to a herd; and

(d) does not consist only of grazing the herd on a different area of land.

Note 1: In relation to paragraph (2)(c), Part 4 of this determination does not calculate abatement resulting from feeding non‑protein nitrogen to cattle. The Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Feeding Nitrates to Beef Cattle) Methodology Determination 2014 applies to projects that involve feeding non‑protein nitrogen to cattle. Projects that feed non-protein nitrogen to cattle and herd management projects can be applied to the same herd.

Note 2: Paragraph (2)(d) does not prevent an agricultural practice that consists of grazing the herd on a different area of land in combination with another agricultural practice from complying with this section, so long as, when taken together, there is an agricultural practice that complies with this section.

Initial assessment of agricultural practice for compliance with subsection (2)

(3) The proponent must nominate at least one agricultural practice as a project activity in the section 22 application.

(4) For each practice, the section 22 application must contain the following:

(a) a description of the practice;

(b) an explanation of how the practice complies with paragraph (2)(a);

(c) evidence to support the explanation;

(d) if the proponent considers that the practice satisfies subparagraph (2)(b)(i)—a statement of that fact;

(e) if the proponent considers that the practice satisfies subparagraph (2)(b)(ii)—a description of: