Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Domestic, Commercial and Industrial Wastewater) Methodology Determination 2015
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7 Wastewater 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 reasonably be expected to result in eligible carbon abatement:
(a) eligible wastewater, with or without other organic material, is treated in a treatment facility in a way that destroys methane emissions that would otherwise arise if the eligible wastewater was treated in a deep open anaerobic lagoon;
(b) eligible biogas produced from the treatment of eligible wastewater, 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 a wastewater project.
(3) A wastewater 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.