Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Industrial and Commercial Emissions Reduction) Methodology Determination 2021
68Monitoring equipment
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68 Monitoring equipment
(1) Equipment used for monitoring under section 67 must be:
(a) tested and, if necessary, calibrated by an accredited technician in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications for the equipment; and
(b) installed and operated in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications for the equipment.
(2) If, during a measurement time interval, the equipment requires re‑calibration, or does not operate normally, for the purposes of working out the carbon dioxide equivalent net abatement amount for the project for a reporting period, the project proponent must:
(a) for a measurement time interval in the baseline measurement period for the implementation—exclude the values of all parameters from the time interval from the analysis used for any relevant baseline emissions model; or
(b) for a measurement time interval in a reporting period—either:
(i) not treat the measurement time interval as an eligible measurement time interval; or
(ii) determine the value of the parameter under section 69.
Note 1: For example, the equipment would not be operating normally if it is:
(a) operating inconsistently with the manufacturer’s specifications for the equipment; or
(b) giving measurements that do not reflect the actual value of the parameter monitored.
Note 2: By not treating the measurement time interval as an eligible measurement time interval the values of all parameters from the time interval will be excluded from the calculation of total measured emissions under Part 4.