Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Reducing Methane Emissions from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2025
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17 Information required for project applications
The section 22 application or section 128 application in relation to a landfill gas capture and destruction project must:
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be accompanied by a copy of the State or Territory licence in relation to any project landfill for the project, as in force at the time of making the application; and
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include written evidence that the project proponent for the project intends:
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to combust landfill gas to generate electricity for use on-site, for supply to the grid, or both; or
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to treat landfill gas, with or without biogas produced from other biogas waste, by biogas upgrading at a project biomethane facility to produce biomethane which will then be sent to an end use where it can reasonably be expected to be combusted within Australia as a natural gas substitute; or
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to combust landfill gas in a flare; and
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specify the project type and project sub-type (as the case requires) to which the project belongs.