Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Reducing Methane Emissions from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2025.
10 References to factors and parameters from external sources
Part 2—Landfill gas capture and destruction projects
11 Landfill gas capture and destruction projects
Part 3—Project requirements
12 Operation of this Part
Division 2—General project requirements
13 Project activities
14 Project types
15 Project sub-types for non-biomethane and biomethane conversion and displacement projects
16 Classification of a project as project type and sub-type
17 Information required for project applications
18 Requirements for projects involving landfill gas capture for biomethane or emissions destruction
Division 3—Requirements for project types and sub-types
19 Requirements for non-biomethane projects
20 Application requirements for biomethane conversion and displacement projects, biomethane displacement only projects and restarting biomethane displacement only projects
21 Requirements for existing enhanced projects
22 Application requirements for upgrade projects and existing upgrade projects
23 Requirements for flaring only projects
24 Requirements for flaring only projects (small and regional landfill)
25 Requirements for restarting flaring only projects
Division 4—Newness and additionality
26 Requirement in lieu of newness requirement for new projects
27 Requirement in lieu of newness requirement for restarting biomethane displacement only projects
28 Requirement in lieu of newness requirement for upgrade projects
29 Requirement in lieu of additionality requirement
Division 5—Crediting period for projects
30 Crediting period for projects
Part 4—Net abatement amount
31 Operation of this Part
32 What can be included in calculating net abatement
33 Working out net abatement
34 Inputs and parameters
Division 2—Working out conversion abatement
Subdivision 1—Overview
35 Overview of gases accounted for in conversion abatement calculations
Subdivision 2—Method for calculating net conversion abatement amount
36 Simplified outline of this Subdivision
37 Net conversion abatement amount
Subdivision 3—Method for calculating project conversion abatement
38 Simplified outline of this Subdivision
39 Project conversion abatement
40 Methane combusted or taken to be combusted that was not generated from carbon tax waste and, in the case of a safeguard LFG project, not generated from non-legacy waste
41 Proportion of methane combusted or taken to be combusted that was not generated from carbon tax waste
42 Methane combusted or taken to be combusted
43 Methane sent to combustion device or biogas upgrading system
44 Methane combusted that was not generated from carbon tax waste (and, in the case of a safeguard LFG project, not generated by non-legacy waste) and that would have been oxidised in near surface conditions
45 Methane destroyed in biomethane produced by project biomethane facilities
46 Biomethane production loss factor
Division 3—Method for calculating baseline conversion abatement
47 Simplified outline of this Division
48 Baseline conversion abatement
49 Proportion of methane that would have been combusted without the project—new projects
50 Proportion of methane that would have been combusted without the project—upgrade projects, existing enhanced projects or restarting flaring only projects
51 Proportion of methane that would have been combusted without the project—existing upgrade projects
Division 4—Project emissions from landfill gas capture for biomethane
52 Simplified outline of this Division
53 Project emissions from landfill gas capture for biomethane—conversion and displacement abatement
54 Emissions from fuel use for landfill gas capture for biomethane
55 Emissions from purchased electricity use—conversion abatement
Part 5—Working out displacement abatement
Division 1—Overview of gases
56 Overview of gases accounted for in displacement abatement calculations
Division 2—Method for calculating net displacement abatement amount
57 Simplified outline of this Division
58 Net displacement abatement amount
59 Project biomethane facility net abatement amount
60 Certain abatement must not be included in calculating net abatement amount
Division 3—Gross abatement amount
61 Simplified outline of this Division
62 Gross abatement amount for a project biomethane facility
Division 4—Eligible abatement fraction
63 Simplified outline of this Division
64 Eligible abatement fraction for a project biomethane facility
65 Determining the quantity of eligible biogas from a biogas source
69 Emissions from purchased electricity use—displacement abatement
Part 6—Monitoring, record-keeping and reporting requirements
Division 1—Offsets report requirements
70 Operation of this Division
71 Required information for offsets reports—general information
72 Required information for offsets reports—net abatement calculations
73 Required information for offsets reports—details of certain project changes
74 Required information for offsets reports—determination of certain factors and parameters
75 Required information for offsets reports—monitored parameters
76 Requirement for projects to calculate regulatory proportion for reporting period
Division 2—Monitoring requirements
77 Operation of this Division
78 Requirements to monitor certain parameters
79 Consequences of not meeting requirement to monitor certain parameters
Schedule 1—Determining regulatory proportion
Part 1—Operation of this Schedule
1 Operation of this Schedule
Part 2—Regulatory proportion determined on basis of State or Territory licence conditions
2 References to State or Territory licence
3 Operation of this Part
4 Reporting periods for which regulatory proportion must be worked out
5 Licence condition relating to methane concentration limit or methane flux rate
6 Licence condition relating to methane concentration limit or methane flux rate—annual amount of methane permitted to be emitted
7 Licence condition relating to methane concentration limit or methane flux rate—annual amount of methane permitted to be emitted from final and intermediate cover
8 Licence condition relating to methane concentration limit or methane flux rate—annual amount of methane permitted to be emitted from daily/operational cover
9 Licence condition relating to landfill gas collection or release
Part 3—Regulatory proportion determined by asking State or Territory environmental regulator
10 Regulatory proportion determined by asking State or Territory environmental regulator
Part 4—Regulatory proportion determined by independent expert
11 Regulatory proportion determined by independent expert