Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Tidal Restoration of Blue Carbon Ecosystems) Methodology Determination 2022
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14 Project operations and maintenance plan
(1) Before making a section 22 application for the project, the project proponent must prepare one or more project operations and maintenance plans for the project and provide them to:
(a) the qualified person for preparation or review of the initial hydrological assessment or assessments for the project; and
(b) if the eligible project activities for the project involve managing tidal flows through the use of any tidal restriction mechanism, necessary infrastructure or drainage infrastructure—the qualified engineer for preparation of the relevant confirmation or confirmations in connection with the initial hydrological assessment or assessments.
(2) Before making a section 29 application for the project that seeks a variation to the section 27 declaration for the project, the project proponent must satisfy either or both of the following requirements:
(a) revise one or more project operations and maintenance plans for the project that covers the variation;
(b) prepare one or more project operations and maintenance plans for the project that covers the variation;
and provide them to:
(c) the qualified person for revision or preparation of the hydrological assessment or assessments for the project in relation to the section 29 application; and
(d) if the eligible project activities for the project involve managing tidal flows through the use of any tidal restriction mechanism, necessary infrastructure or drainage infrastructure—the qualified engineer for preparation of the relevant confirmation or confirmations in connection with the hydrological assessment or assessments.
(3) Before the project proponent makes a change to any of the eligible project activities for the project, the project proponent must satisfy either or both of the following requirements:
(a) revise one or more project operations and maintenance plans for the project that reflect the change;
(b) prepare one or more project operations and maintenance plans for the project that reflect the change;
and provide them to:
(c) the qualified person for revision or preparation of the hydrological assessment or assessments for the project in relation to the change; and
(d) if the eligible project activities for the project involve managing tidal flows through the use of any tidal restriction mechanism, necessary infrastructure or drainage infrastructure—the qualified engineer for preparation of the relevant confirmation or confirmations in connection with the hydrological assessment or assessments.
(4) The project proponent and each relevant landholder of land on which the eligible project activities for the project are to be carried out must, in relation to each project operations and maintenance plan relevant to the eligible project activities to be carried out on the land which is the basis of a current hydrological assessment for the project made under section 15: