22Defining carbon estimation areas in the project area

22  Defining carbon estimation areas in the project area

 (1) The project proponent must stratify land within the project areas for the project into one or more carbon estimation areas, such that:

 (a) all land included in a CEA is eligible land; and

 (b) all land included in a CEA is of a single or dominant land type in accordance with the requirements of the BlueCAM guidelines at the following times:

 (i) at the end of the baseline period for the land;

 (ii) at the end of the current reporting period;

 (iii) at the end of the immediately preceding reporting period; and

Note: The land type within a CEA can change between the end of the baseline period, the end of the current reporting period and the end of the immediately preceding reporting period.

 (c) for a CEA comprising supratidal forest or mangroves, vegetation within the CEA meets the age requirements of the Supplement;

 (d) all areas of land in a project area where excavation activities have occurred are included in a CEA in the project area in the reporting period during which the excavation activities occurred; and

 (e) all land within a CEA is located within one BlueCAM region; and

 (f) all requirements in the Supplement are met in stratifying a CEA.  

Note:  Not all land in a project area must be stratified into a CEA.

 (2) The project proponent may map non-contiguous parts of a project area as a single CEA in accordance with the Supplement.

 (3) Before the end of a reporting period the project proponent may:

 (a) stratify a new CEA; or

 (b) move land from one CEA to another CEA.

 (4) During a reporting period for the project, land cannot be part of:

 (a) more than one CEA; or

 (b) more than one project area.

 (5) Any impacted land within a project area must be included in a CEA at the latest in the reporting period during which the land first became impacted land.

 (6) Any impacted land included in a CEA in a reporting period pursuant to subsection (5) must be included in a new CEA established in that reporting period.

 (7) For so long as any land which is, or is part of, a CEA during a reporting period is or is part of a project area for the project, the land must remain, or remain part of, a CEA for the project during each succeeding reporting period.              

 (8) All CEAs must be included in calculations of the net abatement amount for each reporting period.