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2009/286

Climate Change (Unique Emissions Factors) Regulations 2009

Rt Hon Sir Peter Blanchard, Administrator of the Government

Order in Council

At Wellington this 28th day of September 2009

Present:
His Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council

Pursuant to sections 163 and 164 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister for Climate Change Issues, makes the following regulations.

Contents

Part 1
Preliminary matters

3 Interpretation

4 Application for approval to use unique emissions factor

5 Chief executive may approve use of unique emissions factor

6 Criteria for class or category of fuel for which unique emissions factor may be used

Part 2
Activities for which unique emissions factor may be sought

Owning and purchasing obligation fuel

7 Obligation fuel participant may apply for approval to use unique emissions factor

8 Requirements relating to application for unique emissions factor approval by obligation fuel participant

Importing, mining, and purchasing coal

9 Coal participant may apply for approval to use unique emissions factor

10 Requirements relating to application for unique emissions factor approval for class of coal calculated using standard testing option

11 Requirements relating to application for unique emissions factor approval for class of coal combusted in particular equipment

12 Requirements relating to application for unique emissions factor approval for fugitive coal seam gas

Purchasing natural gas

13 Natural gas purchasing participant may apply for approval to use unique emissions factor

Using geothermal fluid

14 Geothermal participant may apply for approval to use unique emissions factor

15 Requirements relating to application for unique emissions factor approval by geothermal participant

16 Requirements for applications for unique emissions factor approval for geothermal fluid use calculated by reference to steam production

17 Requirements for applications for unique emissions factor approval for geothermal fluid use calculated by reference to non-condensable gas concentrations

Combusting used oil, waste oil, used tyres, or waste

18 Waste combustion participant may apply for approval to use unique emissions factor

19 Requirements relating to application for unique emissions factor approval by waste combustion participant

20 Requirements for applications for unique emissions factor approval for waste calculated using standard testing option

Periodic source testing option

21 Requirements for applications for unique emissions factor approval for coal, natural gas, used or waste oil, used tyres, or waste calculated using periodic source testing option

22 Sampling and testing requirements for the periodic source testing option

23 Calculation of unique emissions factor in accordance with periodic source testing option

24 Verification

Part 3
Recognition of verifiers

25 Applications for recognition

26 Chief executive may recognise individuals as verifiers

27 Activities in respect of which recognition can be given

28 Grant of recognition

29 Conditions of recognition

30 Suspension of recognition

31 Revocation of recognition

32 Surrender of recognition

33 Substituted notice of recognition

34 List of recognised individuals

Schedule
Emissions factors and thresholds

Explanatory note

Administrative information

Regulations