the NGER (Measurement) Amendment Determination 2015 (No 1)) has been incorporated where appropriate, with the Department proposing minor refinements to existing methods for estimating fugitive emissions from the capture and transport components of CCS operations. These include the adoption of the gas the term “greenhouse substance”, aligning Determination with existing commonwealth and state legislative instruments for licensing CCS operations. These amendments are intended to commence on 1 July 2015 and apply to the 20152016 financial year. The amendments would affect NGER reports to be submitted by corporations in October 2016. Item NGER Commentary (Measurement) Determination Reference 1 1.8 Provides definition for gas “greenhouse substance”, aligning the definition with the Offshore Petroleum and with and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, state based CCS legislative instruments. 2 44, 46 1.11 Adoption of term gas substance” in – – “greenhouse 49, 51 - 66 1.19A place of dioxide”. that the CCS “carbon Recognises 1.19B stream will routinely include trace amounts of other 1.19B(1) greenhouse gases such as methane. 1.19B(1)(a) 1.19B(1)(b) 1.19B(2)(a) 1.19(2)(a)(i) 1.19B(2)(a)(ii) 1.19B(2)(a)(iii) 1.19B(2)(b) 1.19B(2)(b)(i) 1.19B(2)(b)(ii) 1.19B(2)(b)(iii) 1.19B(3) 1.19C 1.19C(a) 1.19C(b) 1.19D 1.19E 1.19E(1) 1.19E(2) 1.19E(2)(a) 1.19E(2)(b) 1.19E(3)
the NGER (Measurement) Amendment Determination 2015 (No 1)) has been incorporated where appropriate, with the Department proposing minor refinements to existing methods for estimating fugitive emissions from the capture and transport components of CCS operations. These include the adoption of the term “greenhouse gas substance”, aligning the Determination with existing commonwealth and state legislative instruments for licensing CCS operations. These amendments are intended to commence on 1 July 2015 and apply to the 20152016 financial year. The amendments would affect NGER reports to be submitted by corporations in October 2016. Item NGER (Measurement) Determination Reference Commentary 1 1.8 Provides definition for “greenhouse gas substance”, aligning the definition with the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, and with state based CCS legislative instruments. 2 – 44, 46 – 49, 51 - 66 1.11 1.19A 1.19B 1.19B(1) 1.19B(1)(a) 1.19B(1)(b) 1.19B(2)(a) 1.19(2)(a)(i) 1.19B(2)(a)(ii) 1.19B(2)(a)(iii) 1.19B(2)(b) 1.19B(2)(b)(i) 1.19B(2)(b)(ii) 1.19B(2)(b)(iii) 1.19B(3) 1.19C 1.19C(a) 1.19C(b) 1.19D 1.19E 1.19E(1) 1.19E(2) 1.19E(2)(a) 1.19E(2)(b) 1.19E(3) Adoption of term “greenhouse gas substance” in place of “carbon dioxide”. Recognises that the CCS stream will routinely include trace amounts of other greenhouse gases such as methane.
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