Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Destruction of Methane Generated from Dairy Manure in Covered Anaerobic Ponds) Methodology Determination 2012 [F2012L02571]-New and Concluded Matters [2013] AUSStaCSDLM 50 (28 February 2013)

• Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Destruction of Methane Generated from Dairy Manure in Covered Anaerobic Ponds) Methodology Determination 2012 [F2012L02571]
• Insufficient explanation provided regarding consultation

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Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Destruction of Methane Generated from Dairy Manure in Covered Anaerobic Ponds) Methodology Determination 2012 [F2012L02571]

Purpose	Sets out the rules for implementing and monitoring an agricultural emissions avoidance project under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) to to capture biogas generated from dairy farms.
Last day to disallow[1]	15 May 2013
Authorising legislation	Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011
Department	Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

ISSUE:

Insufficient explanation provided regarding consultation

Regarding consulation, the explanatory statement (ES) for this instrument states:^[2]

The methodology proposal was developed by the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (the Department) in collaboration with a technical working group made up of representatives from the dairy industry, the Australian Government and State and Territory governments.
The methodology proposal was published on the Department's website for public consultation from 13 June 2012 to 21 July 2012. Stakeholders and members of the public who asked to be listed on the mailing list maintained by the Department were notified of the public consultation period.

Unlike the explanatory statement for a similar instrument, the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Capture and Combustion of Methane in Landfill Gas for Legacy Waste: Upgrade projects) Methodology Determination 2012 [F2012L02583], no information is provided as to the outcome of the consultation, such as the number, if any, of submissions received and the extent to which any comments may have been or were required to be taken into account. The committee will therefore seek further information from the parliamentary secretary.

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^[1] 'Last day to disallow' refers to the last day on which notice may be given of a motion for disallowance in the Senate.

^[2] The committee's guideline on addressing the consultation requirements of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 is included at Appendix 2.