CHAPTER Env-A 3800  VOLUNTARY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS REGISTRY

 

Statutory Authority:  RSA 125-L:3

 

PART Env-A 3801  PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY

 

        Env-A 3801.01  Purpose.  The purpose of this chapter is to implement RSA 125-L, as amended relative to participating in a multi-state climate registry, while retaining recognition of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions undertaken voluntarily by New Hampshire sources that already have been recorded in the state’s registry for early reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

 

Source.  #7456, eff 2-24-01; ss by #9393, INTERIM, eff 2-24-09, EXPIRES: 8-24-09; ss by #9470, eff 5-16-09

 

        Env-A 3801.02  Applicability. 

 

        (a)  This chapter shall apply to the voluntary registration of greenhouse gas emissions reductions by any person, as defined in Env-A 101.140, located in New Hampshire which reduces greenhouse gas emissions in the state or out of state.

 

        (b)  These rules shall not be construed to require any person, as defined in Env-A 101.140, to register greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

 

Source.  #9470, eff 5-16-09 (from 3802.01)

 

PART Env-A 3802  DEFINITIONS

 

        Env-A 3802.01  “Greenhouse gas (GHG)” means “greenhouse gas” as defined in RSA 125-L:1, IV.

 

Source.  #7456, eff 2-24-01; ss by #9393, INTERIM, eff 2-24-09, EXPIRES: 8-24-09; ss by #9470, eff 5-16-09 (from Env-A 3803.01)

 

        Env-A 3802.02  “Source” means “source” as defined in RSA 125-L:1, V, namely “any entity, building, structure, facility, installation, article, or thing which, in the opinion of the commissioner, emits or may emit a greenhouse gas.”

 

Source.  #9470, eff 5-16-09 (from Env-A 3803.04)

 

        Env-A 3802.03  “The Climate Registry” means the nonprofit organization created to establish consistent, transparent standards throughout North America for businesses and governments to calculate, verify and publicly report their carbon footprints in a single, unified registry.

 

Source.  #9470, eff 5-16-09

 

        Env-A 3802.04  “Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER)” means a voluntary emission reduction of one or more greenhouse gases generated over a discrete period of time, and measured in weight.

 

Source.  #9470, eff 5-16-09 (from Env-A 3803.05)

 

PART Env-A 3803  GHG VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS REGISTRATION

 

        Env-A 3803.01  Prior Registrations.  The department shall retain records of all voluntary emissions reductions (VER) registered with the department under this chapter as in effect prior to the chapter’s 2009 effective date.

 

Source.  #7456, eff 2-24-01; ss by #9393, INTERIM, eff 2-24-09, EXPIRES: 8-24-09; ss by#9470, eff 5-16-09

 

        Env-A 3803.02  Registration.  The owner or operator of a source who wishes to register VER shall contact The Climate Registry, whether by mail at 523 W. 6th Street, Suite 445, Los Angeles, CA 90014, by telephone at 866-523-0764, or by fax at 213-627-7727, to obtain information relative to registering VER with The Climate Registry, including but not limited to requirements for measuring, verifying, documenting, and transferring VER.

 

Source.  #7456, eff 2-24-01; ss by #9393, INTERIM, eff 2-24-09, EXPIRES: 8-24-09; ss by #9470, eff 5-16-09 (from Env-A 3804.02)

 

PART Env-A 3804  GHG VER CONVERSION TO TRADABLE CREDITS

 

        Env-A 3804.01  Use Limitation.  GHG VERs registered in accordance with this chapter shall not be converted to tradable credits or used under any circumstances unless and until this chapter is amended to establish a trading program.

 

Source.  #7456, eff 2-24-01; ss by #9393, INTERIM, eff 2-24-09, EXPIRES: 8-24-09; ss by #9470, eff 5-16-09

 

RULE

STATE OR FEDERAL STATUTE

 

 

Env-A 3800

RSA 125-L