Thank you for your commitment to participate in the co-digestion work group process. Below you will find information on the proposed timeline, detail on the first work group meeting scheduled for February 18th in Los Angeles, CA, and additional reference documents. We will continue to add information to this page periodically regarding work group meetings etc.

Timeline:

  • February 6th – First draft sent to work group members

  • February 18th – First work group meeting in Los Angeles, CA (10am – 2pm).

  • Late February – Performance Standard analysis distributed to work group

  • March 13th – Second work group meeting to discuss the performance standard analysis

  • March 20th – Comments on first draft and performance standard analysis due back to California Registry

  • Mid April – Second draft goes out for public review

  • Late April – Public Workshop

  • Late May – Public Comments due

  • July 1 – Final Draft submitted to CCAR board for adoption

Details for First Work Group Meeting:


The first work group meeting will be held at our offices in Los Angeles on February 18th, from 10am – 3pm (lunch provided). We urge workgroup members to attend in person, but will also be supplying a call-in line for those that can’t make it to Los Angeles. Our office is located in downtown Los Angeles, at 523 W. 6th st., Ste 428. Additional information on hotels near downtown, and direction to our office will be emailed to the workgroup ASAP.


References:

  1. Alberta Environment, Specified Gas Emitters Regulation. Quantification Protocol for the Anaerobic Decomposition of Agricultural Materials, Version 1 (2007).

  2. Brown, S., Kruger, C., & Subler, S. (2008). Greenhouse Gas Balance for Composting Operations. Journal of Environmental Quality, Volume 37, Pg 1396-1410.

  3. GE AES Greenhouse Gas Services, LLC. (2007). Methodology for Waste Water Treatment Methane Capture and Destruction Projects, Version 1.1 (2008).

  4. Hansen, T.L., Sommer, S.G., Gabriel, S., & Christensen, T.H. (2006). Methane Production During Storage of Anaerobically Digested Municipal Organic Waste. Journal of Environmental Quality, Volume 35, Pg 830-836.

  5. IPCC, 2006. Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. (Volume 4 – Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use).

  6. IPCC, 2006. Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. (Volume 5 – Waste).

  7. Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Draft Model Rule (January 2007)

  8. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Approved Consolidated Baseline and Monitoring Methodology ACM0014, “Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from treatment of industrial wastewater,