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Tuesday, 3 August 2004
Page: 25477


Senator Brown asked the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, upon notice, on 2 March 2004:

With reference to the Greenhouse Gas Abatement Program: As at 30 June 2003, what tonnage of greenhouse gas emissions was abated as a result of the Program.


Senator Ian Macdonald (Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) —The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

No estimate is available for the tonnage of abatement delivered by the Greenhouse Gas Abatement Programme (GGAP) as at 30 June 2003. Under the contractual arrangements for GGAP projects, project proponents are not required to provide abatement estimates for periods while projects are still being implemented. Once project implementation is complete, proponents are required to provide annual abatement estimates until the end of the Kyoto target period. This is in line with the objectives of the GGAP programme, which is intended to deliver large-scale abatement during the Kyoto target period of 2008-2012. Currently, no projects are complete.

The estimate for the GGAP project with Refrigerant Reclaim Australia is available due to the direct correlation between the volume of reclaimed refrigerants and abatement secured by the project. This project delivered 35,750 tonnes of CO2 equivalent abatement as at 30 June 2003.

Abatement estimates for GGAP that reflect projected outcomes from the 2004-05 Federal Budget (including the new measures) and projected estimates from ongoing GGAP projects (Rounds 1 and 2) and GGAP Round 3 are under preparation and will be released later this year.