CDM project activity/programme of activities registration request review form (CDM-REGR-FORM) (Version 03.0)

Reference number of the proposed CDM project activity/programme of activities (PoA) submitted for registration	7777
Title of the proposed CDM project activity/PoA submitted for registration	Efe'e Landfill Gas to renewable electricity Project
Please indicate, in accordance with paragraphs 37 and 40 of the CDM modalities and procedures, which validation requirement(s) may require review. A list of requirements is provided below. Please provide reasons in support of the request for review. Including any supporting documentation.
The following are requirements derived from paragraph 37 of the CDM modalities and procedures:
The participation requirements as set out in paragraph 28 to 30 of the CDM modalities and procedures are satisfied; Comments by local stakeholders have been invited, a summary of the comments received has been provided, and a report to the designated operational entity (DOE) on how due account was taken of any comments has been received; Project Participants have submitted to the DOE documentation on the analysis of the environmental impacts of the project activity, including transboundary impacts and, if those impacts are considered significant by the project participants or the host Party, have undertaken an environmental impact assessment in accordance with procedures as required by the host Party; The project activity is expected to result in a reduction in anthropogenic emissions by sources of greenhouse gases that are additional to any that would occur in the absence of the proposed project activity, in accordance with paragraphs 43 to 52 of the CDM modalities and procedures; The baseline and monitoring methodologies comply with requirements pertaining to methodologies previously approved by the Executive Board; Provisions for monitoring, verification and reporting are in accordance with decision 17/CP.7, the CDM modalities and procedures and relevant decisions of the COP/MOP; The project activity conforms to all other requirements for CDM project activities in decision 17/CP.7, the CDM modalities and procedures and relevant decisions by the COP/MOP and the Executive Board.
The following are requirements derived from paragraph 40 of the CDM modalities and procedures:
The DOE shall, prior to the submission of the validation report to the Executive Board, have received from the project participants written approval of voluntary participation from the designated national authority of each Party involved, including confirmation by the host Party that the project activity assists it in achieving sustainable development; In accordance with provisions on confidentiality contained in paragraph 27(h) of the CDM modalities and procedures, the DOE shall make publicly available the project design document; The DOE shall receive, within 30 days, comments on the validation requirements from Parties, stakeholders and UNFCCC accredited non-governmental organizations and make them publicly available; After the deadline for receipt of comments, the DOE shall make a determination as to whether, on the basis of the information provided and taking into account the comments received, the project activity should be validated; The DOE shall inform project participants of its determination on the validation of the project activity. Notification to the project participants will include confirmation of validation and the date of submission of the validation report to the Executive Board; The DOE shall submit to the Executive Board, if it determines the proposed project activity to be valid, a request for registration in the form of a validation report including of the project design document, the written approval of the host Party and an explanation of how it has taken due account of comments received.
There are only minor issues which should be addressed by the DOE/project participants prior to the registration of the project.
Additional information
1) During the consideration of baseline alternatives, scenarios LFG3, LFG4 and LFG5 were excluded based on observations and interviews during the on-site visit and based on public information about the landfill. However, it is unclear how the exclusions are in line with the prevailing waste management practices in the region attended by the landfill as well as relevant national and/or sectoral circumstances. The DOE is requested to further substantiate how it has validated that the LFG would not be partially generated because the organic fraction of the waste received by the landfill would be either (i) recycled, (ii) treated aerobically, (iii) incinerated in the absence of the project. Please refer to VVS version 2.0 – paragraphs 93 and 94. 2) The DOE is required to substantiate how it has validated that the project complies with the applicability criteria "d) Do not reduce the amount of organic waste that would be recycled in the absence of the project activity" as it was justified only based on the waste received by the landfill, without assessing the prevailing waste management practices in the region attended by the landfill as well as relevant national and/or sectoral circumstances and whether the amount of waste recycled is maintained after the project implementation. Please refer to VVS version 2.0 - paragraph 74. 3) The DOE has validated, in page 85 of the validation report, that the parameter FCH4,BL,y (amount of methane in the LFG that would be flared in the baseline in year y) is equal to zero as the collection and treatment of LFG is not mandatory in Israel. However, it should have also validated how the requirements included in the landfill operator's permit (which states that landfill gas should be treated if the methane concentrations in the landfill surface site exceed 4.75%, or if methane concentrations exceed 1.25% in the operational buildings on the landfill site, as indicated at page 16 from the PDD), impact this parameter. Please refer to VVS version 2.0 - paragraph 98. 4) The DOE is required to explain how it has validated the default value of flare efficiency applied by the project based on the height of the flare installed (as per the tool’s definition of low height flare). Please refer to VVS version 2.0 - paragraph 98. 5) The monitoring of the parameter "Management of SWDS" shall be included in the monitoring plan and validated by the DOE. Please refer to VVS version 2.0 - paragraph 132 (a).
Date	16 Apr 13