Registration Request for Review Form


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 registration3480
Title of the proposed CDM project activity/PoA submitted for registrationHanyang Municipal Solid Waste Incineration for Energy Generation Project in Haining City
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. The DOE is requested to further justify how it has validated the project starting date considering that the build operate transfer contract, the earliest financial commitment, was signed in April 2006 while the start of construction (project starting date) is later in August 2008. In doing so please refer to the CDM glossary of terms.
2. The DOE is requested to explain how it has validated the prior consideration of the CDM, in particular to provide the date on which the project participant notified the Chinese DNA of their commitment in CDM in line with EB 41 Annex 46 paragraph 3.
3. The DOE is requested to further validate the elimination of alternative scenarios, in particular, to clearly indicate whether each of the alternative scenarios listed below was eliminated due to: a) regulatory requirements; b) prohibitive barriers (and the kind of prohibitive barriers); or c) financial unattractiveness. The alternative scenarios include: i) disposal of the waste at a landfill where gas captured is flared; ii) existing or construction of a new on-site or off-site fossil fuel or renewable energy based cogeneration plant or captive power plant; iii) existing or construction of on-site or off-site fossil fuel fired or renewable energy based boilers or cogeneration plant for heat supply. In doing so, please refer to “Procedure for the selection of the most plausible baseline scenario” (page 4-6 of the applied methodology).
4. The DOE is requested to explain how it has validated the suitability of applied ex-ante parameters required by the Tool to determine emissions avoidance from disposal of waste at a solid waste disposal site (page 3-8).
5. The DOE is requested to explain how it has validated the ex-ante grid emission factor, in particular to explain if it was the most recent value available at the start of the validation, December 2008. In doing so, please refer to EB 50 Annex 12 page 5.
Date 02 Dec 10