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	5142
Title of the proposed CDM project activity/PoA submitted for registration	The Colomba-Guabal Landfill Gas 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) The DOE has validated the choice of baseline scenario (LFG) and adjustment factor (0%), based on CVC Resolution 0100 No. 0740 – 0612 which removed the obligation for passive flaring of the landfill gas from the Environmental License of the landfill. The DOE shall further explain in detail the passive flaring obligation in the original license which was applied to the proposed project activity and the consequence of removing this obligation to the compliance of the landfill to applicable regulations. In doing so, the DOE shall provide full information on local/national regulations in this respect, and further substantiate the choice of baseline and adjustment factor used. Please refer to VVM 1.2 Paragraph 84. 2) The DOE is requested to explain why a 5% cost escalation is applied in OPEX of the project activity (flaring and electricity O&M, administration and issurance costs) while no escalation has been considered for the electricity tariff in the investment analysis. In doing so the DOE is also requested to confirm the appropriateness of these values in the context of the project activity. Please refer to VVM 1.2 Paragraph 95. 3) The DOE validated that a gas utilisation right cost ("share of gas") has been defined by contract between the PP and landfill gas owner and included in the financial model. The financial analysis provided "with CDM" indicates that these values were calculated based on the amount of CERs produced every year, and the same values have been used in the financial analysis "without CDM". The DOE is requested to further explain the basis of this share of gas costs, which have been calculated based on the CDM revenues and whether it would be the same in the scenario without the CDM benefits. Please refer to VVM 1.2 Paragraph 111. 4) The DOE is requested to explain how it has validated that the costs associated with the flares have been confirmed against real costs (purchase agreement), considering that while a purchase agreement has been signed for a John Zink flare as indicated in the registered PDD, the costs for both flares used in the finacial analysis sheet are sourced from a Hoffstetter quotation. Please refer to VVM 1.2 Paragraph 111. 5) The monitoring plan indicates that, if no records for monitoring of flare efficiency exist, the default value for enclosed flare will be used. However the manufacturer specifications for the operation of the flare and the required data and procedures to monitor these specifications have not been documented in the CDM-PDD as required by the Tool to determine project emissions from flaring gases containing methane, and validated accordingly by the DOE. Please refer to VVM 1.2 Paragraph 91. 6) The DOE is requested to clarify how it confirmed the compliance of the monitoring plan with the requirements of the applied methodology, considering that the applied methodology requires continuous monitoring of the total amount of landfill gas captured (LFGtotal,y) while the monitoring plan indicates that the total amount of landfill gas captured is the sum of all flow meteres installed at the flares and the gensets. Please refer to VVM 1.2 Paragraph 123 (a) (ii).
Date	03 Apr 12