Manaus Landfill Gas Project
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Host party(ies) Brazil
Methodology(ies) ACM0001 ver. 11
Standardised Baselines N/A
Estimated annual reductions* 1,048,754
Start date of first crediting period. 01 Jan 11
Length of first crediting period. 7 years
DOE/AE SGS-UKL
Period for comments 26 May 10 - 24 Jun 10
PP(s) for which DOE have a contractual obligation Conestoga-Rovers & Associates Capital Limited
The operational/applicant entity working on this project has decided to make the Project Design Document (PDD) publicly available directly on the UNFCCC CDM website.
PDD PDD (2038 KB)
Local stakeholder consultation report: N/A
Impact assessment summary: N/A
Submission of comments to the DOE/AE Compilation of submitted inputs:
Dear Sirs, 
As in the case of other few landfill gas project activities implemented in Brazil in a public landfill, information about the tendering process for the concession of the rights to explore biogas from our public landfill by involved project participants is unclear and not transparent. While the municipal administration of some cities in Brazil where LFG capture and destruction/utilization CDM projects were implemented in public landfill (e.g. São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro) managed to take financial benefits of associated carbon revenues, the case of this landfill in Manaus in unclear. While the city of São Paulo has been regularly promoting public auctions for the sale of their significant share of carbon credits (CERs), no information is available at the official webpage of the municipal administration (city hall) of Manaus regarding the deal our muni has with the project participants. As a citizen of Manaus, I would appreciate if it could be clarified whether we citizens of Manaus will benefit from the exploration under a concession agreement of biogas in our public landfill. 
I hope this is not one more example of a not transparent and fair deal between a public entity and private parties which harm the interest of the citizens like me. 
Eloi Marcondes 
Submitted by: Eloi Marcondes


The comment period is over.
* Emission reductions in metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent per annum that are based on the estimates provided by the project participants in unvalidated PDDs