Abatement of Air Pollution: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Offset Projects (Connecticut)

Last modified on February 12, 2015.

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Place	Connecticut
Name	Abatement of Air Pollution: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Offset Projects (Connecticut)
Policy Category	Other Policy
Policy Type	Environmental Regulations
Affected Technologies	Biomass/Biogas
Active Policy	Yes
Implementing Sector	State/Province
Program Administrator	Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Primary Website	http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/air/regulations/mainregs/22a-174-31a.pdf
Applicable Jurisdiction	Eligible offset projects may be located in any participating state or in any state or other U.S. jurisdiction that has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the commissioner and the appropriate regulatory agencies of all participating states to carry out certain obligations relative to CO2 emissions offset projects.
Last Review	2014-05-23
Last Substantive Modification to Summary	2014-05-23
Information Source	http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2684&Q=322184&depNav_GID=1633

Summary

Projects that either capture and destroy landfill methane, avoid sulfur hexafluoride emissions, sequester carbon through afforestation, provide end-use energy efficiency, or avoid methane emissions from agricultural management operations are eligible for the award of CO2 offset allowances. Projects are eligible as long as the offset project or CO2 emissions credit retirement is not required by any local, state, or federal law, or regulation, administrative, or judicial order, and the project is not awarded credits or allowances under any other mandatory or voluntary greenhouse gas program by another participating state or carbon market. These regulations describe maximum allocation periods, timing, and monitoring for CO2 offset projects and how to compute allowable carbon offsets.

Policy Contact

Contact Name	Anne Gobin
Department	Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Division	Bureau of Air Management
Phone	(860) 424-3026

Authorities (Please contact the if there are any file problems.)

Authority 1:	DEEP Regulations 22a-174-31a
Date Effective	2008