SCHEDULES

Regulation 32

SCHEDULE 2Provision of information in relation to the use of biomass in certain circumstances

Information to be provided to the Department where biomass is used for combustion or production of biomethane

1. This Schedule specified the information that a participant is required to provide under regulation 32(9).

2. The information is information identifying to the best of the participant’s knowledge and belief, in such manner and form as the Department may require—

(a)the material from which the solid biomass was composed;

(b)the form of the solid biomass;

(c)its mass;

(d)whether the solid biomass was a by-product of a process;

(e)whether the solid biomass was derived from waste;

(f)where the solid biomass was plant matter or derived from plant matter, the country where the plant matter was grown;

(g)where the information specified in paragraph (f) is not known or the solid biomass was not plant matter or derived from plant matter, the country from which the operator obtained the solid biomass;

(h)whether any of the solid biomass used was an energy crop or derived from an energy crop and if so—

(i)the proportion of the consignment which was or was derived from the energy crop; and

(ii)the type of energy crop in question;

(i)whether the solid biomass or any matter from which it was derived was certified under an environmental quality assurance scheme and, if so, the name of the scheme;

(j)where the solid biomass was plant matter or derived from plant matter, the use to which the land on which the plant matter was grown has been put since 30th November 2005.

3. The information specified in paragraph 2 must be collated by reference to the following places or origin—

(a)United States of America or Canada;

(b)the European Union;

(c)other.

4. The information specified in paragraph 2 must be provided for every quarterly period.

5. For the purpose of this Schedule—

“energy crop” means a plant crop planted after 31st December 1989 which is grown primarily for the purpose of being used as fuel or which is one of the following—

(a)

miscanthus giganteus (a perennial grass);

(b)

salix (also known as short rotation coppice willow);

(c)

populous (also known as short rotation coppice poplar); and

“environmental quality assurance scheme” means a voluntary scheme which establishes environmental or social standards in relation to the production of biomass or matter form which a biomass is derived.