Section NR 437.01 - Applicability; purpose(1) APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to any person who wants to register emission reductions or avoided emissions of greenhouse gases or air contaminants, or carbon sequestration, if the emission reduction, emission avoidance or carbon sequestration occurs before it is required by law or results in emissions which are lower than those allowed by law.(2) PURPOSE. (a) This chapter is adopted under ss. 227.11(2) (a) and 285.78, Stats., to establish a system under which the department registers emission reductions or avoided emissions of greenhouse gases or air contaminants or carbon sequestration, if the emission reduction, avoided emissions or carbon sequestration occurs before it is required by law or results in emissions which are lower than those allowed by law. Note: Emission reductions may be used to comply with existing regulations if they meet the provisions specified in the applicable regulation. Examples of existing regulations are the emission offset requirements of s. NR 408.06 and the internal offsets compliance option in s. NR 425.05. Registrants should be aware that registration under this chapter does not guarantee that the emission reductions meet the requirements of the applicable regulation. Once used to meet a regulatory requirement, the emission reductions are no longer eligible for registration under this chapter.
(b) The purpose of the registry is to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, that efforts undertaken voluntarily by persons in Wisconsin to reduce or avoid emissions of greenhouse gases or air contaminants or to sequester carbon are publicly recognized and that these reductions are considered under future mandatory federal or state emission reduction programs.(c) The department shall consider the information recorded in the registry under this chapter when determining baselines and reduction requirements under future emission reduction programs implemented under state authority, to the extent allowed under state law.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 437.01
CR 02-012: cr. Register October 2002 No. 562, eff. 11-1-02.