Call for the Provision of Data (Production of Market Pulp) Notice 2010

31 MARCH 2010 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 38 1041

Pursuant to section 161D of the Climate Change Response Act 2002, I, Hon Nick Smith, Minister for Climate Change Issues, give the following notice requiring information on the Production of Market Pulp to determine the emissions-intensity of this activity and the allocative baseline or baselines of the products of the activity.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Call for the Provision of Data (Production of Market Pulp) Notice 2010.

(2) This notice takes effect from and including 31 March 2010.

2. Interpretation—(1) Unless the context otherwise requires:

Act means the Climate Change Response Act 2002.

Activity outputs are the outputs used for the calculation of the revenue of the activity and mean the outputs specified in clauses 2(2)(a) and (b).

Bases of preparation means the form available at

www.climatechange.govt.nz/industrialallocation

Data collection rules means the methodologies for data collection specified in Schedule 1 of this notice.

Declaration means the statement of declaration located at

www.climatechange.govt.nz/industrialallocation

Excluded emissions means the emissions specified in Schedule 3 of this notice.

Financial years means the financial years beginning on 1 July and ending on 30 June for each of the periods 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 during which the person carried out the activity.

Included emissions means the emissions specified in Schedule 2 of this notice.

Product (basis of allocation) is equivalent air dry tonnes (ADT ie 90% dry fibre, 10% moisture) of:

(a) low yield pulp with a fibre recovery less than or equal to 80 per cent bone dry (BD) fibre by mass on dry (BD) wood input and a moisture content of 4 to 20 per cent by weight; and/or

(b) high yield and low freeness pulp with a fibre recovery greater than 80 per cent bone dry (BD) fibre by mass on dry (BD) wood input, a Canadian Standard Freeness of less than 150 millilitres and a moisture content of 4 to 20 per cent by weight; and/or

(c) high yield and high freeness pulp with a fibre recovery greater than 80 per cent bone dry (BD) fibre by mass on dry (BD) wood input, a Canadian Standard Freeness of greater than or equal to 150 millilitres and a moisture content of 4 to 20 per cent by weight

that is:

(i) produced by carrying on the activity as described; and

(ii) of saleable quality.

Specified Template means the table template located at

www.climatechange.govt.nz/industrialallocation

(2) Activity means the physical transformation of wood chips, sawdust, wood pulp and/or recovered paper to produce rolls and/or bales of market pulp, provided that the market pulp must be dried to a moisture content of 4 to 20 per cent by weight and be generally used in paper manufacturing, fibre cement products and/or in the production of sanitary products,

where the outputs include:

(a) low yield pulp with a fibre recovery less than or equal to 80 per cent bone dry (BD) fibre by mass on dry (BD) wood input and a moisture content of 4 to 20 per cent by weight; and/or

(b) high yield and low freeness pulp with a fibre recovery greater than 80 per cent bone dry (BD) fibre by mass on dry (BD) wood input, a Canadian Standard Freeness of less than 150 millilitres and a moisture content of 4 to 20 per cent by weight; and/or

(c) high yield and high freeness pulp with a fibre recovery greater than 80 per cent bone dry (BD) fibre by mass on dry (BD) wood input, a Canadian Standard Freeness of greater than or equal to 150 millilitres and a moisture content of 4 to 20 per cent by weight.