VMR0003 Revisions to AMS-III.Y to Include Use of Organic Bedding Material, v1.0

Verra has inactivated this methodology in accordance with Section 5 of the VCS Methodology Development and Review Process v4.4 (PDF). See the announcement for more details. Projects validated under VMR0003, v1.0 may continue to use it until their next baseline reassessment or crediting period renewal, whichever is the earliest. They are also allowed to migrate to AMS.III-Y at the renewal of the crediting period.

This is a revision to CDM methodology AMS-III.Y.: Methane Avoidance through Separation of Solids from Wastewater or Manure Treatment Systems, v3.0.

An AMS-III.Y., v3.0 applicability condition made manure treatment projects ineligible if the livestock farm uses organic bedding material in its barns or intentionally adds organic material to the manure stream. This revision removed the applicability condition. The means for measuring and quantifying baseline emissions had also been modified such that the change in applicability did not affect the conservativeness of the underlying methodology.

AMS-III.Y. was later revised. The current version of the methodology allows projects that use Organic Bedding Material. Therefore, VMR0003 v1.0 became partially redundant.