Livestock Waste Management Project Standard v1.0

The public comment period is closed for American Carbon Registry (ACR) Livestock Waste Management Project Standard, version 1.0. Please click here to go directly to the document. 

The Standard will now undergo scientific peer review. A summary of public comments and scientific peer review comments will be posted when the peer review is complete and the standard is published.

The Livestock Waste Management Project Standard details ACR’s requirements and specifications for the quantification, monitoring, and reporting of GHG offsets from livestock manure management systems, verification, registration, and issuance of offsets by ACR. This standard applies to GHG reductions from anaerobic digesters used in dairy cattle and swine operations.

The standard includes a calculation methodology for livestock manure management/anaerobic digester projects at U.S. dairy and swine operations. Projects outside the United States may use the standard in combination with approved CDM methodologies.