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agricultural harvesting—Carbon neutral and carbon negative

determination.

A. As used in this section:

1. “Biomass” means bioenergy feedstocks from forest products

manufacturing, which may include but not be limited to:

a. forest products’ manufacturing residuals including but

not limited to spent pulping liquors, pulping by-

products, woody manufacturing residuals, paper

recycling residuals, wastewater and process water

treatment plant residuals, and anaerobic digester

biogas,

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b. harvest residues, including trees or portions of

harvested trees that are too small or too poor of

quality to be utilized for wood or paper products,

c. downed wood from extreme weather events or natural

disasters, nonhazardous landscape or right-of-way

trimmings and municipal trimmings, and plant material

removed for purposes of invasive or noxious plant

species control,

d. biowaste, including landfill gas,

e. forest biomass derived from residues created as a by-

product of timber harvesting,

f. forest management activities conducted for strand

improvement or to increase yield, ecological

restoration, or to maintain or enhance forest health,

g. biomass materials recognized by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency as fuels under 40 CFR

part 241.4, and

h. other used wood products, such as crates or pallets;

2. “Bagasse biomass” means the solid, heterogeneous, and

fibrous agricultural waste that remains after extracting the liquid

from sugarcane stalks. Such waste may derive from:

a. factory bagasse, obtained from the industrial

extraction process, containing only trace amounts of

sugarcane liquid, or

b. pressed cane stalks or farm bagasse, obtained from on-

farm or small factory extraction, containing

comparatively higher amounts of sugarcane liquid; and

3. “Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage” means the

process of capturing and permanently storing carbon dioxide from

biomass energy generation.

B. Energy produced from bioenergy feedstocks from forest

products manufacturing shall be considered renewable and carbon

neutral. When bioenergy is paired with carbon capture and storage,

as described in paragraph 3 of subsection A of this section, such

energy shall be considered carbon negative.

C. Energy produced from agricultural harvesting, including

bagasse produced from sugarcane processing shall be considered

renewable and carbon neutral. When paired with carbon capture

technologies, as defined in paragraph 3 of subsection A of this

section, such energy shall be considered carbon negative.