Brascarbon Methane Recovery Project BCA-BRA-19

Audit Analysis

The Brascarbon Methane Recovery Project is a VCS-registered waste-sector project (AMS-III.D) with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and appropriate permanence treatment for a methane-capture-and-use design. However, a project-specific modeled baseline, a 0% leakage deduction (justified as quantified), and six inter-document contradictions—including a material discrepancy in reported emission reductions—introduce moderate uncertainty. Documentation is reasonably extensive (17 documents) but marred by inconsistencies and one unidentifiable source.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Six contradictions across documents, including a 9.4% discrepancy in reported emission reductions (57,930 in the 2023 monitoring report vs. 52,511 in the 2025 monitoring report) and a shift in the additionality test type from 'combined' to 'investment'
• ⚠0% leakage deduction with a 'quantified' justification in a methane-handling project where fugitive emissions are a plausible pathway; the underlying quantification is not independently verifiable from the extracted record
• ⚠Baseline is project-specific and modeled, with no reassessment date stated in any available document
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are both unstated, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed

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