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Chautauqua County

Standard
CAR
Methodology
CAR-US-LANDFILL (CAR)
Registry
CAR-424 ↗ · Crediting ended
Country
United States
Credit type
Landfill Gas Capture/Combustion
Developer
Chautauqua County
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Chautauqua County (CAR-424) 4.9 out of 10 (Low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 21 Oct 2026. The analysis read 19 of the 20 registry documents. It is CarbonMeld's own assessment, not a rating given by the registry or the standard.

Crediting ended

The crediting period has ended. Credits already issued exist; no new ones will be issued unless the crediting period is renewed.

Climate Action Reserve: “Completed”

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based rating

010203 Document-based rating 4.9 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
The dimension values are in Premium — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero values.

Document-based rating

4.9/10

Low rating (3.5 to 4.9)

Evidence coverage: medium

How solid the credit is, as far as the registry's public documents show. Additionality and quantification start from a public grade; permanence starts at 5.0, the neutral point, where none applies, and claim safety always does.

Methodology v3 · documents read on 21 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Quantification: CCQI's score for this type of project (CCQI grades version 5 of this methodology)
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that lowered the number: 1

Each rule, with the fact and the source it rests on, is in the Premium analysis.

Not counted in the number

  • The oldest vintage still on sale, the content of the safeguards and the verifier's quality: not among the facts read

Analysed on 21 Oct 2026Latest verified period ends:

evidence: 19/20 registry documents read

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How this analysis was made

Standard
Climate Action Reserve (CAR)
Methodology
Climate Action Reserve U.S. Landfill Project Protocol, Version 2.0 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 21 Oct 2026 · 19/20 registry documents read

Analysis

Chautauqua County (US) collects and destroys landfill gas at a U.S. landfill not required to do so by regulation (four Caterpillar lean burn engines and a new 10” flare... The existing 8” flare remains on-site as a back-up destruction device) under Climate Action Reserve U.S. Landfill Project Protocol, Version 2.0; registry status Crediting ended (CAR), 459,916 credits issued (vintages 2005–2010). The documents name NSF-ISR Strategic Registrations LTD as validation / verification body. The latest verification read (2010-01-01 – 2010-06-29) verifies 66,880 tCO2e (3 verification periods read). A verification report is in the record; no monitoring report is among the documents read.

Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label · read on 12 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology approved for some versionsCAR U.S. Landfill Protocol

    The Integrity Council approved some versions of this protocol and not others: check which version the project uses before claiming CCP quality.

    Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Nov 2026

    Covers: the methodology (every project using it), not this project's credits

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label · read on 12 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2005
30,67030,6700
2006
45,55345,5530
2007
87,06387,0630
2008
117,462117,4620
2009
112,288112,2880
2010
66,88065,6771,203
Total459,916458,7131,203

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records.

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CarbonMeld (2026). Chautauqua County (CAR-424): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 21 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/chautauqua-county/.

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