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Congaree River

Standard
ACR
Methodology
ARB-US-FOREST (California Air Resources Board)
Registry
ACR-292 ↗ · Registered
Country
CALIFORNIA, US
Credit type
Forest Carbon
Developer
Congaree River LLC
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CarbonMeld's document-based assessment gives Congaree River (ACR-292) 6.1 out of 10 (high confidence) under CarbonMeld methodology v2.2, analysed on 23 Oct 2026. The analysis read 16 of the 18 registry documents. It is CarbonMeld's own assessment, not a rating given by the registry or the standard.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.1 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Methodology v2.2 · analysed on 23 Oct 2026

A fact the document-based rating needs was not collected when this page was analysed, so the page keeps its version 2.2 score. Missing: the buffer share (it is not among the facts read)

high confidenceLatest verified period ends:

evidence: 16/18 registry documents read · 0 red flags

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How this analysis was made

Standard
American Carbon Registry (ACR)
Methodology
ARB Compliance Offset Protocol: U.S. Forest Projects How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v2.2 · analysed on 23 Oct 2026 · 16/18 registry documents read

Analysis

Congaree River (CALIFORNIA, US) is an improved forest management project under the Compliance Offset Protocol U.S. Forest Projects (registry status Registered). 7 Offset Verification Statements are in the record; the readable ones cover 2015-10-21 – 2022-06-30 and are all Positive by the form's rule (no qualifying statement, which an adverse opinion requires; the opinion box itself is not read). The statement for 2017-07-01 – 2018-06-30 (-20,297 tCO2e) verifies net emissions (total GHG reductions below zero): no offset credits for that reporting period. Under the protocol a negative result after credits were issued is a reversal (the registry records credits for earlier vintages); whether it was compensated is not stated in the documents read. The registry records 226,125 credits issued across 6 vintages.

Red Flags

No red flags in 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 8 Nov 2026

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

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • 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 8 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 VintagesExhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2016
117,21600
2017
2,89100
2019
33,58200
2020
25,28700
2021
30,03200
2022
17,11700
Total226,12500

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CarbonMeld (2026). Congaree River (ACR-292): CarbonMeld analysis, methodology v2.2, analysed on 23 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/congaree-river/.

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