How to Get Your Project’s Digestate Certified

1. Sign up: apply online and submit you fee to the American Biogas Council (ABC)
2. Third Party Verifier validates registration
3. Pick a certified laboratory from ABC website
4. Send initial sample to lab for each end use
5. Lab sends results to Producer & ABC; lab declares whether or not sample(s) passed
6. ABC notifies Producer; if sample(s) passed, permission is granted to use logos
7. Follow Chapter 11 instructions for marketing, distribution

Fees

Notes:
+ AWDP = Annual Whole Digestate Production (tons/year or gallons/year if your digestate has <10% solids)
+ Fees are for certifying the whole digestate of an individual site (i.e., liquid AND solids).
+ If you would like to certify multiple sites (and we hope you will!), please register each site separately.
If you have questions, contact us.

< 50,000 AWDP 
Member – $600 ($.012/ton)
Non-member – $850 ($.017/ton)
* If your unseparated digestate flow is < 10% solids and < 12 million gallons/year, you may also use this category)

50,001-250,000 AWDP
Member – $875 ($.017-.004/ton)
Non-member – $1.250 ($.025-.005/ton)
* If your unseparated digestate flow is < 10% solids and 12-60 million gallons/year, you may also use this category)

251,000-500,000 AWDP
Member – $1,750 ($.007-.004/ton)
Non-member – $2,500 ($.01-.005/ton)
* If your unseparated digestate flow is < 10% solids and 60-120 million gallons/year, you may also use this category)

501,000-750,000 AWDP
Member – $2,625 ($.005-.004/ton)
Non-member – $3,750 ($.007-.005/ton)
* If your unseparated digestate flow is < 10% solids and 120-180 million gallons/year, you may also use this category)

> 751,000 AWDP
Member – $3,500 ($.005-.004/ton)
Non-member – $5,000 ($.007-.005/ton)
* If your unseparated digestate flow is < 10% solids >180 million gallons/year, you may also use this category)

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