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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Char Producers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What is your opinion of this definition of a ‘char making appliance’?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua'>Char Making Appliance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua'>Any appliance that derives heat largely from the pyrolysis of biomass in a manner designed to produce, as a result of such combustion, a carbonaceous byproduct high in carbon, useful as a fuel or as a ‘biochar’ and where such product contains not less than 15% of the carbon in the original fuel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have a suggestion for an alternative % of carbon, or wish to propose a mass-based metric, please provide a supporting case.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<br>Crispin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>