103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3568

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Martin J. Moylan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 5/4-224 new

    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Defines "covered materials" and "environmental product declaration". Provides that by January 1, 2024, the Department of Transportation shall establish a technical advisory committee to assist the Department with the development and implementation of policies and procedure to implement the provisions. Provides that prior to January 1, 2027, the Department may collect environmental product declarations on covered materials on a select number of projects as determined by the technical advisory committee to assess the greenhouse gas emissions attributable to covered materials. Provides that after January 1, 2027, the Department may establish a policy with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions attributable to covered materials the Department uses in the construction and maintenance activities. Limits the Department's ability to use environmental product declarations in determining the lowest responsible bidder or to compare covered materials with different product category rules.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
5Section 4-224 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/4-224 new)
7    Sec. 4-224. Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions for
8materials used in State transportation projects.
9    (a) As used in this Section:
10    "Covered materials" includes:
11        (1) concrete, including ready mix concrete, shotcrete,
12    precast concrete, and concrete masonry units;
13        (2) asphalt paving mixtures;
14        (3) steel, including rebar, reinforcing steel and
15    structural steel, hot-rolled sections, hollow sections,
16    plate steel, and cold-formed steel; and
17        (4) other materials the Department designates by rule
18    after consultation with the technical advisory committee.
19    "Environmental product declaration" means a
20product-specific label developed in accordance with ISO
21Standard 14025 that presents quantified environmental
22information on independently verified life cycle assessment
23data, life cycle inventory and analysis data, or information

 

 

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1modules in accordance with the ISO 14040 series of standards.
2    (b) By January 1, 2024, the Department shall establish a
3technical advisory committee to assist the Department with the
4development and implementation of policies and procedure to
5implement this section. The technical advisory committee shall
6include, but need not be limited to, representatives from the
7Department representing construction, materials, research, and
8districts, the Environmental Protection Agency, trade
9associations representing covered materials, construction
10firms prequalified in categories using covered materials,
11material suppliers certified for covered materials,
12environmental organizations, and institutions of higher
13education.
14    The technical advisory committee shall:
15        (1) recommend construction and maintenance activities
16    appropriate for the use of environmental product
17    declarations;
18        (2) recommend quantities of covered materials
19    appropriate for the use of environmental product
20    declarations;
21        (3) advise to the extent to which environmental
22    product declarations are available or are in development;
23    and
24        (4) advise how to properly analyze or interpret
25    environmental product declarations.
26    The technical advisory committee shall be cochaired by a

 

 

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1Department representative and a trade association
2representative.
3    (c) Prior to January 1, 2027, the Department may collect
4environmental product declarations on covered materials on a
5select number of projects as determined by the technical
6advisory committee to assess the greenhouse gas emissions
7attributable to covered materials. This assessment data
8collected shall not be evaluated by using industry-wide or
9product category rule averages.
10    (d) After January 1, 2027, the Department may establish a
11policy with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions
12attributable to covered materials the Department uses in the
13construction and maintenance activities for the Department's
14transportation system that shall:
15        (1) require measurement of any reductions of
16    greenhouse gas emissions of covered materials by the use
17    of nationally or internationally recognized databases of
18    environmental product declarations submitted to the
19    Department after bid opening;
20        (2) conduct life cycle assessments of a selected set
21    of the Department's construction and maintenance
22    activities as determined by the technical advisory
23    committee;
24        (3) recognize regional and geographic differences;
25        (4) devise strategies for reducing greenhouse gas
26    emissions that include, but are not limited to:

 

 

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1            (A) improving pavement and bridge conditions
2        through performance testing and asset management;
3            (B) providing incentives for contractors that
4        implement innovations with documented and quantifiable
5        greenhouse gas emission reductions;
6            (C) increasing sustainability of the covered
7        materials;
8            (D) establishing processes to research, develop,
9        and implement new technologies; and
10            (E) encouraging best practices.
11    The Department shall estimate the time required to
12implement the greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies,
13any associated monetary costs or savings, uncertainties in
14data, and analysis on which the strategies are based. The
15Department shall develop a tracking and reporting process in a
16manner that is consistent with criteria in an environmental
17product declaration. The Department may establish additional
18subcategories within each eligible material with distinct
19maximum global warming potential limits.
20    (e) The Department shall not use environmental product
21declarations in determining the lowest responsible bidder.
22    (f) The Department shall not use environmental product
23declarations to compare covered materials with different
24product category rules.