Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
General
The purpose of the Caltrans Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Implementation Project is to collect EPDs for materials incorporated into construction projects in order to quantify the Global Warming Potential (GWP) emissions in the manufacturing of those materials for our transportation system.
- Caltrans EPD Implementation Project Information (PDF)
Buy Clean California
The Buy Clean California Act, originally signed into law on October 15, 2017 and amended on June 27, 2018, mandates collection of EPDs for eligible materials (carbon steel rebar, structural steel, flat glass, and mineral wool board insulation) to which this project will include in its deliverables.
- Department Exemptions to Environmental Product Declarations in Public Contract Code § 3503 (PDF)
- Standard Special Provision 6-1.06_A10-16-20 (PDF)
For more information on the Buy Clean California Act, please visit the CA Department of General Services.
Pilot Project Updates
Five major building materials put into service by Caltrans have been identified to include Concrete, Carbon Steel Rebar, Structural Steel (SS), Asphalt, and Aggregate and will be the initial set of materials to which EPDs will be collected on pilot projects and used for determining baseline environmental impacts.
Current Pilot Projects Requiring EPDs (updated 03/27/2020, additional projects to be added)
Project EA | Contract Award Approval | Eligible Materials per Buy Clean California Act | Concrete | Asphalt | Aggregate | |||
Rebar | Structural Steel | Flat Glass | Mineral Wool Board Insulation | |||||
02-1H110 | December 31, 2019 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
02-4G500 | October 24, 2019 | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
05-1F740 | May 1, 2019 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
07-31040 | November 4, 2019 |
✔ |
✔ | |||||
08-0K121 | January 22, 2020 | ✔ |
✔ | |||||
08-1F690 | October 24, 2019 |
✔ | ✔ | |||||
12-0N490 | January 22, 2020 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
✔ Indicates pilot project has anticipated quantity of material meeting threshold to require EPD as set forth in NSSP
Product Category Rules
Use the product category rule in effect on the date of bid opening unless otherwise authorized. Where a product category rule for material or product has expired without replacement as of the bid opening date, no environmental product declaration is required for that particular material or product.
Where separate bid item exists (Pilot Projects only): Submit a schedule of values for material and product environmental product declarations within 15 days after Contract approval.
1The current PCR for Concrete has replaced Version 1.1 dated December 2013, published by Carbon Leadership Forum.
Program Operator Consortium (POC) develops PCRs, reviews and verifies EPDs, reports Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and publishes customized Type III environmental declaration formats in accordance with the International Standard ISO 14025.
Additional Resources
- How to submit EPD data on DIME (PPTX)
- Find PCRs and EPDs on their website programoperators.org.