Cement plants.

(1) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the state board to approve a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020 and to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. This bill, no later than January 1, 2022, would require each cement plant operating in the state to prepare, and submit to the state board, a current facility-specific Environmental Product Declaration, Type III, as specified. (2) The Buy Clean California Act, among other things, until January 1, 2021, requires an awarding authority to require a successful bidder for specified projects to submit a current facility-specific Environmental Product Declaration, as specified. The Buy Clean California Act defines awarding authority to include state entities, the University of California, and the California State University, as specified. This bill would require an awarding authority to require a successful bidder for a contract for a project to submit a product-specific Environmental Product Declaration, Type III, as specified, for each concrete mix purchased in excess of 500 cubic yards for a project, except as specified.