Environmental Standards Procurement Task Force

The Minnesota Department of Administration and the Department of Transportation are charged with overseeing the Environmental Standards Procurement Task Force which was established under Minnesota Laws 2023, Chapter 60 and Chapter 62 “to examine the implementation of a program requiring vendors of certain construction materials purchased by the state to:

1. submit environmental product declarations that assess the material production life cycle environmental impacts of the materials to state officials as part of the procurement process; and
2. meet standards established by the commissioner of administration that limit greenhouse gas emissions impacts of the materials.”