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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="4-903" title_number="4" title_name="Department of General Services" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Buy Clean Maryland Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before December 31, 2024, producers of eligible materials shall submit environmental product declarations to the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department shall analyze environmental product declarations and assess global warming potential for eligible materials used in an eligible project in accordance with this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or before January 1, 2026, the Department shall, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, establish a maximum acceptable global warming potential for each category of eligible materials used in an eligible project in accordance with this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>base the maximum acceptable global warming potential on the industry average of global warming potential emissions for that material;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>determine the industry average of global warming potential emissions, which may include transportation–related emissions, by consulting nationally or internationally recognized databases of environmental product declarations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>express the maximum acceptable global warming potential as a number that states the maximum acceptable global warming potential for each category of eligible materials, consistent with criteria in an environmental product declaration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish additional subcategories within each category of eligible material with distinct maximum acceptable global warming potential limits;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>establish a maximum acceptable global warming potential for each material category in the aggregate; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>consult with any other relevant unit of State government when establishing a maximum acceptable global warming potential for each category of eligible materials used in an eligible project.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, by January 1, 2029, and every 3 years thereafter, the Department shall review the maximum acceptable global warming potential for each category of eligible materials and may adjust the potential for any category to reflect industry conditions.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department may not adjust the global warming potential upward for any category of eligible material.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
