The purpose of the LCTM Program is to reimburse the incrementally higher costs of using or provide an incentive amount to eligible recipients for the use, in projects, of construction materials and products that have substantially lower levels of embodied GHG emissions, as described by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), associated with all relevant stages of production, use, and disposal as compared to estimated industry averages of similar materials or products, hereafter referred to as low carbon transportation materials.
The program will also serve to help eligible transportation agencies update or develop specification language and conduct identification activities needed to demonstrate materials are appropriate for use on Federal-aid construction projects.
Funds made available for the LCTM Program will be awarded for the use of substantially lower carbon materials and products on construction projects funded under title 23 U.S.C. and necessary work to identify appropriateness for use of these materials on eligible projects.
LCTM Program Goals
Program goals include, but are not limited to:
- Increase the use of lower carbon materials and products that are used in projects funded under Title 23.
- Facilitate the use of low carbon transportation materials while ensuring appropriateness for use in projects eligible under Title 23.
- Promote technology transfer and enhance workforce development to increase the adoption of environmental quantification techniques used in decision making by transportation agencies.
- Encourage eligible recipients to begin LCTM activities and build successful low carbon transportation material identification frameworks.
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