18 SPRING/SUMMER 2023 CAN YOU SPELL EPD? “Can you spell EPD?” asked National Asphalt Pavement Association’s (NAPA) 2022 chairman and Virginia Asphalt Association (VAA) member Jim Mitchell at the VAA 71st Annual Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina. Clearly, everyone can literally spell “EPD,” but what does it mean? EPDs, or environmental product declarations, were not used in Virginia or the United States a decade ago. Today, however, with the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act, EPDs are a big part of most conversations in the transportation and construction materials industries. So, what is an EPD, and why should you care? Joseph Shacat, Director of Sustainable Pavements, National Asphalt Pavement Association Trenton M. Clark, PE, President Virginia Asphalt Association Superior Paving Corp. Bull Run Plant.
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