10. a. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall establish any standards and procedures necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2021, c.278 (C. 52:27D-141.15 et al.), including, but not limited to, production and use standards, and a process for certifying whether the production and use of a unit concrete product generates at least 50 percent less carbon dioxide emissions than conventional unit concrete products made with ordinary Portland cement. The commissioner shall publish on the department’s Internet website a list of unit concrete products certified by the department pursuant to this subsection. The Department of Environmental Protection shall consider a consensus evaluation and reporting standard developed by an independent private organization such as the International Organization for Standardization or the American National Standards Institute that creates a uniform system for self-evaluation and self-reporting by unit concrete product manufacturers, and shall give preference to a standard supported by the unit concrete product industry or industry associations.

b. Notwithstanding the provisions of the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), to the contrary, the State Treasurer, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the Commissioner of Transportation, the Commissioner of Community Affairs, and the Secretary of Higher Education may adopt, immediately upon filing the proper notice with the Office of Administrative Law, any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2021, c.278 (C. 52:27D-141.15 et al.). These rules and regulations shall be in effect for a period not to exceed 365 days after the date of the filing. The rules and regulations shall thereafter be amended, adopted, or readopted in accordance with the requirements of the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.).

L. 2021, c.278, s.10.