BIA Advocacy Update

Vote today in North Dakota's Primary

Polls are open today from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Exercise your right and vote! 

Local elections have major impacts on businesses, the housing and building industries and more. 

For information on where and how to vote, BIA endorsements and more, click here.

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry June update

It includes information on:

• MN Paid Leave webinar on June 10 from 2-3 p.m. focusing on what employers must do and what workers should expect regarding job security and retaliation protections,
• How consumers can find if their contractor is licensed,
• MNOSHA fatality, serious-injury investigation summaries,
• and more.

If you still have remaining questions about Minnesota's paid leave program, or maybe just need a refresh, the webinar will be a great opportunity to learn more.

Click here to read the newsletter and sign up for the webinar.

Residential lead abatement draft rules, comments cue June 22

The Minnesota Department of Health has released draft rule updates to the state’s residential lead abatement program. These revisions are in response to new regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency in Jan. 2025. Under these federal requirements, states that administer EPA-authorized residential lead abatement programs must update their rules to comply within two years.

You can access the draft rules here. The main changes are the following: 

• Updating DLHS values from 10 µg/ft² on floors and 100 µg/ft² on window sills to “any reportable level by an EPA-recognized laboratory” for both floors and window sills.
• Updating the dust lead clearance standard values from 10 µg/ft², 100 µg/ft² , and 400 µg/ft² for floors, window sills and troughs respectively, to 5 µg/ft², 40 µg/ft² , and 100 µg/ft² for floors, window sills and troughs.
• Update references to American Society for Testing and Materials documents.
• Make conforming amendments to the definitions of “abatement” and “affected property”.
• Update internal cross references.

They are accepting comments through June 22. If you have comments, they are accepting submissions here. 

June 16: North Dakota Energy Codes collaborative meeting

The energy codes collaborative is a partnership between the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, North Dakota Department of Commerce, Division of Community Services and other stakeholders to collaborate and discuss energy code adoption and compliance solutions. They meet quarterly, with the next happening virtually on June 16 from 9-11 a.m. This month will focus on the 2024 IECC and compliance paths.

For more information and to register, click here.