Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 174 - Abatement of Air Pollution › Section 22a-174-44 - Adhesives and sealants

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
For the purposes of this section, the following
			 definitions shall apply:
(1)
			 "Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene welding adhesive" or "ABS welding adhesive"
			 means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer to weld
			 acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene pipe, which is made by reacting monomers of
			 acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene.
(2) "Adhesive" means any chemical compound,
			 such as an organic polymer, that is applied for the purpose of bonding two
			 surfaces together by other than mechanical means.
(3) "Adhesive primer" means any product
			 intended by the manufacturer for application to a substrate, prior to the
			 application of an adhesive, to enhance the bonding surface.
(4) "Aerosol adhesive" means an adhesive
			 packaged as an aerosol in which the spray mechanism is permanently housed in a
			 non-refillable can designed for handheld application without ancillary hoses or
			 spray equipment.
(5) "Aerospace
			 component" means the fabricated part, assembly of parts or completed unit of
			 any aircraft, helicopter, missile or space vehicle, including passenger safety
			 equipment.
(6) "Architectural"
			 means pertaining to stationary structures, including mobile homes, and their
			 appurtenances. Appurtenances to an architectural structure include, but are not
			 limited to, hand railings, cabinets, bathroom and kitchen fixtures, fences,
			 rain gutters and downspouts and windows.
(7) "As applied" means the composition of an
			 adhesive, sealant or primer at the time it is applied to a substrate, including
			 any solvent, catalyst or other substance added to the as supplied adhesive,
			 sealant or primer.
(8) "As
			 supplied" means the composition of an adhesive, sealant or primer as sold to a
			 retail customer. For multi-component adhesives, sealants or primers, "as
			 supplied" means the composition after the component parts are combined as
			 specified by the manufacturer and before the addition, at the user's
			 initiative, of any ancillary substances.
(9) "Automotive glass adhesive primer" means
			 an adhesive primer intended by the manufacturer to be applied to automotive
			 glass prior to installation of the glass using an adhesive. "Automotive glass
			 adhesive primer" improves the adhesion to the pinch weld and blocks ultraviolet
			 light.
(10) "CARB" means the
			 California Air Resources Board.
(11) "Ceramic tile installation adhesive"
			 means any adhesive intended for use in the installation of ceramic
			 tiles.
(12) "Chlorinated polyvinyl
			 chloride welding adhesive" or "CPVC welding adhesive" means any adhesive
			 intended for welding of CPVC plastic pipe.
(13) "Cleanup solvent" means a VOC-containing
			 solvent used to remove a loosely held uncured adhesive or sealant from a
			 substrate or to clean equipment used in applying an adhesive, a sealant or a
			 primer.
(14) "Computer diskette
			 jacket manufacturing adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer
			 to glue the fold-over flaps to the body of a vinyl computer diskette
			 jacket.
(15) "Contact bond
			 adhesive" means any adhesive that forms an instantaneous, non-repositionable
			 bond when substrates, on which the adhesive was applied and allowed to dry, are
			 brought together using momentary pressure. "Contact bond adhesive" does not
			 include rubber cements that are primarily intended for use on paper substrates
			 or vulcanizing fluids designed and labeled for tire repair only.
(16) "Cove base" means a flooring trim unit,
			 generally made of vinyl or rubber, having a concave radius on one edge and a
			 convex radius on the opposite edge that is used in forming a junction between
			 the bottom wall course and the floor or in forming an inside corner.
(17) "Cove base installation adhesive" means
			 any adhesive intended by the manufacturer for the installation of cove base or
			 wall base on a wall or vertical surface at floor level.
(18) "Cyanoacrylate adhesive" means any
			 single-component reactive diluent adhesive that contains at least 85% by weight
			 methyl, ethyl, methoxymethyl or other functional groupings of
			 cyanoacrylate.
(19) "Exempt
			 compound" means compounds of carbon excluded from the definition of "VOC" in
			 section
			 22a-174-1 of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(20) "Flexible vinyl" means non-rigid
			 polyvinyl chloride plastic with at least five percent, by weight, plasticizer
			 content.
(21) "Fiberglass" means a
			 material made of extremely fine filaments of glass.
(22) "Indoor floor covering installation
			 adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use in the
			 installation of finish surface wood flooring, carpet, resilient tile, vinyl
			 tile, vinyl backed carpet, resilient sheet and roll or artificial grass.
			 Adhesive used to install ceramic tile or perimeter bonded sheet vinyl flooring
			 is not "indoor floor covering installation adhesive."
(23) "Laminate" means a material made by
			 bonding two or more sheets or layers.
(24) "Low-solids adhesive, sealant or primer"
			 means any adhesive, sealant or primer product that contains 120 grams or less
			 of solids per liter of product.
(25) "Marine deck sealant" or "marine deck
			 sealant primer" means any sealant or sealant primer intended by the
			 manufacturer for application to wooden marine decks.
(26) "Medical equipment manufacturing" means
			 the manufacture of medical devices, such as, but not limited to, catheters,
			 heart valves, blood cardioplegia machines, tracheostomy tubes, blood
			 oxygenators or cardiatory reservoirs.
(27) "Metal-to-elastomer molding or casting
			 adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer to bond metal to
			 rubber or urethane elastomers using a heated molding or casting process in
			 order to fabricate products.
(28)
			 "Multipurpose construction adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the
			 manufacturer for use in the installation or repair of various construction
			 materials, including, but not limited to, dry wall, subfloor, panel, fiberglass
			 reinforced plastic, ceiling tile or acoustical tile.
(29) "Nonmembrane roof installation or repair
			 adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use in the
			 installation or repair of nonmembrane roofs, including, but not limited to,
			 plastic or asphalt roof cement, asphalt roof coating or cold application
			 cement. Adhesive intended for use in the installation of pre-fabricated
			 single-ply roof membrane is not "nonmembrane roof installation or repair
			 adhesive."
(30) "Outdoor floor
			 covering installation adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer
			 for use in the installation of floor covering that is not in an enclosure and
			 that is exposed to ambient weather conditions during normal use.
(31) "Panel installation" means the
			 installation of plywood, pre-decorated hardboard (or tileboard), fiberglass
			 reinforced plastic, or similar pre-decorated or non-decorated panels to studs
			 or solid surfaces using an adhesive formulated for that purpose.
(32) "Perimeter bonded sheet vinyl flooring
			 installation" means the installation of sheet flooring with vinyl backing onto
			 a nonporous substrate using an adhesive designed to be applied only to a strip
			 no more than four inches wide around the perimeter of the sheet
			 flooring.
(33) "Plastic cement
			 welding adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use to
			 dissolve the surface of plastic to form a bond between mating
			 surfaces.
(34) "Plastic cement
			 welding primer" means any primer intended by the manufacturer for use to
			 prepare plastic substrates prior to bonding or welding.
(35) "Plasticizer" means any substance, such
			 as a high boiling point organic solvent, that is added to a hard plastic to
			 provide flexibility or pliability.
(36) "Polyvinyl chloride welding adhesive" or
			 "PVC welding adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use
			 in the welding of PVC plastic pipe.
(37) "Porous material" means wood, paper,
			 corrugated paperboard or other solid that has tiny openings, often microscopic,
			 in which fluids may be absorbed or discharged.
(38) "Reactive diluent" means a liquid
			 reactant in an uncured adhesive, sealant or primer that reacts chemically or
			 physically during the curing process to become an integral part of the cured
			 adhesive, sealant or primer.
(39)
			 "Roadway sealant" means any sealant intended by the manufacturer for
			 application to public streets, highways and other surfaces, including, but not
			 limited to, curbs, berms, driveways or parking lots.
(40) "Rubber" means any natural or manmade
			 elastomer, including, but not limited to, styrene-butadiene rubber,
			 polychloroprene (neoprene), butyl rubber, nitrile rubber, chlorosulfonated
			 polyethylene or ethylene propylene diene terpolymer.
(41) "SCAQMD" means the South Coast Air
			 Quality Management District, a part of the California Air Resources Board,
			 which is responsible for the regulation of air quality in the State of
			 California.
(42) "Sealant primer"
			 means any product intended by the manufacturer for application to a substrate,
			 prior to the application of a sealant, to enhance the bonding
			 surface.
(43) "Sealant" means any
			 material with adhesive properties that is formulated primarily to fill, seal,
			 waterproof or weatherproof gaps or joints between two surfaces. Sealers and
			 other materials that are applied to a single substrate to protect or decorate
			 are not "sealants."
(44)
			 "Sheet-applied rubber installation" means the process of applying sheet rubber
			 liners by hand to metal or plastic substrates to protect the underlying
			 substrate from corrosion or abrasion, inclusive of the process of laminating
			 sheet rubber to fabric by hand.
(45) "Single-ply roof membrane" means a
			 prefabricated single sheet of compounded synthetic material such as ethylene
			 propylenediene monomer, polyvinyl chloride, thermal polyolefin or ketone
			 ethylene ester that is applied in a single layer to a building roof.
(46) "Single-ply roof membrane installation
			 or repair adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use in
			 the installation or repair of single-ply roof membrane.
(47) "Single-ply roof membrane adhesive
			 primer" means any primer intended by the manufacturer for use to clean and
			 promote adhesion of the single-ply roof membrane seams or splices prior to
			 bonding.
(48) "Single-ply roof
			 membrane sealant" means any sealant intended by the manufacturer for
			 application to single-ply roof membrane.
(49) "Solvent" means any organic compounds
			 that are used as diluents, thinners, dissolvers, viscosity reducers, cleaning
			 agents or other related uses.
(50)
			 "Structural glazing adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer
			 to apply glass, ceramic, metal, stone or composite panels to exterior building
			 frames.
(51) "Surface preparation
			 solvent" means a solvent used to remove dirt, oil and other contaminants from a
			 substrate prior to the application of a primer, adhesive or sealant.
(52) "Thin metal laminating adhesive" means
			 any adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use in bonding multiple layers of
			 metal to metal or metal to plastic, in the production of electronic or magnetic
			 components, in which the thickness of the bond line or lines is less than 0.25
			 mils.
(53) "Tire repair" means a
			 process that includes expanding a hole, tear, fissure or blemish in a tire
			 casing by grinding or gouging, applying adhesive and filling the hole or
			 crevice with rubber.
(54) "Tire
			 retread adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer for
			 application to the back of pre-cure tread rubber and to the casing and cushion
			 rubber. "Tire retread adhesive" may also be used to seal buffed tire casings to
			 prevent oxidation while the tire is being prepared for a new tread.
(55) "Traffic marking tape" means preformed
			 reflective film intended by the manufacturer for application to streets,
			 highways and other surfaces where pavement markings are desired, including, but
			 not limited to, curbs, berms, driveways and parking lots.
(56) "Traffic marking tape adhesive primer"
			 means any primer intended by the manufacturer for application to a substrate
			 prior to installation of traffic marking tape.
(57) "Twelve-month rolling aggregate" means
			 the amount of adhesives, sealants, primers or solvents used in a twelve-month
			 period, calculated each month by adding the current month's adhesive, sealant,
			 primer or solvent use to the amount used in each of the previous eleven
			 months.
(58) "Undersea-based
			 weapons systems components" means the fabrication of parts, assembly of parts
			 or completed units of any portion of a missile launching system used on
			 submarines.
(59) "Waterproof
			 resorcinol glue" means a two-part resorcinol-resin-based adhesive intended for
			 continuous water immersion.