Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 120 - Air Resources › Subchapter 05 - Air Pollution Control › Part 44 - Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 44, 'Control of VOC from Adhesives and Sealants' › Section 250-RICR-120-05-44.5 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Unless otherwise expressly defined in this
				  section, the terms used in this regulation shall be defined by reference to
				  Part 0 of this Subchapter (General Definitions). As used in this regulation,
				  the following terms shall, where the context permits, be construed as follows:
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 substance
				  that is applied for the purpose of bonding two surfaces together other than by
				  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 provide a bonding
				  surface.
4. "Aerosol adhesive"
				  means an adhesive packaged as an aerosol product in which the spray mechanism
				  is permanently housed in a non-refillable can designed for handheld application
				  without the need for 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 sealant" or "Primer" means
				  any sealant or sealant primer intended by the manufacturer to be applied 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.
				  "Automotive glass adhesive primer" means an adhesive primer labeled by the
				  manufacturer to be applied to automotive glass prior to installation of the
				  glass using an adhesive/sealant. This primer improves the adhesion to pinch
				  weld and blocks ultraviolet light.
8. "CARB" means the California Air Resources
				  Board.
9. "Ceramic tile
				  installation adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use
				  in the installation of ceramic tiles.
10. "Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride welding
				  adhesive" or "CPVC welding adhesive" means an adhesive labeled for welding of
				  chlorinated polyvinyl chloride plastic.
11. "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.
12. "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.
13. "Contact bond adhesive"
				  means an adhesive that:
a. is designed for
				  application to both surfaces to be bonded together, and
b. is allowed to dry before the two surfaces
				  are placed in contact with each other, and
c. forms an immediate bond that is
				  impossible, or difficult, to reposition after both adhesive-coated surfaces are
				  placed in contact with each other, and
d. does not need sustained pressure or
				  clamping of surfaces after the adhesive-coated surfaces have been brought
				  together using sufficient momentary pressure to establish full contact between
				  both surfaces. "Contact bond adhesive" does not include rubber cements that are
				  primarily intended for use on paper substrates. "Contact bond adhesive" also
				  does not include vulcanizing fluids that are designed and labeled for tire
				  repair only.
14. "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 to
				  form an inside corner.
15. "Cove
				  base installation adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer to
				  be used for the installation of cove base or wall base on a wall or vertical
				  surface at floor level.
16.
				  "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.
17. "Exempt compound" means any
				  carbon-containing compound listed as an exemption to the definition of volatile
				  organic compound (VOC) in Part 0 of this Subchapter (General
				  Definitions).
18. "Flexible vinyl"
				  means non-rigid polyvinyl chloride plastic with at five percent by weight
				  plasticizer content.
19.
				  "Fiberglass" means a material consisting of extremely fine glass
				  fibers.
20. "Indoor floor covering
				  installation adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use
				  in the installation of wood flooring, carpet, resilient tile, vinyl tile, vinyl
				  backed carpet, resilient sheet and roll or artificial grass. Adhesives used to
				  install ceramic tile and perimeter bonded sheet flooring with vinyl backing
				  onto a non-porous substrate, such as flexible vinyl, are excluded from this
				  category.
21. "Laminate" means a
				  product made by bonding two or more sheets or layers.
22. "Low-solids adhesive, sealant or primer"
				  means any product that contains 120 grams or less of solids per liter of
				  material.
23. "Marine deck sealant"
				  or "marine deck sealant primer" means any sealant or sealant primer labeled for
				  application to wooden marine decks.
24. "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, and cardiatory reservoirs.
25. "Metal to urethane/rubber molding" or
				  "Casting adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer to bond
				  metal to high density or elastomeric urethane or molded rubber materials, in
				  heater molding or casting processes, to fabricate products such as rollers for
				  computer printers or other paper handling equipment.
26. "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 drywall,
				  subfloor, panel, fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP), ceiling tile and
				  acoustical tile.
27. "Nonmembrane
				  roof installation/repair adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the
				  manufacturer for use in the installation or repair of nonmembrane roofs and
				  that is not intended for the installation of prefabricated single-ply flexible
				  roofing membrane, including, but not limited to, plastic or asphalt roof
				  cement, asphalt roof coating and cold application cement.
28. "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.
29. "Panel installation" means the
				  installation of plywood, pre-decorated hardboard (or tileboard), fiberglass
				  reinforced plastic, and similar pre-decorated or non-decorated panels to studs
				  or solid surfaces using an adhesive formulated for that purpose.
30. "Perimeter bonded sheet 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
				  of up to four inches wide around the perimeter of the sheet flooring.
31. "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.
32. "Plastic cement welding adhesive primer"
				  means any primer intended by the manufacturer for use to prepare plastic
				  substrates prior to bonding or welding.
33. "Plasticizer" means a material, such as a
				  high boiling point organic solvent, that is added to a hard plastic to increase
				  its flexibility or pliability.
34.
				  "Polyvinyl chloride welding adhesive" or "PVC welding adhesive" means any
				  adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use in the welding of PVC plastic
				  pipe.
35. "Porous material" means a
				  substance that has tiny openings, often microscopic, in which fluids may be
				  absorbed or discharged, including, but not limited to, wood, paper and
				  corrugated paperboard.
36.
				  "Propellant" means a fluid under pressure that expels the contents of a
				  container when a valve is opened.
37. "Reactive diluent" means a liquid that is
				  a reactive organic compound during application and one in that, through
				  chemical and/or physical reactions, such as polymerization, twenty (20) percent
				  or more of the reactive organic compound becomes an integral part of a finished
				  material.
38. "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 and parking lots.
39. "Rubber" means any natural or manmade
				  rubber substrate, including but not limited to, styrene-butadiene rubber,
				  polychloroprene (neoprene), butyl rubber, nitrile rubber, chlorosulfonated
				  polyethylene and ethylene propylene diene terpolymer.
40. "SCAQMD" means the South Coast Air
				  Quality Management District, a part of the California Air Resources
				  Board.
41. "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.
42. "Sealant" means any material with
				  adhesive properties that is formulated primarily to fill, seal, waterproof or
				  weatherproof gaps or joints between two surfaces. Sealants include sealant
				  primers and caulks. Sealers and other materials that are applied to a single
				  substrate to protect or decorate are not "sealants."
43. "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.
				  These operations also include laminating sheet rubber to fabric by
				  hand.
44. "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.
45. "Single-ply roof membrane
				  installation and repair adhesive" means any adhesive labeled for use in the
				  installation or repair of single-ply roof membrane. Installation includes, as a
				  minimum, attaching the edge of the membrane to the edge of the roof and
				  applying flashings to vents, pipes and ducts that protrude through the
				  membrane. Repair includes gluing the edges of torn membrane together, attaching
				  a patch over a hole and reapplying flashings to vents, pipes or ducts installed
				  through the membrane.
46.
				  "Single-ply roof membrane adhesive primer" means any primer labeled for use to
				  clean and promote adhesion of the single-ply roof membrane seams or splices
				  prior to bonding.
47. "Single-ply
				  roof membrane sealant" means any sealant labeled for application to single-ply
				  roof membrane.
48. "Solicit" means
				  to require for use or to specify, by written or oral contract.
49. "Solvent" means 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. "Subfloor installation"
				  means the installation of subflooring material over floor joists, including the
				  construction of any load bearing joists. Subflooring is covered by a finish
				  surface material.
52. "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.
53. "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(s) is
				  less than 0.25 mils.
54. "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.
55. "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 tread adhesive may also
				  be used to seal buffed tire casings to prevent oxidation while the tire is
				  being prepared for a new tread.
56.
				  "Traffic marking tape" means preformed reflective film intended by the
				  manufacturer for application to public streets, highways and other surfaces,
				  including but not limited to curbs, berms, driveways and parking
				  lots.
57. "Traffic marking tape
				  adhesive primer" means any primer intended by the manufacturer for application
				  to surfaces prior to installation of traffic marking tape.
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 undersea
				  ships.
59. "Waterproof resorcinol
				  glue" means a two-part resorcinol-resin-based adhesive designed for
				  applications where the bond line must be resistant to conditions of continuous
				  immersion in fresh or salt water.