Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 115 - CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM VOLATILE ORGANIC › Subchapter E - SOLVENT-USING PROCESSES › Division 7 - MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL ADHESIVES › Section 115.470 - Applicability and Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Applicability. Except as specified in §
											115.471 of
					 this title (relating to Exemptions), the requirements in this division apply to
					 the owner or operator of a manufacturing operation using adhesives or adhesive
					 primers for any of the application processes specified in §
											115.473(a)
					 of this title (relating to Control Requirements) in the Dallas-Fort Worth and
					 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria areas, as defined in §
											115.10 of
					 this title (relating to Definitions). Adhesives or adhesive primers applied in
					 the field (e.g., construction jobs in the field) are not subject to this
					 division.
(b) Definitions. Unless
					 specifically defined in the Texas Clean Air Act (Texas Health and Safety Code,
					 Chapter 382) or in §§
											3.2,
					 101.1, or
					 115.10 of
					 this title (relating to Definitions), the terms in this division have the
					 meanings commonly used in the field of air pollution control. In addition, the
					 following meanings apply in this division unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1)
					 Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene or ABS welding--Any process to weld
					 acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene pipe.
(2) Adhesive--Any chemical substance applied
					 for the purpose of bonding two surfaces together other than by mechanical
					 means.
(3) Adhesive primer--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 or adhesive primer--An
					 adhesive or adhesive primer 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--Any fabricated part,
					 processed part, assembly of parts, or completed unit of any aircraft including
					 but not limited to airplanes, helicopters, missiles, rockets, and space
					 vehicles. This definition includes electronic components.
(6) Application process--A series of one or
					 more application systems and any associated drying area or oven where an
					 adhesive or adhesive primer is applied, dried, or cured. An application process
					 ends at the point where the adhesive is dried or cured, or prior to any
					 subsequent application of a different adhesive. It is not necessary for an
					 application process to have an oven or flash-off area.
(7) Application system--Devices or equipment
					 designed for the purpose of applying an adhesive or adhesive primer to a
					 surface. The devices may include, but are not be limited to, brushes, sprayers,
					 flow coaters, dip tanks, rollers, and extrusion coaters.
(8) Ceramic tile installation adhesive--Any
					 adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use in the installation of ceramic
					 tiles.
(9) Chlorinated polyvinyl
					 chloride plastic or CPVC plastic welding--A polymer of the vinyl chloride
					 monomer that contains 67% chlorine and is normally identified with a
					 chlorinated polyvinyl chloride marking.
(10) Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride welding
					 or CPVC welding--An adhesive labeled for welding of chlorinated polyvinyl
					 chloride.
(11) Contact adhesive--An
					 adhesive:
(A) designed for application to
					 both surfaces to be bonded together;
(B) allowed to dry before the two surfaces
					 are placed in contact with each other;
(C) forms an immediate bond that is
					 impossible, or difficult, to reposition after both adhesive-coated surfaces are
					 placed in contact with each other;
(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; and
(E) does not
					 include rubber cements that are primarily intended for use on paper substrates
					 or vulcanizing fluids that are designed and labeled for tire repair
					 only.
(12) Cove base--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.
(13) Cove base installation
					 adhesive--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.
(14) Cyanoacrylate
					 adhesive--Any adhesive with a cyanoacrylate content of at least 95% by
					 weight.
(15) Daily weighted
					 average--The total weight of volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions from
					 all adhesives or adhesive primers subject to the same VOC content limit in
					 §
												115.473(a)
					 of this title (relating to Control Requirements), divided by the total volume
					 of those adhesives or adhesive primers (minus water and exempt solvent)
					 delivered to the application system each day. Adhesives or adhesive primers
					 subject to different emission standards in §
												115.473(a)
					 of this title must not be combined for purposes of calculating the daily
					 weighted average. In addition, determination of compliance is based on each
					 adhesive or adhesive primer application process.
(16) Ethylene propylenediene monomer (EPDM)
					 roof membrane--A prefabricated single sheet of elastomeric material composed of
					 ethylene propylenediene monomer and that is field-applied to a building roof
					 using one layer or membrane material.
(17) Flexible vinyl--Non-rigid polyvinyl
					 chloride plastic with a 5.0% by weight plasticizer content.
(18) Indoor floor covering installation
					 adhesive--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
					 definition.
(19) Laminate--A
					 product made by bonding together two or more layers of material.
(20) Metal to urethane/rubber molding or
					 casting adhesive--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.
(21) Motor vehicle adhesive--An adhesive,
					 including glass-bonding adhesive, used in a process that is not an automobile
					 or light-duty truck assembly coating process, applied for the purpose of
					 bonding two vehicle surfaces together without regard to the substrates
					 involved.
(22) Motor vehicle
					 glass-bonding primer--A primer, used in a process that is not an automobile or
					 light-duty truck assembly coating process, applied to windshield or other
					 glass, or to body openings, to prepare the glass or body opening for the
					 application of glass-bonding adhesives or the installation of adhesive-bonded
					 glass. Motor vehicle glass-bonding primer includes glass-bonding/cleaning
					 primers that perform both functions (cleaning and priming of the windshield or
					 other glass, or body openings) prior to the application of adhesive or the
					 installation of adhesive-bonded glass.
(23) Motor vehicle weatherstrip adhesive--An
					 adhesive, used in a process that is not an automobile or light-duty truck
					 assembly coating process, applied to weatherstripping materials for the purpose
					 of bonding the weatherstrip material to the surface of the vehicle.
(24) Multipurpose construction adhesive--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.
(25) Outdoor floor covering
					 installation adhesive--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.
(26) Panel installation--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.
(27) Perimeter bonded sheet flooring
					 installation--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.
(28) Plastic solvent welding adhesive--Any
					 adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use to dissolve the surface of
					 plastic to form a bond between mating surfaces.
(29) Plastic solvent welding adhesive
					 primer--Any primer intended by the manufacturer for use to prepare plastic
					 substrates prior to bonding or welding.
(30) Plastic foam--Foam constructed of
					 plastics.
(31) Plastics--Synthetic
					 materials chemically formed by the polymerization of organic (carbon-based)
					 substances. Plastics are usually compounded with modifiers, extenders, or
					 reinforcers and are capable of being molded, extruded, cast into various shapes
					 and films, or drawn into filaments.
(32) Polyvinyl chloride plastic or PVC
					 plastic--A polymer of the chlorinated vinyl monomer that contains 57%
					 chlorine.
(33) Polyvinyl chloride
					 welding adhesive or PVC welding adhesive--Any adhesive intended by the
					 manufacturer for use in the welding of polyvinyl chloride plastic
					 pipe.
(34) Porous material--A
					 substance that has tiny openings, often microscopic, in which fluids may be
					 absorbed or discharged, including, but not limited to, paper and corrugated
					 paperboard. For the purposes of this definition, porous material does not
					 include wood.
(35) Pounds of
					 volatile organic compounds (VOC) per gallon of adhesive (minus water and exempt
					 solvent)--The basis for content limits for application processes that can be
					 calculated by the following equation:
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						Graphic
(36)
					 Pounds of volatile organic compounds (VOC) per gallon of solids--The basis for
					 content limits for application processes that can be calculated by the
					 following equation:
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						Graphic
(37)
					 Reinforced plastic composite--A composite material consisting of plastic
					 reinforced with fibers.
(38)
					 Rubber--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.
(39) Sheet rubber
					 lining installation--The process of applying sheet rubber liners by hand to
					 metal or plastic substrates to protect the underlying substrate from corrosion
					 or abrasion. These processes also include laminating sheet rubber to fabric by
					 hand.
(40) Single-ply roof
					 membrane--A prefabricated single sheet of rubber, normally ethylene
					 propylenediene terpolymer, that is field-applied to a building roof using one
					 layer of membrane material. For the purposes of this definition, single-ply
					 roof membrane does not include membranes prefabricated from ethylene
					 propylenediene monomer.
(41)
					 Single-ply roof membrane installation and repair adhesive--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.
(42) Single-ply roof membrane adhesive
					 primer--Any primer labeled for use to clean and promote adhesion of the
					 single-ply roof membrane seams or splices prior to bonding.
(43) Structural glazing--A process that
					 includes the application of adhesive to bond glass, ceramic, metal, stone, or
					 composite panels to exterior building frames.
(44) Subfloor installation--The installation
					 of subflooring material over floor joists, including the construction of any
					 load-bearing joists. Subflooring is covered by a finish surface
					 material.
(45) Thin metal
					 laminating adhesive--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 mil.
(46) Tire
					 repair--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.
(47)
					 Undersea-based weapon system components--The fabrication of parts, assembly of
					 parts or completed units of any portion of a missile launching system used on
					 undersea ships.
(48) Waterproof
					 resorcinol glue--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.