Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 58 - Emission Standards for Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesive Application Processes in the Northern Virginia Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Control Area, 8-hour Ozone Standard (Rule 4-58) › Section 9VAC5-40-8670 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. For the purpose
					 of applying this article in the context of the regulations for the control and
					 abatement of air pollution and related uses, the words or terms shall have the
					 meanings given them in subsection C of this section.
B. Unless otherwise required by context, all
					 terms not defined in this section shall have the meanings given them in
					 9VAC5-170 (Regulation for General Administration), 9VAC5-10 (General
					 Definitions), or commonly ascribed to them by recognized authorities, in that
					 order of priority.
C. Terms
					 defined.
"ABS welding" means any process to weld
						acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene pipe.
"Adhesive" means any chemical substance that is applied
						for the purpose of bonding two surfaces together other than by mechanical
						means.
"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.
"Aerosol adhesive or adhesive primer" means an adhesive
						or adhesive primer packaged as an aerosol product in which the spray mechanism
						is permanently housed in a nonrefillable can designed for handheld application
						without the need for ancillary hoses or spray equipment.
"Aerospace coatings" means materials that are applied to
						the surface of an aerospace vehicle or component to form a decorative,
						protective, or functional solid film, or the solid film itself at a facility
						that produces, reworks, or repairs in any amount any commercial, civil, or
						military aerospace vehicle or component.
"Application process" means a series of one or more
						adhesive applicators and any associated drying area or oven in which an
						adhesive 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.
"Ceramic tile installation adhesive" means any adhesive
						intended by the manufacturer for use in the installation of ceramic
						tiles.
"Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride plastic" or "CPVC
						plastic welding" means a polymer of the vinyl chloride monomer that contains
						67% chlorine and is normally identified with a CPVC marking.
"Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride welding" or "CPVC
						welding" means an adhesive labeled for welding of chlorinated polyvinyl
						chloride plastic.
"Cleaning activities" means activities other than
						surface preparation and priming that use cleaning materials to remove adhesive
						residue or other unwanted materials from equipment related to application
						operations, as well as the cleaning of spray guns, transfer lines (such as
						tubing or piping), tanks, and the interior of spray booths.
"Contact adhesive" means an adhesive that (i) is
						designed for application to both surfaces to be bonded together, (ii) is
						allowed to dry before the two surfaces are placed in contact with each other,
						(iii) forms an immediate bond that is impossible, or difficult, to reposition
						after both adhesive-coated surfaces are placed in contact with each other, and
						(iv) 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 adhesive 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.
"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.
"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.
"Cyanoacrylate adhesive" means any adhesive with a
						cyanoacrylate content of at least 95% by weight.
"Fiberglass boat manufacturing facility" means a
						facility that manufactures hulls or decks of boats from fiberglass or builds
						molds to make fiberglass boat hulls or decks and does not include a facility
						that solely manufactures parts of boats (such as hatches, seats, or lockers) or
						boat trailers, that is, which does not also manufacture hulls or decks of boats
						from fiberglass or builds molds to make fiberglass boat hulls or decks.
"Fiberglass boat manufacturing materials" means
						materials utilized at fiberglass boat manufacturing facilities to manufacture
						hulls or decks of boats from fiberglass, and parts of boats (such as hatches,
						seats, or lockers), or to build molds to make fiberglass boat hulls or
						decks.
"Flexible packaging printing materials" means materials
						used in the manufacture of any package or part of a package the shape of which
						can be readily changed. Flexible packaging includes, but is not limited to,
						bags, pouches, liners, and wraps utilizing paper, plastic, film, aluminum foil,
						metalized or coated paper or film, or any combination of these
						materials.
"Flexible vinyl" means nonrigid polyvinyl chloride
						plastic with a 5.0% by weight plasticizer content.
"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 nonporous substrate,
						such as flexible vinyl, are excluded from this category.
"Industrial adhesives" means adhesives used for joining
						surfaces in assembly and construction of a large variety of products. Adhesives
						may be generally classified as solution/waterborne, solvent-borne, solventless
						or solid (such as hot melt adhesives), pressure sensitive, hot-melt, or
						reactive (such as epoxy adhesives and ultraviolet-curable adhesives). Adhesives
						may also be generally classified according to whether they are structural or
						nonstructural. Structural adhesives are commonly used in industrial assembly
						processes and are designed to maintain product structural integrity.
"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.
"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.
"Motor vehicle adhesive" means an adhesive, including
						glass bonding adhesive, used at a facility that is not an automobile or
						light-duty truck assembly coating facility, applied for the purpose of bonding
						two vehicle surfaces together without regard to the substrates involved.
"Motor vehicle glass bonding primer" means a primer,
						used at a facility that is not an automobile or light-duty truck assembly
						coating facility, 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.
"Motor vehicle weatherstrip adhesive" means an adhesive,
						used at a facility that is not an automobile or light-duty truck assembly
						coating facility, applied to weatherstripping materials for the purpose of
						bonding the weatherstrip material to the surface of the vehicle.
"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.
"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.
"Paper, film, and foil coating" means coating that is
						applied to paper, film, or foil surfaces in the manufacturing of several major
						product types for the following industry sectors: pressure sensitive tape and
						labels (including fabric coated for use in pressure sensitive tapes and
						labels); photographic film; industrial and decorative laminates; abrasive
						products (including fabric coated for use in abrasive products); and flexible
						packaging (including coating of nonwoven polymer substrates for use in flexible
						packaging). Paper and film coating also includes coatings applied during
						miscellaneous coating operations for several products including: corrugated and
						solid fiber boxes; die-cut paper paperboard, and cardboard; converted paper and
						paperboard not elsewhere classified; folding paperboard boxes, including
						sanitary boxes; manifold business forms and related products; plastic aseptic
						packaging; and carbon paper and inked ribbons.
"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.
"Plastic" means a synthetic material chemically formed
						by the polymerization of organic (carbon-based) substances. Plastics are
						usually compounded with modifiers, extenders, and/or reinforcers and are
						capable of being molded, extruded, cast into various shapes and films or drawn
						into filaments.
"Plastic solvent welding adhesive" means any adhesive
						intended by the manufacturer for use to dissolve the surface of plastic to form
						a bond between mating surfaces.
"Plastic solvent welding adhesive primer" means any
						primer intended by the manufacturer for use to prepare plastic substrates prior
						to bonding or welding.
"Polyvinyl chloride plastic" or "PVC" means a polymer of
						the chlorinated vinyl monomer that contains 57% chlorine.
"Polyvinyl chloride welding adhesive" or "PVC welding
						adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use in the
						welding of PVC plastic pipe.
"Porous material" means 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 article, porous materialdoes not include wood.
"Reactive adhesive" means adhesive systems composed, in
						part, of volatile monomers that react during the adhesive curing reaction, and,
						as a result, do not evolve from the film during use. These volatile components
						instead become integral parts of the adhesive through chemical reaction. At
						least 70% of the liquid components of the system, excluding water, react during
						the process.
"Reinforced plastic composite" means a composite
						material consisting of plastic reinforced with fibers.
"Rubber" means any natural or manufactured rubber
						substrate, including but not limited to, styrene-butadiene rubber,
						polychloroprene (neoprene), butyl rubber, nitrile rubber, chlorosulfonated
						polyethylene, and ethylene propylene diene terpolymer.
"Sheet rubber lining 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.
"Single-ply roof membrane" means 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 article, single-ply roof membrane does not include membranes
						prefabricated from ethylene-propylenediene monomer (EPDM).
"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.
"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.
"Structural glazing" means a process that includes the
						application of adhesive to bond glass, ceramic, metal, stone, or composite
						panels to exterior building frames.
"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.
"Tire repair" means a process that includes expanding a
						hole, tear, fissure, or blemish in a tire casing by grinding, gouging, or
						applying adhesive and filling the hole or crevice with rubber.
"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.
"VOC" means volatile organic compound.
"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.
Statutory Authority: § 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia; §§ 110, 111, 123, 129, 171, 172, and 182 of the federal
						  Clean Air Act (40 CFR Parts 51 and 60).