Indiana Administrative Code
Title 326 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 8 - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND RULES
Rule 15 - Standards for Consumer and Commercial Products
Section 15-9 - Test methods
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4
Affected: IC 13-12
Sec. 9.
(a) Testing to determine compliance with the VOC content limits specified in section 3(a) of this rule shall be performed by either the manufacturer or responsible party using either of the following:
(b) Compliance with the VOC content limits specified in section 3(a) of this rule may be demonstrated through calculation of the VOC content of a consumer product from records of the amounts of constituents used to make the product (excluding packaging), under the following criteria:
Where: A = Total net weight of a unit of product (excluding any packaging).
B = Total weight of all VOCs, per unit.
C = Total weight of VOCs exempted, per unit.
(c) Testing to determine whether a product is a liquid or a solid shall be performed using ASTM D4359-90(2000)e1 "Standard Test Method for Determining Whether a Material Is a Liquid or a Solid"*.
(d) Testing to determine distillation points of petroleum distillate based charcoal lighter materials shall be performed using ASTM D86-04b "Standard Test Method for Distallation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure"*.
(e) No person shall create, alter, falsify, or otherwise modify records in such a way that the records do not accurately reflect:
*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.