Indiana Administrative Code
Title 326 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 8 - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND RULES
Rule 22 - Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives
Section 22-3 - VOC content limits
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11
Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17
Sec. 3.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) and section 4 of this rule, on and after April 1, 2011, an owner or operator applying miscellaneous industrial adhesives or adhesive primers within Lake County or Porter County shall comply with applicable VOC content limits specified in subsection (f).
(b) The VOC content limits in subsection (f) for adhesives or adhesive primers applied to particular substrates shall apply as follows:
(c) A person using an adhesive or adhesive primer subject to this rule may comply with subsection (a) by using add-on air pollution control equipment if the equipment meets the following requirements:
(d) Work practices shall be used to minimize VOC emissions from mixing operations, storage tanks, and other containers, and handling operations for adhesives, adhesive primers, cleaning materials, and waste materials. Work practices shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(e) In addition to the VOC content limits in subsection (f), one (1) or a combination of the following equipment shall be used for adhesive or adhesive primer application:
(f) The VOC content limits for adhesives and adhesive primers are as follows:
Category** | VOC Content Limit | ||
Specialty Adhesive Application Processes | grams/liter | lb/gal | |
Ceramic tile installation | 130 | 1.1 | |
Contact adhesive | 250 | 2.1 | |
Cove base installation | 150 | 1.3 | |
Indoor floor covering installation | 150 | 1.3 | |
Metal to urethane or rubber molding or casting | 850 | 7.1 | |
Motor vehicle adhesive | 250 | 2.1 | |
Motor vehicle weather-strip adhesive | 750 | 6.3 | |
Multipurpose construction | 200 | 1.7 | |
Outdoor floor covering installation | 250 | 2.1 | |
Single-ply roof membrane installation or repair (except EPDM) | 250 | 2.1 | |
Structural glazing | 100 | 0.8 | |
Thin metal laminating | 780 | 6.5 | |
Tire repair | 100 | 0.8 | |
Perimeter bonded sheet vinyl flooring installation | 660 | 5.5 | |
Plastic solvent welding (ABS) | 400 | 3.3 | |
Plastic solvent welding (except ABS) | 500 | 4.2 | |
Sheet rubber lining installation | 850 | 7.1 | |
Waterproof resorcinol glue | 170 | 1.4 | |
Adhesive Primer Application Processes | |||
Motor vehicle glass bonding primer | 900 | 7.5 | |
Plastic solvent welding adhesive primer | 650 | 5.4 | |
Single-ply roof membrane adhesive primer | 250 | 2.1 | |
Other adhesive primer | 250 | 2.1 | |
Adhesives Applied to the Listed Substrate | |||
Flexible vinyl | 250 | 2.1 | |
Reinforced plastic composite (fiberglass) | 200 | 1.7 | |
Metal | 30 | 0.3 | |
Porous material (except wood) | 120 | 1.0 | |
Rubber | 250 | 2.1 | |
Other substrates | 250 | 2.1 | |
Wood | 30 | 0.3 |
** The VOC content is determined as the weight of VOC, less water and exempt compounds.