Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R307 - Air Quality
Rule R307-342 - Adhesives and Sealants
Section R307-342-5 - VOC Content Limits

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 307-342-5

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

(1) Beginning September 1, 2014, no person shall manufacturer any adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer or sealant primer with a VOC content in excess of the limits in Table 1.

(2) Beginning September 1, 2014, no person shall sell supply or offer for sale any adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer or sealant primer with a VOC content in excess of the limits in Table 1 and that was manufactured on or after September 1, 2014.

(3) Beginning September 1, 2014, no person shall apply any adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer or sealant primer with a VOC content in excess of the limits in Table 1 unless that person uses an add-on control device as specified in R307-342-8 or unless the adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer or sealant primer was manufactured before September 1, 2014.

(4) The VOC content limits in Table 1 for adhesives applied to particular substrates shall apply as follows:

(a) If a person uses an adhesive or sealant subject to a specific VOC content limit for such adhesive or sealant in Table 1, such specific limit is applicable rather than an adhesive-to-substrate limit; and

(b) If an adhesive is used to bond dissimilar substrates together, the applicable substrate category with the highest VOC content shall be the limit for such use. TABLE 1 VOC Content Limits for Adhesives, Sealants, Adhesive Primers, Sealant Primers and Adhesives Applied to Particular Substrates (minus water and exempt compounds (compounds that are not defined as VOC in R307-101-2 )), as applied Adhesive, Sealant, Adhesive Primer VOC Content Limit Category (grams VOC/liter) Adhesives ABS welding 400 Ceramic tile installation 130 Computer diskette jacket 850 manufacturing Contact bond 250 Cove base installation 150 CPVC welding 490 Indoor floor covering 150 installation Metal to urethane/rubber 850 molding or casting Multipurpose construction 200 Nonmembrane roof 300 installation/repair Other plastic cement welding 510 Outdoor floor covering 250 installation PVC welding 510 Single-ply roof membrane 250 installation/repair Structural glazing 100 Thin metal laminating 780 Tire retread 100 Perimeter bonded sheet vinyl 660 flooring installation Waterproof resorcinol glue 170 Sheet-applied rubber 850 installation Sealants Architectural 250 Marine deck 760 Nonmembrane roof 300 installation/repair Roadway 250 Single-ply roof membrane 450 Other 420 Adhesive Primers Automotive glass 700 Plastic cement welding 650 Single-ply roof membrane 250 Traffic marking tape 150 Other 250 Sealant Primers Non-porous architectural 250 Porous architectural 775 Marine deck 760 Other 750 Adhesives Applied to the Listed Substrate Flexible vinyl 250 Fiberglass 200 Metal 30 Porous material 120 Rubber 250 Other substrates 250

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