Utah Admin. Code R307-342-5 – VOC Content Limits

(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:
1. (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
2. (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

KEY: air pollution, adhesives, sealants, primers

Date of Last Change: December 1, 2014

Notice of Continuation: February 1, 2023

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 19-2-104(1)(a)