| (a) The owner or operator of application processes
located on a property with actual combined emissions of volatile organic
compounds (VOC) less than 3.0 tons per calendar year, when uncontrolled,
from all adhesives, adhesive primers, and solvents used during related
cleaning operations, is exempt from the requirements of this division,
except as specified in §115.478(b)(2) of this title (relating
to Monitoring and Recordkeeping Requirements). When calculating the
VOC emissions, adhesives and adhesive primers that are exempt under
subsections (b) and (c) of this section are excluded.
(b) The following application processes are exempt
from the VOC limits in §115.473(a) of this title (relating to
Control Requirements) and the application system requirements in §115.473(b)
of this title:
(1) adhesives or adhesive primers being tested or evaluated
in any research and development, quality assurance, or analytical
laboratory;
(2) adhesives or adhesive primers used in the assembly,
repair, or manufacture of aerospace components or undersea-based weapon
system components;
(3) adhesives or adhesive primers used in medical equipment
manufacturing operations;
(4) cyanoacrylate adhesive application processes;
(5) aerosol adhesive and aerosol adhesive primer application
processes;
(6) polyester-bonding putties used to assemble fiberglass
parts at fiberglass boat manufacturing properties and at other reinforced
plastic composite manufacturing properties; and
(7) processes using adhesives and adhesive primers
that are supplied to the manufacturer in containers with a net volume
of 16 ounces or less or a net weight of 1.0 pound or less.
(c) The owner or operator of any process or operation
subject to another division of this chapter that specifies VOC content
limits for adhesives or adhesive primers used during any of the application
processes listed in §115.473(a) of this title, is exempt from
the requirements in this division. Adhesives and adhesive primers
used for miscellaneous metal and plastic parts surface coating processes
in §115.453(a)(1)(C) - (F) and (2) of this title (related to
Control Requirements) meeting a specialty application process definition
in §115.470 of this title (relating to Applicability and Definitions)
are not included in this exemption. Contact adhesives are not included
in this exemption. When an adhesive or adhesive primer meets more
than one adhesive application process definition in §115.470
of this title, the least stringent VOC content limit applies.
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