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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 26.11.35.01" title_num="26" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="35" heading="Applicability and Exemptions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>This chapter applies to a person who, on or after January 1, 2009:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Sells, supplies, offers for sale, or manufactures for sale in the State an adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer, or sealant primer for use in the State; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Uses or applies, for compensation or facilities maintenance, an adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer, or sealant primer within the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The requirements of this chapter do not apply to the use or sale of the following compounds:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Adhesives, sealants, adhesive primers, or sealant primers being tested or evaluated in a research and development, quality assurance, or analytical laboratory, if records are maintained as required in Regulation .05A of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Adhesives, sealants, adhesive primers, or sealant primers that are subject to COMAR 26.11.19.15C(1)—(3), COMAR 26.11.19.30 in accordance with the conditions in the regulation, or COMAR 26.11.32;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Adhesives and sealants that contain less than 20 grams of VOC per liter of adhesive or sealant, less water and less exempt compounds, as applied;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Cyanoacrylate adhesives;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Adhesives, sealants, adhesive primers, or sealant primers, except plastic cement welding, ABS, CPVC, and PVC adhesives, and contact bond adhesives that are sold or supplied by the manufacturer or supplier in containers with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A net volume of 16 fluid ounces or less; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A net weight of 1 pound or less; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Contact bond adhesives that are sold or supplied by the manufacturer or supplier in containers with a net volume of 1 gallon or less.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The requirements of this chapter do not apply to the use of adhesives, sealants, adhesive primers, sealant primers, surface preparation solvents, or cleanup solvents in the following operations:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Tire repair operations, if the label of the adhesive states, “For Tire Repair Only”;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Research and development, testing, manufacture, assembly, and repair of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Aerospace components;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Undersea-based ship and weapons systems components; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Specialty electronic systems and subsystems for defense and homeland security;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The manufacture of medical equipment, including medical devices subject to COMAR 26.11.19.31; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Plaque laminating operations in which adhesives are used to bond clear, polyester acetate laminate to wood with lamination equipment installed before July 1, 1992.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The provisions of this chapter do not apply if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The total VOC emissions from all noncomplying adhesives, sealants, adhesive primers, and sealant primers used at the source are less than 200 pounds per calendar year, or an equivalent volume; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The person claiming the usage exemption under §D(1) of this regulation maintains monthly operational records sufficient to demonstrate compliance as required by Regulation .05B of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The provisions of Regulation .04A and D of this chapter do not apply to the use of adhesives, sealants, adhesive primers, sealant primers, cleanup solvents, and surface preparation solvents if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The total volume of noncomplying adhesives, sealants, primers, cleanup solvents, and surface preparation solvents applied facility-wide does not exceed 55 gallons per calendar year; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The person claiming the usage exemption under §E(1) of this regulation maintains monthly operational records sufficient to demonstrate compliance as required by Regulation .05A of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>This chapter does not apply to a manufacturer or distributor who sells, supplies, or offers for sale in the State an adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer, or sealant primer that does not comply with Regulation .04A of this chapter, if the manufacturer or distributor makes and keeps records demonstrating that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer, or sealant primer is intended for shipment and use outside the State; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The manufacturer or distributor has taken reasonable precautions to assure that the adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer, or sealant primer is not distributed to or within the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Notwithstanding §F of this regulation, this chapter does apply to an adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer, or sealant primer that is sold, supplied, or offered for sale by a person to a retail outlet in the State.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Regulation .04A of this chapter does not apply to the sale of an adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer, or sealant primer to a person using State permitted add-on air pollution control equipment, pursuant to Regulation .04E of this chapter, to comply with the requirements of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>The VOC limitations in Regulation .04 of this chapter shall be applicable to single-ply roof membrane installation and repair adhesives, single-ply roof membrane sealants, and single-ply roof membrane adhesive primers according to the following schedule:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For the year 2009, from May 15 through September 15;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For the years 2010 and 2011, from May 1 through September 30; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>On and after January 1, 2012.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>