06-096 C.M.R. ch. 159, § 1 - General Provisions
A.
Applicability. Except as provided in section 3 of this rule, this rule
applies to any person who:
(1) Sells,
supplies, offers for sale or manufactures for sale in Maine any adhesive,
sealant, adhesive primer or sealant primer in Maine.
(2) Uses or applies for compensation any
adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer or sealant primer within Maine.
B.
Definitions
(1)
Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene or
ABS welding adhesive. "Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene or ABS welding
adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer to weld
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene pipe, which is made by reacting monomers of
acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene.
(2)
Adhesive. "Adhesive" means
any chemical substance that is applied for the purpose of bonding two surfaces
together other than by mechanical means.
(3)
Adhesive primer. "Adhesive
primer" means any product intended by the manufacturer for application to a
substrate, prior to the application of an adhesive, to provide a bonding
surface.
(4)
Aerospace
component. "Aerospace component" means for the purposes of this rule,
the fabricated part, assembly of parts or completed unit of any aircraft,
helicopter, missile, or space vehicle, including passenger safety
equipment.
(5)
Aerosol
adhesive. "Aerosol adhesive" means an adhesive packaged as an aerosol
product in which the spray mechanism is permanently housed in a non-refillable
can designed for handheld application without the need for ancillary hoses or
spray equipment.
(6)
Architectural sealant or primer. "Architectural sealant or primer"
means any sealant or sealant primer intended by the manufacturer to be applied
to stationary structures, including mobile homes, and their appurtenances.
Appurtenances to an architectural structure include, but are not limited to:
hand railings, cabinets, bathroom and kitchen fixtures, fences, rain gutters
and downspouts, and windows.
(7)
Automotive glass adhesive primer. "Automotive glass adhesive
primer" means an adhesive primer labeled by the manufacturer to be applied to
automotive glass prior to installation of the glass using an adhesive/sealant.
This primer improves the adhesion to pinch weld and blocks ultraviolet
light.
(8)
CARB.
"CARB" means the California Air Resources Board.
(9)
Ceramic tile installation
adhesive. "Ceramic tile installation adhesive" means any adhesive
intended by the manufacturer for use in the installation of ceramic
tiles.
(10)
Chlorinated
polyvinyl chloride plastic or CPVC plastic. "Chlorinated polyvinyl
chloride plastic" or "CPVC plastic" means a polymer of the vinyl chloride
monomer that contains 67% chlorine and is normally identified with a CPVC
marking.
(11)
Chlorinated
polyvinyl chloride welding adhesive or CPVC welding adhesive.
"Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride welding adhesive" or "CPVC welding adhesive"
means an adhesive labeled for welding of chlorinated polyvinyl chloride
plastic.
(12)
Cleanup
solvent. "Cleanup solvent" means a VOC-containing material used to
remove a loosely held uncured (i.e., not dry to the touch) adhesive or sealant
from a substrate, or clean equipment used in applying a material.
(13)
Computer diskette jacket
manufacturing adhesive. "Computer diskette jacket manufacturing
adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer to glue the fold-over
flaps to the body of a vinyl computer diskette jacket.
(14)
Contact bond adhesive.
"Contact bond adhesive" means an adhesive that: (i) is designed for application
to both surfaces to be bonded together, and (ii) is allowed to dry before the
two surfaces are placed in contact with each other, and (iii) forms an
immediate bond that is impossible, or difficult, to reposition after both
adhesive-coated surfaces are placed in contact with each other, and (iv) does
not need sustained pressure or clamping of surfaces after the adhesive-coated
surfaces have been brought together using sufficient momentary pressure to
establish full contact between both surfaces. "Contact Adhesive" does not
include rubber cements that are primarily intended for use on paper substrates.
"Contact Adhesive" also does not include vulcanizing fluids that are designed
and labeled for tire repair only.
(15)
Cove base. "Cove base"
means a flooring trim unit, generally made of vinyl or rubber, having a concave
radius on one edge and a convex radius on the opposite edge that is used in
forming a junction between the bottom wall course and the floor or to form an
inside corner.
(16)
Cove base
installation adhesive. "Cove base installation adhesive" means any
adhesive intended by the manufacturer to be used for the installation of cove
base or wall base on a wall or vertical surface at floor level.
(17)
Cyanoacrylate adhesive.
"Cyanoacrylate adhesive" means any adhesive with a cyanoacrylate content of at
least 95% by weight.
(18)
Dry
wall installation. "Dry wall installation" means the installation of
gypsum dry wall to studs or solid surfaces using an adhesive formulated for
that purpose.
(19)
Flexible
vinyl. "Flexible vinyl" means non-rigid polyvinyl chloride plastic with
at five percent by weight plasticizer content.
(20)
Fiberglass. "Fiberglass"
means a material consisting of extremely fine glass fibers.
(21)
Indoor floor covering installation
adhesive. "Indoor floor covering installation adhesive" means any
adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use in the installation of wood
flooring, carpet, resilient tile, vinyl tile, vinyl backed carpet, resilient
sheet and roll or artificial grass. Adhesives used to install ceramic tile and
perimeter bonded sheet flooring with vinyl backing onto a non-porous substrate,
such as flexible vinyl, are excluded from this category.
(22)
Laminate. "Laminate" means
a product made by bonding together two or more layers of material.
(23)
Low-solids adhesive, sealant or
primer. "Low-solids adhesive, sealant or primer" means any product that
contains 120 grams or less of solids per liter of material.
(24)
Marine deck sealant or marine deck
sealant primer. "Marine deck sealant" or "marine deck sealant primer"
means any sealant or sealant primer labeled for application to wooden marine
decks.
(25)
Medical equipment
manufacturing. "Medical equipment manufacturing" means the manufacture
of medical devices, such as, but not limited to, catheters, heart valves, blood
cardioplegia machines, tracheostomy tubes, blood oxygenators, and cardiatory
reservoirs.
(26)
Metal to
urethane/rubber molding or casting adhesive. "Metal to urethane/rubber
molding or casting adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer to
bond metal to high density or elastomeric urethane or molded rubber materials,
in heater molding or casting processes, to fabricate products such as rollers
for computer printers or other paper handling equipment.
(27)
Multipurpose construction
adhesive. "Multipurpose construction adhesive" means any adhesive
intended by the manufacturer for use in the installation or repair of various
construction materials, including but not limited to drywall, subfloor, panel,
fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP), ceiling tile and acoustical
tile.
(28)
Nonmembrane roof
installation/repair adhesive. "Nonmembrane roof installation/repair
adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use in the
installation or repair of nonmembrane roofs and that is not intended for the
installation of prefabricated single-ply flexible roofing membrane, including,
but not limited to, plastic or asphalt roof cement, asphalt roof coating and
cold application cement.
(29)
Outdoor floor covering installation adhesive. "Outdoor floor
covering installation adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the manufacturer
for use in the installation of floor covering that is not in an enclosure and
that is exposed to ambient weather conditions during normal use.
(30)
Panel installation. "Panel
installation" means the installation of plywood, pre-decorated hardboard (or
tileboard), fiberglass reinforced plastic, and similar pre-decorated or
non-decorated panels to studs or solid surfaces using an adhesive formulated
for that purpose.
(31)
Perimeter bonded sheet flooring installation. "Perimeter bonded
sheet flooring installation" means the installation of sheet flooring with
vinyl backing onto a nonporous substrate using an adhesive designed to be
applied only to a strip of up to four inches wide around the perimeter of the
sheet flooring.
(32)
Plastic
cement welding adhesive. "Plastic cement welding adhesive" means any
adhesive intended by the manufacturer for use to dissolve the surface of
plastic to form a bond between mating surfaces.
(33)
Plastic cement welding adhesive
primer. "Plastic cement welding adhesive primer" means any primer
intended by the manufacturer for use to prepare plastic substrates prior to
bonding or welding.
(34)
Plastic foam. "Plastic foam" means foam constructed of
plastics.
(35)
Plasticizer.
"Plasticizer" means a material, such as a high boiling point organic
solvent, that is incorporated into a vinyl to increase its flexibility,
workability, or distensibility, as determined by ASTM Method
E-260-96.
(36)
Plastics.
"Plastics" means synthetic materials chemically formed by the
polymerization of organic (carbon-based) substances. Plastics are usually
compounded with modifiers, extenders, and/or reinforcers and are capable of
being molded, extruded, cast into various shapes and films or drawn into
filaments.
(37)
Polyvinyl
chloride plastic or PVC plastic. "Polyvinyl chloride plastic" or "PVC
plastic" means a polymer of the chlorinated vinyl monomer that contains 57%
chlorine.
(38)
Polyvinyl
chloride welding adhesive or PVC welding adhesive. "Polyvinyl chloride
welding adhesive" or "PVC welding adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the
manufacturer for use in the welding of PVC plastic pipe.
(39)
Porous material. "Porous
material" means a substance that has tiny openings, often microscopic, in which
fluids may be absorbed or discharged, including, but not limited to, wood,
paper and corrugated paperboard.
(40)
Propellant. "Propellant"
means a fluid under pressure that expels the contents of a container when a
valve is opened.
(41)
Reactive diluent. "Reactive diluent" means a liquid that is a
reactive organic compound during application and one in that, through chemical
and/or physical reactions, such as polymerization, twenty (20) percent or more
of the reactive organic compound becomes an integral part of a finished
material.
(42)
Roadway
sealant. "Roadway sealant" means any sealant intended by the
manufacturer for application to public streets, highways and other surfaces,
including but not limited to curbs, berms, driveways and parking
lots.
(43)
Rubber.
"Rubber" means any natural or manmade rubber substrate, including but not
limited to, styrene-butadiene rubber, polychloroprene (neoprene), butyl rubber,
nitrile rubber, chlorosulfonated polyethylene and ethylene propylene diene
terpolymer.
(44)
SCAQMD.
"SCAQMD" means the South Coast Air Quality Management District, a part
of the California Air Resources Board, which is responsible for the regulation
of air quality in the State of California.
(45)
Sealant primer. "Sealant
primer" means any product intended by the manufacturer for application to a
substrate, prior to the application of a sealant, to enhance the bonding
surface.
(46)
Sealant.
"Sealant" means any material with adhesive properties that is formulated
primarily to fill, seal, waterproof or weatherproof gaps or joints between two
surfaces. Sealants include sealant primers and caulks.
(47)
Sheet-applied rubber
installation. "Sheet-applied rubber installation" means the process of
applying sheet rubber liners by hand to metal or plastic substrates to protect
the underlying substrate from corrosion or abrasion. These operations also
include laminating sheet rubber to fabric by hand.
(48)
Single-ply roof membrane.
"Single-ply roof membrane" means a prefabricated single sheet of rubber,
normally ethylene-propylenediene terpolymer, that is field applied to a
building roof using one layer of membrane material.
(49)
Single-ply roof membrane
installation and repair adhesive. "Single-ply roof membrane installation
and repair adhesive" means any adhesive labeled for use in the installation or
repair of single-ply roof membrane. Installation includes, as a minimum,
attaching the edge of the membrane to the edge of the roof and applying
flashings to vents, pipes and ducts that protrude through the membrane. Repair
includes gluing the edges of torn membrane together, attaching a patch over a
hole and reapplying flashings to vents, pipes or ducts installed through the
membrane.
(50)
Single-ply
roof membrane adhesive primer. "Single-ply roof membrane adhesive
primer" means any primer labeled for use to clean and promote adhesion of the
single-ply roof membrane seams or splices prior to bonding.
(51)
Single-ply roof membrane sealant.
"Single-ply roof membrane sealant" means any sealant labeled for
application to single-ply roof membrane.
(52)
Solvent. "Solvent" means
organic compounds that are used as diluents, thinners, dissolvers, viscosity
reducers, cleaning agents or other related uses.
(53)
Structural glazing adhesive.
"Structural glazing adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the
manufacturer to apply glass, ceramic, metal, stone or composite panels to
exterior building frames.
(54)
Subfloor installation. "Subfloor installation" means the
installation of subflooring material over floor joists, including the
construction of any load bearing joists. Subflooring is covered by a finish
surface material.
(55)
Surface preparation solvent. "Surface preparation solvent" means a
solvent used to remove dirt, oil and other contaminants from a substrate prior
to the application of a primer, adhesive or sealant.
(56)
Thin metal laminating adhesive.
"Thin metal laminating adhesive" means any adhesive intended by the
manufacturer for use in bonding multiple layers of metal to metal or metal to
plastic in the production of electronic or magnetic components in which the
thickness of the bond line(s) is less than 0.25 mils.
(57)
Tire repair. "Tire repair"
means a process that includes expanding a hole, tear, fissure or blemish in a
tire casing by grinding or gouging, applying adhesive and filling the hole or
crevice with rubber.
(58)
Tire tread adhesive. "Tire tread adhesive" means any adhesive
intended by the manufacturer for application to the back of precure tread
rubber and to the casing and cushion rubber. Tire tread adhesive may also be
used to seal buffed tire casings to prevent oxidation while the tire is being
prepared for a new tread.
(59)
Traffic marking tape. "Traffic marking tape" means preformed
reflective film intended by the manufacturer for application to public streets,
highways and other surfaces, including but not limited to curbs, berms,
driveways and parking lots.
(60)
Traffic marking tape adhesive primer. "Traffic marking tape
adhesive primer" means any primer intended by the manufacturer for application
to surfaces prior to installation of traffic marking tape.
(61)
Undersea-based weapons systems
components. "Undersea-based weapons systems components" means the
fabrication of parts, assembly of parts or completed units of any portion of a
missile launching system used on undersea ships.
(62)
Waterproof resorcinol glue.
"Waterproof resorcinol glue" means a two-part resorcinol-resin-based
adhesive designed for applications where the bond line must be resistant to
conditions of continuous immersion in fresh or salt water.
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