Section 115.471 - Exemptions(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.30 Tex. Admin. Code § 115.471
The provisions of this §115.471 adopted to be effective December 29, 2011, 36 TexReg 8897; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 25, June 19, 2015, TexReg 3963, eff. 6/25/2015