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November 8, 1999

Public Meeting to Discuss the Feasibility of Meeting the 25 Percent VOC Standard for Aerosol Adhesives. November 8, 1999. California Environmental Protection Agency. Air Resources Board. Presentation Overview. Background 1998 Survey Development Product Categories Data Summaries

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November 8, 1999

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  1. Public Meeting to Discuss the Feasibility of Meeting the 25 Percent VOC Standard for Aerosol Adhesives November 8, 1999 California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board

  2. Presentation Overview • Background • 1998 Survey • Development • Product Categories • Data Summaries • Research and Development Efforts • Summary

  3. Background • Phase 2 rulemaking (1992) • AB 1869 • 1996 Amendments

  4. Phase 2 Rulemaking • 75% VOC -- 1995 • 25% VOC --1997 Established standards for aerosol adhesives:

  5. AB 1849 • ARB’s 75% standard shall apply to all applications, including industrial uses. • Prior to Jan 2000, the ARB has sole authority to set VOC standards. • After Dec 31, 1999 a district may adopt and enforce a standard that is more stringent than the ARB standard. • The ARB shall prepare a study and conduct a public hearing prior to July 2, 2000 on the need for setting a more stringent standard.

  6. 1996 Amendments to Consumer Products Regulations • Extended deadline to meet 25% VOC to 1/1/2002 • Required manufacturers to report 1998 sales and composition data and R&D efforts. • Required public hearing by June 1, 2000 to review and consider any appropriate modifications • Incorporates AB 1849 provisions

  7. 1998 Survey • Sent out survey on March 3, 1999 requesting 1998 sales, product composition and R&D efforts • Received responses from 45 companies • 134 products in survey • Survey includes industrial products

  8. Details of the 1998 Survey • Sources of Information • Aerosol Adhesive Definition Modification • Product Categorization • Survey Summaries • Methylene Chloride Usage

  9. Sources of Information • Companies that reported adhesive sales to the 1997 and 1995 surveys • Shelf surveys -- visited craft, fabric, automotive, and hardware stores • Searched the Internet

  10. Modified Definition for Aerosol Adhesive • Current definition does not define “hand-held” • For purposes of the survey we used 32 fluid ounces or less

  11. Product Categories • Mounting • High Performance • Repositionable • General Purpose

  12. Mounting Products intended primarily for use in mounting photographs, artwork, and any other drawn or printed media to a backing (paper, board, cloth)

  13. High Performance Products that meet specialized performance requirements for demanding uses, such as, high contact bond strength, high temperature resistance, and plasticizer resistance

  14. Repositionable Products that are designed to allow two substrates to be temporarily bonded, separated, and then bonded again without having to apply additional adhesive

  15. General Purpose Products that are designed for general purpose, light duty application on a variety of substrates. An example would be a general duty arts and crafts adhesives.

  16. Aerosol Adhesives1998 Sales and Emissions by Category CA Sales (tons/yr) VOC (tons/yr) Adhesive Category *General Purpose and High Performance comprise about 50% and 40% of the sales and VOC emissions, respectively.

  17. VOC Levels per Category All Products * Parentheses indicate complying products

  18. VOC Levels per Category Products without MeCl or Perc * Parentheses indicate complying products

  19. Methylene Chloride Use in Aerosol adhesives MeCl (tons/yr) MeCl VOC Adhesive Categories Percent

  20. Research and DevelopmentEfforts

  21. Potential Technologies • Water-based technology • Formulating with exempt solvents • Using non-VOC propellants • Increasing solids content • Hardware Modifications • Combination of the above

  22. Water-based Technology • Advantages • no safety (flammability) concern • low VOC • Disadvantages • resin incompatibility • freeze-thaw instability • slow drying time • insufficient adhesion on non-porous substrates • high manufacturing cost

  23. Formulating with Exempt Solvents • Acetone • Methyl Acetate • Methylene Chloride • Perchloroethylene • Parachlorobenzotrifluoride • Volatile Methyl Siloxanes

  24. Formulating with Non-VOC Propellants • HFC-152a • Carbon Dioxide

  25. Increasing Solids Content • Advantages: • lower VOC • Disadvantages: • solubility • dispensing problem • cost

  26. Hardware Modifications • More controlled spray pattern • Accommodate formulations with higher solids

  27. Summary • Adhesives formulated with water and MeCl can meet the 25% standard • However, water base has a limited market niche and MeCl has toxicity concerns • Many current products are 10-20% below the current 75% VOC standard • Technology using a combination of exempt compounds, high solids, and hardware modifications show promise

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