<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-172. - Interceptor maintenance.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               <span class="ital">Required cleaning frequency.</span>
               
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               (1)
               
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               Unless otherwise specified by the general services director, each interceptor in active
               use shall be cleaned at least once every six months or more frequently as needed to
               prevent the discharge of fats, oils, and grease in excess of 300 mg/l into the POTW.
               The general services director may specify cleaning more frequently when pumping every
               six months is shown to be inadequate. Additional pumping may be required during time
               periods when increased loading is anticipated.
               
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               (2)
               
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               If the inspector determines that the interceptor is full, immediate steps shall be
               taken by the operator to pump out and clean the interceptor as soon as is practicable.
               The general services director shall make an evaluation of the advisability of allowing
               discharge to continue, and may at his discretion order an immediate cessation of all
               discharge from the food service establishment.
               
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               (b)
               
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               <span class="ital">Notice of cleaning.</span> Every operator shall, within ten days of each cleaning of an interceptor located
               on the operator's premises, notify the general services director in writing that the
               interceptor has been cleaned. The notice of cleaning shall include the date of the
               cleaning, the identity of the hauler, the site to which the contents of the interceptor
               were hauled and such other information as the general services director may reasonably
               require. The operator shall submit with each notice of cleaning an invoice, manifest
               or other similar document from the hauler evidencing the cleaning of the interceptor.
               The operator shall also submit such other documentation relating to the cleaning of
               the interceptor as the general services director may reasonably require.
               
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               (c)
               
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               <span class="ital">Cleaning procedures.</span>
               
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               (1)
               
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               The operator or an employee of the operator shall supervise the interceptor cleaning.
               Such person shall be present during and observe the entire cleaning operation.
               
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               (2)
               
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               An operator shall cause the licensed waste hauler, transporter, or any other person
               cleaning or servicing an interceptor to completely evacuate all contents, including
               floating materials, wastewater, and bottom sludges and solids during servicing. Skimming
               the surface layer of waste material, partial cleaning of the interceptor or using
               any method that does not remove the entire contents of the collection device is prohibited.
               The suction of the floating materials shall be done prior to removal of other contents.
               After complete evacuation, the walls, top, and bottom of the interceptor shall be
               thoroughly scraped and the residue removed.
               
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               (3)
               
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               It shall be unlawful for an operator to allow the decanting or discharging of removed
               waste back into the interceptor from which the waste was removed or into any other
               interceptor.
               
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               (4)
               
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               When cleaned, the interceptor shall be fully evacuated unless the interceptor volume
               is greater than the tank capacity on the vacuum truck, in which case the transporter
               shall arrange for additional transportation capacity so that the interceptor is fully
               evacuated within a 24-hour period following the transporter's inability to fully evacuate
               the interceptor.
               
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               (d)
               
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               <span class="ital">Disposal of interceptor pumpage.</span> All waste removed from each interceptor shall be disposed of at a facility permitted
               and authorized to receive such waste in accordance with all applicable federal, state,
               and local regulations. Fats, oils, and grease removed from an interceptor shall not
               be recycled so as to become a food product or part of a food product for animal or
               human consumption. The operator shall be responsible for ensuring that the waste is
               disposed of in accordance with all federal, state, and local disposal regulations.
               
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               (e)
               
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               <span class="ital">Vacuum truck cleaning service.</span> It shall be unlawful for an operator to allow grease interceptor waste to be removed
               from its premises by a transporter which does not have all applicable federal, state,
               and local permits or registrations.
               
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               (Ord. of 5-5-2009)
               
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