[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Springfield 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 2-2020. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
This chapter shall govern the standards and installation of
fats, oils and grease removal systems (FOG). It shall help facilitate
and enhance the effectiveness of the FOG Control Program.
General. The following words and terms shall, for the purpose
of this chapter, have the meanings shown herein.
Any animal or vegetable-based fats, oils, and grease generated
from food preparation, food service, and kitchen cleanup.
Includes but is not limited to any facility preparing and/or
serving food for institutional, commercial or public use or sale.
This includes restaurants, cafes, lunch counters, cafeterias, hotels,
hospitals, convalescent homes, churches, factory or school kitchens,
catering kitchens, bakeries, grocery stores with food preparation
(excluding stores with only food-warming operations), meat cutting
and preparation, and other food-handling facilities not listed above
where fats, oils and grease may be introduced into sanitary sewers.
A GRD consisting of a partitioned vault, with a minimum volume
of 750 gallons, that is typically installed in ground or underground
and outside of the building which it serves.
A device used to remove FOG from kitchen wastes discharged
to the sanitary sewer, i.e., a grease interceptor, grease trap, or
other mechanical device.
GRD designed to serve one to four kitchen fixtures. Traps
are usually 50 gallons or less in volume and are typically located
inside a kitchen, under the sink or in the floor.
Effluent discharge that is produced from food processing,
food preparation or other commercial source where grease, fats and
oils enter automatic dishwashers, prerinse stations, sinks or to other
appurtenances.
The total volume of solids, water and grease that a grease
interceptor or trap contains under normal operating conditions.
A.
Registration requirement. All establishments that are required to
install a grease, fats and oils removal system shall register their
permit with the Township. The Township shall provide the owner with
a registration number, indicating the potential for grease-laden waste
to be introduced into the Township's sanitary sewer system. The
Township shall maintain a running public log, including the permit
number, address and name of the owner.
B.
Owner responsibility. The owner shall be responsible for cleaning
and maintaining the grease, fats and oils removal system located on
his/her property and shall maintain accurate records of the dates
of cleaning and means of disposal, subject to review by the Township.
Any removal and hauling of grease, fats, and oils shall be performed
by a licensed waste disposal or rendering firm. All cost incidental
to the building sewer installation, connection and registration shall
be borne by the owner.
A.
When required: On or before June 30, 2020, every building, room or
space or part thereof used as a restaurant or food service establishment
which is or may be treated by the municipal sanitary sewage system
treatment for Springfield Township, whether new or existing, shall
install or cause to install a grease interceptor or grease trap. The
type of installation shall be determined by the total fixture flow-through
rate of potential grease-laden fixtures discharging through the building
sewage lines as determined by the Township. For flow-through rates
of 50 gpm or less, an internal grease trap may be installed in certain
existing structures used as food service establishments. For flow-through
rates exceeding 50 gpm, an external underground grease interceptor
must be installed.
B.
Said grease trap or interceptor shall be installed at an appropriate
location along the sewer line between the food preparation facilities
and the line's entry point into the main public sewer line. An
inspection site tee shall be installed between the trap or interceptor
discharge and the connection to the public sewer system.
C.
No solid waste devices, such as waste grinders, disposals, potato
peelers, etc., shall discharge through the grease trap/interceptor.
Only potential grease-laden mixtures may discharge through the trap
or interceptor.
D.
All new restaurants or food service establishments shall be required
to install an exterior underground grease interceptor of a minimum
of 750 gallon capacity, regardless of flow-through rates.
E.
Prohibited discharge includes waste that does not contain fat, grease
or oils and that otherwise does not require treatment and shall not
discharge into the grease, fats and oils removal system. Wastewater
from dishwasher machines or wastewater that otherwise exceeds 130°
F. shall not be introduced into any grease removal system.
F.
Floor drains shall not be connected to the grease trap/interceptor.
A.
Pumping. All grease traps/interceptors shall be maintained by the
user at the user's expense. Maintenance shall include the removal
of all contents, including floating materials, wastewater and bottom
sludge and solids. Decanting or discharging of removed waste back
into the trap from which it was removed or to any other grease trap/interceptor
or sanitary sewer connection for the purpose of reducing the volume
to be hauled is prohibited.
B.
Pumping frequency. All grease traps/interceptors shall be completely
pumped out at a minimum of once every three months, or more frequently
as conditions dictate.
A.
Permit. It shall be unlawful for any food service establishment to
discharge and/or process wastewater into any Township WRF without
authorization from the Township. Permits issued by the Township shall
be a duration of not more than five years.
B.
Manifest. All waste pumped from grease traps must be tracked by a
manifest which confirms pumping, hauling and disposal of wastes. This
manifest shall contain the following information:
(1)
Generator information, including name, address, volume pumped, date
and time of pumping and signature of the generator verifying the information.
(2)
Transporter information, including company name, address, license
plate number, permit number and driver's name and signature verifying
transporter information.
(3)
Receiving information, including company name, address, date and
time of receiving, and signature verifying receipt of the waste.
C.
Maintenance log. A log indicating each pumping for the previous 24
months shall be maintained by each food service establishment. This
log shall be kept in a conspicuous location where it can be inspected
by the Health Department and Township personnel at least one time
per year.
D.
Reporting. The information required in the maintenance log must be
submitted to the Township annually. The period shall be from January
1 to December 31 of each calendar year. The report must be submitted
to the Township within 30 days of the end of the reporting period.
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Grease Trap Sizing Chart
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Retention Capacity
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4
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8
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7
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10
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10
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20
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15
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30
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20
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40
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25
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50
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30
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60
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35
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70
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50
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100
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E.
Enforcement. Personnel of Springfield Township shall have the right
to inspect any premises subject to this chapter that are connected
to the municipal sanitary sewage system treatment for Springfield
Township. Any violations or noncompliance of this chapter shall result
in the violator receiving a notice which provides 30 days to remedy
the violation or noncompliance. After the expiration of the 30 days,
if the matter has not been resolved to the satisfaction of the Inspector,
summary proceedings shall be filed with the District Magistrate. The
violator shall be charged with a summary offense with a fine not to
exceed $1,000.
(1)
In addition to the provision above regarding a filing for a summary
violation in front of the District Magistrate, the Township shall
also have all rights existing under Pennsylvania law to file an action
for damages, including any equitable action available by law.
(2)
In the event the owner does not remedy the violation at the expiration
of the above thirty-day period, then in addition to all other rights
the Township may have, the Township may repair the problem due to
an accumulation of FOG and/or any other violation of this chapter
by self-help. The Township is also authorized to enter onto the owner's
property and perform any necessary work to unclog the sewer line.
This is not an obligation on the Township but rather a right. The
cost of any work and/or equipment incurred by the Township shall be
billed to the owner and if not paid in 30 days, then the Township
may place a lien on the property by a proper filing in the County
Courthouse.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith
are repealed.
Should any section, part or provision of this chapter be declared
by appropriate authority to be unlawful or unconstitutional, all other
terms, conditions, provisions and parts hereof, and of any Code of
which this chapter may be considered to be part, shall continue in
full force and effect as if the provision declared to be unlawful
or unconstitutional had been omitted as of the date of final enactment
hereof.
This chapter shall take effect five days after the enactment
thereof.
