Definitions.
The definitions promulgated in §
53.040(D) of this chapter are hereto applicable.
APPROVED.
Accepted as satisfactory under the terms of this chapter
and given formal and official sanction by the City of Pflugerville.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OR BMPS.
The Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in §
53.041. BMPs include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
BROWN GREASE.
Floatable fats, oils, grease and settled solids produced
during food preparation that are recovered from grease control devices.
CAR WASH.
Establishments primarily engaged in cleaning, washing, and/or
waxing automotive vehicles, such as passenger cars, trucks, vans,
and trailers and are categorized by North American Industry Classification
System number 811192 and by Standard Industrial Classification number
7542.
CITY.
The City of Pflugerville, Texas.
CITY MANAGER.
The chief executive officer of the City of Pflugerville or
his/her authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
CONTROL MANHOLE (“SAMPLE PORT”).
A manhole giving access to a building sewer to make visual
observation and collect representative samples at a location downstream
of the grease removal device but before the building sewer discharge
mixes with other discharges in the public sewer.
DAILY MAXIMUM LIMIT.
The maximum allowable discharge limit of a pollutant during
a calendar day. Where Daily Maximum Limits are expressed in units
of mass, the daily discharge is the total mass discharged over the
course of the day. Where Daily Maximum Limits are expressed in terms
of a concentration, the daily discharge is the arithmetic average
measurement of the pollutant concentration derived from all measurements
taken that day.
DECANTING.
Discharging of removed wastewater back into the grease control
device, for the purpose of reducing the volume to be hauled or for
recharging the grease control device.
DIRECTOR.
The Public Utility Director of the City of Pflugerville or
his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
DISPOSAL.
The discharge, deposit, release, injection, dumping, spilling,
leaking, or placing of any liquid waste into or on any land or water
so that such waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment,
be emitted into the air or discharged to any sewers or waters, including
ground waters.
DISPOSAL SITE.
A permitted site or part of a site at which liquid waste
is processed, treated, and/or intentionally placed into or on any
land and at which the waste will remain after site closure.
DISPOSER.
A person who receives, stores, retains, processes, or disposes
of liquid waste.
FATS, OILS, AND GREASE (FOG).
Organic polar compounds derived from animal and/or plant
sources that contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules.
These substances are detectable and measurable using analytical test
procedures established in 40 CFR Part 136, as may be amended from
time to time. All are sometimes referred to herein as “grease”
or “greases.”
FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT.
Any public or private establishment that prepares or serves
food including, but not limited to assisted living facilities, bakeries,
bars and taverns, butcher shops, cafes, clubhouses, coffee shops,
commissary or similar facility in which food or drink is prepared
for sale or for service on the premises or elsewhere, convenience
stores, delicatessens, grocery stores, ice cream parlors, hospitals,
hotels, nursing homes, restaurants, schools, or similar places where
meat, poultry, seafood, dairy products, or fried foods are prepared,
served, or offered for sale, but shall not apply to any single-family
residence or dwelling not used for the commercial preparation and
sale of food items. A food service establishment does not include
an establishment that offers only prepackaged foods that are not time
/ temperature controlled for food safety, a produce stand that only
offers whole, uncut fresh fruits and vegetables, a food processing
plant, a cottage food industry, an area where cottage food is prepared,
sold, or offered for human consumption, a Bed and Breakfast Limited
facility as defined in 25 TAC §228.2 (10), or a private home
that receives catered or home-delivered food.
FOOD WASTE DISPOSAL UNIT (OR “GARBAGE GRINDER”).
A fixture in a food service establishment that is used to
grind up food wastes prior to discharge to a solids interceptor, grease
control device, or sanitary sewer. The food waste must be shredded
to a degree that all particles can be carried freely under the flow
conditions normally prevailing in public sewers. Particles greater
than one-half inch in any dimension are prohibited. The Pretreatment
coordinator is entitled to review and approve the installation and
operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths
horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater.
GENERATOR.
Any person who causes, creates, generates, or otherwise produces
liquid waste, or a person who for any reason has a liquid waste removed
from his property by a registered transporter of liquid waste.
GREASE CONTROL DEVICE.
A device used to collect, contain, and remove food waste,
including FOG, from the wastewater while allowing the remaining wastewater
to be discharged to the sanitary sewer system by gravity. Devices
include gravity grease interceptors, grease traps, hydromechanical
grease interceptors, automatic grease removal devices, or other devices
approved by the City.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR (OR “GREASE TRAP”).
A device designed to use differences in specific gravities
to separate and retain light density liquids, waterborne fats, oils,
and greases prior to the wastewater entering the sanitary sewer collection
system. These devices also serve to collect settleable solids, generated
by and from food preparation activities, prior to the water exiting
the interceptor and entering the sanitary sewer collection system.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR WASTE.
Any organic, inorganic, greasy or fatty liquid, semi-liquid,
and/or solid wastes collected by and removed from a grease interceptor.
GRIT TRAP/OIL SEPARATOR (OR “GRIT TRAP”).
A watertight receptacle designed and constructed to intercept
and prevent the passage of petroleum-based oil, grease wastes and
solids into the sanitary sewer system to which the receptacle is directly
or indirectly connected.
GRIT TRAP WASTE.
Oil and grease waste, inorganic solids generated by a commercial
facility that are collected by and removed from a grit trap.
LIQUID WASTE.
Water-borne solids and liquids containing dissolved or suspended
waste material including but not limited to septage and wastes from
grease control devices and grit traps.
HAZARDOUS WASTE.
Any liquid, semi-liquid or solid waste (or combination of
wastes), which because of its quantity, concentration, physical, chemical
or infectious characteristics may:
(1)
Have any of the following characteristics: toxic, corrosive,
and irritant, a strong sensitizer, flammable or combustible, explosive
or otherwise capable of causing substantial personal injury or illness;
(2)
Pose a substantial hazard to human health or the environment
when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise
improperly managed, and is identified or listed as a hazardous waste
as defined by the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act or the administrator,
EPA pursuant to the Federal “Solid Waste Disposal Act”,
as amended by the RCRA of 1976”, and as it may be amended in
the future.
MANIFEST (“TRIP TICKET”).
The written multi-part documentation required to be in the
possession of the transporter enabling disposal of hauled grit trap
waste, grease trap waste, and septage at a permitted or registered
disposal site in accordance with 30 TAC Chapter 312, Subchapter G,
Section 312.145.
MANIFEST SYSTEM.
A system consisting of a five-part trip ticket used to document
the generation, transportation, and disposal of liquid waste in accordance
with 30 TAC Chapter 312, Subchapter G, Section 312.145.
PERSON.
Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental
entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives,
agents or assigns. This definition includes all Federal, State, and
local governmental entities.
PRETREATMENT COORDINATOR.
The person designated by the City to supervise industrial
discharge or non-domestic wastes of a liquid nature discharged to
the POTW, and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities
by this subchapter. The term also means a duly authorized representative
of the City.
PUBLIC NUISANCE.
The discharge or exposure of grease, sewage, or other organic
waste in such a way as to be a potential instrument or medium in disease
transmission to a person or between persons.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS OR POTW.
Any treatment works, as defined by section 212 of the Act
(33 U.S.C. section 1292), which is owned by the City. This definition
includes any devices or systems used in the collection, storage, treatment,
recycling, and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid
nature and any conveyances, which convey wastewater to a treatment
plant.
SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW.
A sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) is a type of unauthorized
discharge of untreated or partially treated wastewater from a collection
system or its components (e.g., a manhole, lift station, or cleanout)
before reaching a treatment facility. [See also Texas Water Code Paragraph
26.049(e)(4).]
SEPTAGE.
Liquid waste and sludge containing sufficient liquid content,
which is removed from a portable toilet, chemical toilet, septic tank,
or cesspool. Septage does not include non-domestic wastes from commercial
or industrial facilities.
SOLIDS INTERCEPTOR.
A device that captures solid particles from a food waste
disposal unit prior to connection to a grease interceptor to prevent
blockage of flow control devices when used. The solids interceptor
shall be sized and rated for the discharge of the food waste disposers.
SURCHARGE.
A charge in addition to the sewer use charge that is applied
to those wastestreams whose pollutant concentrations are more than
normal domestic sewage, including but not limited to BOD, COD, TSS,
and FOG.
TCEQ.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and its predecessor
and successor agencies.
WASHWATER.
The water-borne solids, liquids, gaseous substances or other
residue and debris resulting from a washing or cleaning process. Washwater
shall not be discharged to the storm sewer and may require pretreatment
before being discharged to the sanitary sewer.
WASHWATER OPERATION.
Any cleaning process generally conducted outdoors, such as
washing vehicles, equipment, structures, or paved surfaces for maintenance,
safety, aesthetic, or stormwater pollution prevention purposes, and
which generates washwater. Examples would include cleaning of petroleum
products from parking lots or service station drives, mobile washing
operations or equipment/vehicle washing, which does not drain to a
grit trap/oil separator.
YELLOW GREASE.
Kitchen cooking oil used in food preparation that has not
been in contact or contaminated with other sources such as water,
wastewater, or solid waste. An example of yellow grease is used cooking
or fryer oil, which can be recycled into products such as animal feed,
cosmetics, and alternative fuel. Yellow grease is also referred to
as a renderable raw material and shall be stored in a leak proof,
sealable container(s) located on the premises away from storm drains.
No wastes from a GCD shall be emptied into a yellow grease container.
Yellow grease shall be managed and transported in accordance with
Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 144.