No septic tank, cesspool or chemical toilet, or any similar receptacle for waste storage shall be emptied at the Lorenzo Water Reclamation Plant or any other designated emptying site or its contents removed except by a person holding an annual report permit for the city, as well as an annual disposal permit from the city secretary.
(Ordinance 080805, pt. 1, adopted 8/8/05)
The permittee shall take all responsible measures to prevent the development or existence of a nuisance or of any condition hazardous to health which can arise from his operations, shall comply with the following:
(1) 
Material taken from a septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet, or any similar receptacle for waste storage shall be disposed of only in a manner and place approved by the water superintendent. Approval shall be obtained at the time of issuance of the TCEQ permit, and no change in the approval procedure shall be made by the permittee without prior approval of the water superintendent.
(2) 
Every vehicle and all auxiliary equipment used for the transportation or handling of the contents of septic tanks, cesspools, chemical toilets or any similar waste storage receptacle shall be liquidtight, gastight, and soundproof, so that no foul material may spill or escape therefrom. Tanks and septic vehicles shall have a minimum capacity of seven hundred fifty (750) gallons.
(3) 
No vehicle or auxiliary equipment used for carrying, transporting or handling the contents of septic tanks, cesspools, chemical toilets or any similar waste storage receptacles shall be allowed to stand or remain near any occupied premises.
(4) 
Vehicles and equipment shall be kept in a clean condition and shall not be opened longer than is necessary when in use.
(5) 
Each vehicle used under this regulation shall have the permittee’s TCEQ permit number visibly inscribed on the side of the door panels and the rear face in the numerals not less than three (3) inches high.
(6) 
Mixing of incompatible wastes within the same container is prohibited. Transporters shall not use the same container or pumping equipment to collect or transport incompatible waste without first emptying and cleaning the container and equipment of all previously handled wastes. For purposes of this subsection, incompatible waste means wastes which have different processing, storage, or disposal requirements. However, transporters may mix wastes with different characteristics provided the facility to which the waste is being transported is authorized to store, process, or dispose of such waste mixture.
(Ordinance 080805, pt. 1, adopted 8/8/05)
Persons who collect and/or transport waste subject to control under this division shall initiate and maintain a record of each individual collection and deposit. Such record shall be in the form of a manifest trip ticket or other similar documentation approved by the director of water utilities. The transporter shall provide the person who generates the waste copy of the waste control record or other document showing receipt of waste shall provide the facility operator a copy of all control records of waste disposition of waste. Such copies shall be retained for three (3) years and made available to the director of water utilities upon request. The waste control record shall include:
(1) 
Owner, address, telephone number, and TCEQ registration number of transporter;
(2) 
Name, address, and telephone number of the person who generates the waste and date collected;
(3) 
Type and amount of waste collected or transported;
(4) 
Name of responsible person (driver) collecting, transporting, and depositing the waste;
(5) 
Date and place where the waste was deposited;
(6) 
Identification (permit application or site registration number, location, and operator) of the facility where the waste was deposited; and
(7) 
Name and signature of facility representative acknowledging receipt of the waste and the amount of waste received.
(Ordinance 080805, pt. 1, adopted 8/8/05)
Transporters shall deposit wastes at a facility designed by or acceptable to the generator of said wastes and the city where the operator of the facility agrees to received the wastes:
(1) 
Only true septage will be accepted at the Lorenzo Water Reclamation Plant. Grease and grit trap wastes or any blending of grease and grit trap wastes with septage shall not be accepted.
(2) 
In the event of a discharge of wastes during collection or transportation, the collector or transporter must take appropriate action to protect human health and the environment, e.g. notify local law enforcement, TCEQ, and the city to size, nature, and location of the discharge area; clean up any waste discharge that occurs during transportation; or take such action as may be required or approved by federal, state, or local officials having jurisdiction so that the waste discharge no longer presents a public health or environment problem. Transporters are responsible for reporting spills in accordance with requirements of the “State of Texas Oil and Hazardous Substance Spill Contingency Plan.”
(Ordinance 080805, pt. 1, adopted 8/8/05)
Transporters shall deposit wastes at the Lorenzo Water Reclamation plant or other designated site only during regular business hours.
(Ordinance 080805, pt. 1, adopted 8/8/05)
Prior to dumping each tank truck, transporter shall notify the facility operator, and allow inspection and sampling of the contents.
(Ordinance 080805, pt. 1, adopted 8/8/05)
Samples of tank contents will be obtained and analyzed. Analysis will be performed and any results outside the acceptable analysis limits will be rejected and the TCEQ will be notified of the results. Tank truck companies will be surcharged for BOD and TSS in accordance with division 3 hereof.
(Ordinance 080805, pt. 1, adopted 8/8/05)
Each truck load will be assessed a dump fee as provided in the fee schedule in the appendix to this code.
(Ordinance 080805, pt. 1, adopted 8/8/05; Ordinance adopting Code)
Annual disposal permits are obtained from the City Office at 703 5th Street Lorenzo, Texas (806) 634-5596, at a cost as provided in appendix A to this code.
(Ordinance 080805, pt. 1, adopted 8/8/05; Ordinance adopting Code)
Existing permits shall be renewed October 1, of each year beginning October 1, 2005. In the event a septic waste transporter applies for a new permit after October 1, the permit fee as provided in the fee schedule in the appendix of this code will be protated in order to include only the months of waste disposal. The permittee shall renew all permits on October 1, of each year thereafter.
(Ordinance 080805, pt. 1, adopted 8/8/05; Ordinance adopting Code)
Transport permits are obtainable from the City Office located at 703 5th Street, Lorenzo, Texas (806) 634-5596, at a cost as provided in the fee schedule in the appendix to this code.
(Ordinance 080805, pt. 1, adopted 8/8/05; Ordinance adopting Code)