A.
The
purpose of this chapter is to facilitate the maximum beneficial use
of the city's sewer services and facilities while preventing blockages
of the sewer lines resulting from discharges of fats, oils and grease
(FOG) into the public sewer, and to specify appropriate FOG discharge
requirements for food service establishments (FSEs) as defined herein.
B.
This
chapter shall apply to both direct and indirect discharge of wastewater
containing FOG carried to the public sewer.
C.
The
provisions set forth in this chapter are designed to ensure compliance
with federal, state and local laws and regulations, and to allow the
city to meet applicable standards.
D.
This
chapter also establishes quantity and quality standards on all discharges
containing FOG, which may alone or collectively cause or contribute
to FOG accumulation in the sewer facilities causing or potentially
causing or contributing to the occurrence of sanitary sewer overflows
(SSOs).
(Ord. 4683 § 1, 2008)
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms related to water quality
shall be as adopted in the latest edition of Standard Methods for
Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public
Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water
Environment Federation. Testing procedures for waste constituents
and characteristics shall be as provided in 40 Code of Federal Regulations
136.
Subject to the foregoing, the meaning of the terms used in this
chapter shall be as follows:
means activities, prohibitions, maintenance procedures and
other management practices to prevent or reduce the direct or indirect
introduction of FOG into the public sewer.
means any change in the ownership, food types or operational
procedures that have the potential to change the amount of FOG discharged
by FSEs in an amount that alone or collectively causes or creates
a potential for SSOs to occur.
means the City of Roseville, a municipal corporation.
means portions of the public sewer consisting of all pipes,
sewers and conveyance systems conveying wastewater to the publicly
owned treatment works (POTW), excluding privately owned sewer service
lateral line connections.
means a time schedule, enforceable under the provisions of
this chapter, that contains increments of progress (e.g., milestones,
in the form of dates). These milestones shall be for the commencement
and/or completion of major events leading to the construction and
operation of additional pretreatment facilities or the implementation
of policies, procedures or operational management techniques required
for permittees to comply with all applicable federal, state or local
environmental regulations which may directly or indirectly affect
the quality of the permittee's wastewater.
means a collection of individual samples obtained at selected
intervals based on an increment of either flow or time. The resulting
mixture (composite sample) forms a representative sample of the waste
stream discharged during the sample period.
means the city's environmental utilities director or his
or her authorized representative.
means any person who discharges or causes a discharge of
wastewater directly or indirectly to the public sewer.
means any wastewater outflow from a FSE or privately owned
sewer service lateral that is discharged into the public sewer.
means any city employee or agent of the city with authority
to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the authority to make
any decision, on behalf of the director, required or called for by
this chapter.
means any substance such as vegetable or animal product that
is used in, or is a byproduct of, the cooking or food preparation
process, and that becomes or may become viscous, or solidifies or
may solidify, with a change in temperature or other conditions.
means the FOG control program developed by the city, as required
by, and pursuant to State Water Resources Control Board Order No.
2006-0003, and any subsequent modifications.
means a permit issued by the city, subject to the requirements
and conditions established by the city, authorizing a permittee to
discharge wastewater from a FSE into the public sewer.
means a facility, including but not limited to, any commercial
entity within the boundaries of the city, operating in a permanently
constructed structure such as a room, building or place, or portion
thereof, maintained, used or operated for the purpose of storing,
preparing, serving or manufacturing, packaging or otherwise handling
food for sale to other entities, or for consumption by the public,
its members or employees, and which has any process or device that
uses or produces FOG, or grease vapors, steam, fumes, smoke or odors
that are required to be removed by an exhaust hood pursuant to California
Health and Safety Code Section 114149.1 or in accordance with the
California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law (CURFFL) (California
Health and Safety Code Sections 113700, et seq.). A limited food preparation
establishment is not considered an FSE when engaged only in reheating,
hot holding, or assembly of ready to eat food products, provided that
there is no wastewater discharge containing a significant amount of
FOG.
means any device installed in the plumbing or sewage system
for the purpose of grinding food or food waste.
means a sample taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis
without regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration
of time.
means any grease interceptor, grease trap or other mechanism,
device or process which attaches to, or is applied to, wastewater
plumbing fixtures and lines, the purpose of which is to trap, collect
or treat FOG prior to it being discharged into the public sewer. A
grease control device may also include any other proven method to
reduce FOG subject to the approval of the director.
means a fee charged to a permittee when there are physical
limitations to the property that make the installation of the usual
and customary grease interceptor or grease control device for the
FSE impossible or impracticable. The grease disposal mitigation fee
is intended to cover the costs of increased maintenance of the public
sewer, for inspection and cleaning of FOG that a usual and customary,
and properly maintained, grease control device would otherwise prevent
from entering the public sewer.
means a multi-compartment device that is generally required,
according to the California Plumbing Code, to be located underground
between an FSE and the connection to the public sewer. These devices
primarily use gravity to separate FOG from the wastewater as it moves
from one compartment to the next. To be effective, these devices must
be cleaned, maintained and have the FOG removed and disposed of in
a proper manner, at regular intervals.
means a grease control device that is used to serve individual
plumbing fixtures and should only be used in those cases where the
use of a grease interceptor or other grease control device is determined
by the director to be impossible and/or impracticable. A grease trap
is typically installed indoors, under or near a dishwashing sink.
mean areas in sewer lines that have experienced SSOs or that
must be cleaned or maintained frequently to avoid blockages of the
public sewer.
means water entering the public sewer system through a direct
stormwater or runoff connection which may cause an almost immediate
increase in wastewater flows in the public sewer.
means water entering the public sewer from the ground through
such means as defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manhole
walls.
means a person authorized by the director to inspect any
existing or proposed wastewater generation, conveyance, processing
and/or disposal facilities.
means a grease interceptor.
means that receipt which is retained by a permittee for the
disposal of FOG, recyclable wastes and/or liquid wastes.
means any structure planned or under construction for which
a sewer connection fee has not been paid.
means any discharge which, alone or in combination with discharges
from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the public sewer, operations
or is otherwise a violation of the Roseville Municipal Code, including,
but not limited to its waste discharge requirements.
means a FSE that has received a FOG WDP and is subject to
the requirements and conditions established in this chapter or as
otherwise established by the director.
means any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm,
company, association, society, corporation, joint stock company, trust,
estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal
representatives, agents or assigns. The masculine gender shall include
the feminine and the singular shall include the plural where indicated
by context.
means as provided in Section 14.26.030(39) of Chapter 14.26 of the Roseville Municipal Code.
means a sewer which is controlled by a public authority.
means any physical and/or operational change to a FSE causing
a change in FOG quantity or consistency and/or that involves any one
or a combination of the following:
means a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
means a combination of the watercarried waste from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such inflow and infiltration as may be present.
means any and all facilities used for collecting, conveying,
pumping, treating and disposing of sewage, wastewater and/or sludge.
means a building sewer as defined in the latest edition of
the California Plumbing Code. It is the wastewater connection between
the building's wastewater facilities and a public sewer.
means any solid, semi-solid and/or liquid decant, subnate
or supernate from a manufacturing process, utility service or pretreatment
facility.
means a pipe or conduit for carrying storm and surface waters
and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than
unpolluted cooling water.
means any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the POTW.
means sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid,
solid, gaseous or radioactive, associated with human habitation or
of human or animal nature, including such wastes placed within containers
of whatever nature prior to and for the purpose of disposal.
means the liquid and water carrying industrial or domestic
wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities,
FSEs and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which is discharged
into or permitted to enter the POTW.
(Ord. 4683 § 1, 2008)
