(A) Cleaning/pumping.
(1) The user at the user’s expense shall maintain all grease traps to ensure proper operation and efficiency and maintain compliance with the town’s pass through limits.
(2) Maintenance of grease traps shall include the complete removal of all contents, including floating materials, waster, and bottom sludge and solids. This work shall be performed by a qualified and licensed hauler. Decanting or discharging of removed waste back into the trap from which it was removed or any other grease trap, for the purpose of reducing the volume to be disposed, is prohibited. This service shall also include a thorough inspection of the trap and its components. Any needed repairs shall be made at user’s expense.
(B) Cleaning/pumping frequency. The grease trap must be pumped out completely at a minimum of once every three months, or more frequently, as determined by the Public Services Director, as needed to prevent carry over of grease into the sanitary sewer system.
(C) Disposal. All waste removed from each grease trap must be disposed of at a facility approved to receive such waste in accordance with the provisions of this program. In no way shall the pumpage be returned to any private or public portion of the town’s sanitary sewer collection system. All pumpage from grease traps must be tracked by a manifest, which confirms pumping, hauling, and disposal of waste. The customer must obtain and retain a copy of the original manifest from the hauler.
(D) Maintenance log. A grease trap cleaning/maintenance log indicating each pumping for the previous 24 months shall be maintained by each food service facility. This log shall include the date, time, amount pumped, hauler, and disposal site, and shall be kept in a conspicuous location for inspection. The log shall be made available to the Public Services Department upon request.
(E) Submittal of records.
(1) Each user shall submit all cleaning and maintenance records to the Collection System Superintendent. The maintenance records shall include the following information:
(a) Facility name, address, contact person, and phone number;
(b) Company name, address, phone number, and contact person responsible for performing the maintenance, cleaning, pumping or repair of grease trap;
(c) Types of maintenance performed;
(d) Dates maintenance was performed;
(e) Date of next scheduled maintenance; and
(f) Copies of manifests.
(2) The user shall be required to submit maintenance records to the Collection System Superintendent on a bi-annual basis (twice a year). Records shall be submitted by April 1 and October 1 of each year. The records shall be submitted to:
Attn: Public Services Department
Public Services Director
P.O. Box 2049
Banner Elk, N.C. 28604
(3) The Public Services Department will perform periodic inspections of these facilities and shall notify the user of any additional required maintenance or repairs. Upon written notification by the Public Services Director, the user shall be required to perform the maintenance and records of said maintenance within 14 calendar days. Upon inspection by the Public Services Department, the user may be required to install, at his or her expense, additional controls to provide a complete system which prevents discharges of undesirable materials into the wastewater collection system.