In this article:
(1) CITY means the city of Dallas, Texas.
(2) CITY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER means the environmental health officer of the city appointed by the city manager pursuant to Section 19-1(b) of this code, or an authorized representative.
(3) DIRECTOR means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article or the director’s designated representative.
(4) EPA means the United States Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, the regional administrator or other duly authorized official of the agency.
(5) FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT means any industrial user engaged primarily or incidentally in the preparation of food for human or animal consumption, except that the term does not include any user discharging domestic wastewater from premises used exclusively for residential purposes. The term includes but is not limited to restaurants, motels, hotels, cafeterias, hospitals, schools, bars, delicatessens, meat processing operations, bakeries, and similar operations.
(6) GREASE means oils, fats, cellulose, starch, proteins, wax, or other types of grease, oil, or fat regardless of origin and whether or not emulsified.
(7) GREASE TRAP/INTERCEPTOR means a device that:
(A) is 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 wastewater system; and
(B) serves to collect settleable solids, generated by and from food preparation activities, prior to the water exiting the trap/interceptor and entering the wastewater system.
(8) HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIAL means liquid waste that:
(A) may have any of the following characteristics:
(i) toxic;
(ii) corrosive;
(iii) an irritant;
(iv) a strong sensitizer;
(v) flammable or combustible;
(vi) explosive; or
(vii) otherwise capable of causing substantial personal injury or illness; and
(B) is hazardous as defined by the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act or the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
(9) INDUSTRIAL USER means a source of indirect discharge or a nondomestic source of pollutants into the wastewater system.
(10) INDUSTRIAL WASTE MATERIAL means liquid waste resulting from or incidental to industry, manufacturing, mining, or agriculture.
(11) LIQUID WASTE means water-borne solids, liquids, and gaseous substances derived from certain sources, including, but not limited to, grease trap waste, septic tank waste, chemical toilet waste, sand trap waste, and used oils, but not including hazardous waste.
(12) LIQUID WASTE DISPOSER or DISPOSER means a person who receives and processes or disposes of liquid waste of a producer. The terms processing and disposal are as defined in the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act.
(13) LIQUID WASTE TRANSPORTER or TRANSPORTER means a person who operates a vehicle for the purpose of transporting liquid waste.
(14) LIQUID WASTE PRODUCER or PRODUCER means a person who causes, creates, generates, or otherwise produces liquid waste.
(15) PERMIT HOLDER means a person issued a liquid waste transport permit under Division 2 of this article or a trap/interceptor permit under Division 3 of this article, whichever applies.
(16) PERSON means any individual, corporation, nonprofit corporation, organization, partnership, association, or governmental entity.
(17) PUBLICLY-OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW) means that term as defined in Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 403.3(o), as amended.
(18) SPILL means any unplanned discharge of liquid waste.
(19) TCEQ means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(20) VEHICLE means a mobile device in which or by which liquid waste may be transported upon a public street or highway.
(21) WASTEWATER SYSTEM means:
(A) all treatment plants, mains, conveyances, pumps, interceptors, lift stations, connections, meters, sludge storage facilities, appurtenances, and other facilities of the city employed in the collection, treatment, and disposal of wastewater; or
(B) the publicly-owned treatment works of the city and of a governmental entity receiving or treating wastewater of the city under a contract with the city. (Ord. Nos. 14218; 15456; 17226; 18416; 22927; 28084)