(a) Before accepting a load of liquid waste for transportation, a liquid waste transporter shall determine the nature of the material to be transported and that the equipment is sufficient to properly handle the job without spillage, leaks, or release of toxic or harmful gasses, fumes, liquids, or other substances. Upon delivery of the waste to the disposer, the transporter shall inform the disposer of the nature of the waste.
(b) A permit holder may not transport any hazardous waste material in any vehicle permitted by the city for transporting liquid waste.
(c) A permit holder must use a disposal site permitted or approved by the State of Texas.
(d) A permit holder must ensure that when pumping out a grease trap/interceptor, the grease trap/interceptor is completely emptied within 24 hours.
(e) A permit holder shall not store wastes for more than four days in a mobile closed container. An example of a “mobile closed container” is a vehicle’s holding tank.
(f) A manifest system, consisting of a five-part trip ticket, is used to control the transporting and disposal of all applicable liquid waste generated in the city and must be used and maintained by the transporter as follows:
(1) The trip ticket books, which must be used exclusively for a single vehicle, are purchased by the transporter from the director for an established fee.
(2) A transporter must complete one trip ticket for each location serviced, except that a chemical toilet company servicing its own units must complete one trip ticket for each vehicle load transported.
(3) The first copy of the manifest form must be signed by the transporter and producer at the time of waste collection and left with the producer for its files.
(4) The second copy of the manifest form (which has the transporter and producer’s signatures) must be signed by the disposer at the time of disposal and maintained by the disposer.
(5) The third copy of the manifest form (which has the signatures of the transporter, producer, and disposer) must be maintained by the transporter.
(6) The fourth copy of the manifest form (which is in a form approved by the director and has the signatures of the transporter, producer, and disposer) must be returned by the transporter to the producer within 15 days after the waste is received by the disposer.
(7) The transporter shall deliver to the director all completed trip ticket books containing the original manifest form with all required signatures no later than the 10th day of the month following the month in which the trip ticket books were completed.
(8) A copy of all manifests must be maintained by the transporter at its business office for five years.
(9) A transporter shall make all records required to be kept available for inspection by the director at any reasonable time. (Ord. Nos. 14218; 15456; 18416; 22026; 22927; 26925; 28084)