(a) A generator shall have liquid waste removed from its liquid waste facilities only by a transporter holding a valid permit issued by the director to do so.
(b) Prior to liquid wastes being removed from its premises a generator shall determine whether the disposer who will be disposing of the waste is permitted or approved for such by the commission.
(c) A generator shall determine whether its liquid waste contains hazardous waste or class 1 nonhazardous industrial solid waste, and shall not have hazardous wastes, class 1 nonhazardous industrial solid waste, or hazardous wastes or class 1 nonhazardous industrial solid wastes combined with liquid wastes removed from its premises by a transporter operating under a city permit.
(d) Prior to a transporter leaving a generator’s premises with a load of liquid waste, a generator shall sign the original of a city trip ticket prepared by the transporter.
(e) A generator shall keep a copy of all city trip tickets for liquid waste collected from its premises, for a period of five years, and shall make such trip ticket copies available to the director for inspection at all reasonable times.
(f) A generator shall install or provide liquid waste facilities on its premises of such type and size as specified by the director.
(g) A generator shall maintain its liquid waste facilities as follows:
(1) Liquid waste facilities shall be maintained in continuous, proper working condition;
(2) Pumping out of wastes:
a. Grease traps located upon the premises of food establishments shall be 100% pumped out a minimum of every 90 days, and at all other times as necessary to maintain their effectiveness. The director may order a generator to have its grease traps pumped out more frequently than every 90 days if the director determines such is necessary for the protection of the sanitary sewer.
b. Grit traps shall be 100% pumped out a minimum of once per year, and at all other times as necessary to maintain their effectiveness. The director may order a generator to have its grit traps pumped out more frequently than once per year if the director determines such is necessary for the protection of the sanitary sewer.
c. Septic tanks shall be pumped out as often as necessary to maintain their effectiveness, and shall be inspected a minimum of once per year. The tanks shall be 100% pumped out except for a small residual of sludge left for seeding purposes.
(4) Liquid waste facilities shall be inspected for seepage into the surrounding media whenever the trap has been pumped. The generator shall repair, replace or install apparatus and equipment as necessary to ensure the proper operation and function of the liquid waste facilities.
(h) A generator shall supervise the servicing of the generator’s liquid waste facilities, and shall ensure that they are completely emptied by the transporter during such servicing.
(i) A generator shall maintain records of liquid waste facility inspections for three years, and shall make such records available to the director for inspection at all reasonable times.
(j) A generator shall report all spills occurring during collection to the director within 24 hours.
(k) A generator shall immediately clean up or cause to be cleaned up all spills of liquid waste and shall have the waste properly disposed of by a transporter.
(l) A person commits an offense if the person is a generator of liquid waste and fails to comply with any provision of this section or any order of the director authorized by this section.
(m) A person commits an offense if the person is a generator of liquid waste and allows liquid waste that emits noxious odors or offensive odors, or that is creating an unsanitary condition or which is injurious to the public health to accumulate upon premises under the person’s control.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995)