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A person discharging industrial wastes into public sewers prior to the effective date of Ord. 73-23 may continue without penalty so long as he or she:
(A) Does not increase the quantity or quality of discharge without permission of the approving authority;
(B) Had discharged the industrial waste at least six months prior to the effective date of the ordinance; and
(C) Applied for and was granted a permit no later than 150 days after the effective date of the ordinance.
(1998 Code, § 122-77)
(A) The city may grant a permit to discharge to persons meeting all requirements of § 51.41 of this chapter; provided that, the person:
(1) Submitted an application within 120 days after the effective date of Ord. 73-23 on forms supplied by the approving authority;
(2) Secured approval by the approving authority of plans and specifications for pretreatment facilities when required;
(3) Complied with all requirements for agreements or arrangements, including, but not limited to, provisions for:
(a) Payment of charges;
(b) Installation and operation of pretreatment facilities; and
(c) Sampling and analysis to determine quantity and strength.
(4) Provides a sampling point subject to the provisions of this subchapter and approval of the approving authority.
(B) A person applying for a new discharge shall:
(1) Meet all conditions of division (A) above; and
(2) Secure a permit prior to discharging any waste.
(1998 Code, § 122-78)
(A) The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification are entitled to enter any public or private property at any reasonable time for the purpose of enforcing this subchapter.
(B) Anyone acting under this authority shall observe the establishment’s rules and regulations concerning safety, internal security and fire protection.
(C) Except when caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions, the city shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by city employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the sampling operation.
(D) The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification are entitled to enter all private properties through which the city holds a negotiated easement for the purposes of:
(1) Inspection, observation, measurement, sampling or repair;
(2) Maintenance of any portion of the sewerage system lying within the easements; and
(3) Conducting any other authorized activity. All activities shall be conducted in full accordance with the terms of the negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(E) No person acting under authority of this section may inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil refining, ceramic, paper or other industry processes, beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the public sewers.
(1998 Code, § 122-79) Penalty, see § 51.99
(A) The city may terminate water and wastewater disposal service and disconnect an industrial customer from the system when:
(1) Acids or chemicals damaging to sewer lines or the treatment process are released to the sewer causing rapid deterioration of these structures or interfering with proper conveyance and treatment of wastewater;
(2) A governmental agency informs the city that the effluent from the wastewater treatment plant is no longer of a quality permitted for discharge to a watercourse, and it is found that the customer is delivering wastewater to the city’s system that cannot be sufficiently treated or requires treatment that is not provided by the city as normal domestic treatment; or
(3) The industrial customer:
(a) Discharges industrial waste or wastewater that is in violation of the permit issued by the approving authority;
(b) Discharges wastewater at an uncontrolled, variable rate in sufficient quantity to cause an imbalance in the wastewater treatment system;
(c) Fails to pay monthly bills for water and sanitary sewer services when due; or
(d) Repeats a discharge of prohibited wastes to public sewers.
(B) If this service is disconnected pursuant to division (A)(2) above, the city shall:
(1) Disconnect the customer;
(2) Supply the customer with the governmental agency’s report and provide the customer with all pertinent information; and
(3) Continue disconnection until such time as the industrial customer provides additional pretreatment or other facilities designed to remove the objectionable characteristics from his or her industrial wastes.
(1998 Code, § 122-80)
No person may continue discharging in violation of this subchapter beyond the time limit provided in the notice.
(1998 Code, § 122-82) Penalty, see § 51.99
GREASE TRAP AND GREASE INTERCEPTOR PROGRAM
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACT. Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.
FATS, OILS AND GREASES (FOG). Organic polar compounds derived from animal and/or plant sources that contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules. These substances are detectable and measurable using analytical test procedures established in 40 C.F.R. part 136, as may be amended from time to time. All are sometimes referred to as GREASE or GREASES.
GENERATOR. Any person who owns or operates a grease trap/grease interceptor, or whose act or process produces a grease trap waste.
GREASE TRAP OR INTERCEPTOR. A device 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 sanitary sewer collection system. These devices also serve to collect settable solids, generated by and from food preparation activities, prior to water exiting the trap and entering the sanitary sewer collection system. A GREASE INTERCEPTOR refers to a separation device installed indoors at or near the kitchen fixtures with a design flow of 50 gallons per minute (gpm) or less. A GREASE TRAP usually refers to an outdoor separation device with a design flow greater than 50 gpm and or a capacity of at least 750 gallons.
GREASE TRAP WASTE. Material collected in and from a grease trap/interceptor in the sanitary sewer service line of commercial (restaurants and apartments), institutional or industrial food services or processing establishments, including solids resulting from de-water processes.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE or DISCHARGE. The introduction of pollutants into the POTW from any non-domestic source, except when referring to apartment housing.
INTERFERENCE. A discharge, which alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal, or is a cause of a violation of the city’s Texas Pollutants Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) permit.
POTW or PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS. A treatment works which a state or municipality as defined by § 502(4) of the Clean Water Act owns. This definition includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes all sewers, pipes and other conveyances that convey wastewater to a POTW. The term also means the municipality, as defined in § 502(4) of the Act, being 33 U.S.C. § 1362, which has jurisdiction over this subchapter, the terms SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM and POTW may be used interchangeably.
TCEQ. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and its predecessor and successor agencies.
TRANSPORTER. A person who is registered with and authorized by the TCEQ to transport sewage sludge, water treatment sludge, domestic septage, chemical toilet waste, grit trap waste or grease trap waste in accordance with 30 Tex. Administration Code§ 312.142.
USER. Any person, including those located outside the jurisdiction limits of the city, which contributes, causes or permits the contribution or discharge of wastewater into the POTW, including persons who contribute such wastewater from mobile sources.
(1998 Code, § 122-85) (Ord. 08-46, passed 11-19-2008)
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