TABLE OF CONTENTS - East Bay Municipal Utility District
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FOOD HANDLING FACILITY WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT<br />
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS<br />
<strong>TABLE</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>CONTENTS</strong><br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
Introduction............................................................................................................................1<br />
SECTION A. DEFINITIONS<br />
Definitions..............................................................................................................................1<br />
SECTION B. GENERAL PROVISIONS<br />
Duty to Comply......................................................................................................................2<br />
Availability of Permit ............................................................................................................2<br />
Continuation of Expired Permits ...........................................................................................2<br />
Permit Termination ................................................................................................................3<br />
Transfer of Permit Prohibition...............................................................................................3<br />
Severability ............................................................................................................................3<br />
SECTION C. REPORTING AND RECORD KEEPING<br />
Falsifying Information ...........................................................................................................3<br />
SECTION D. WAIVERS<br />
Business Type Waivers..........................................................................................................3<br />
SECTION E. CONDITIONAL VARIANCES<br />
Design and Installation ..........................................................................................................4<br />
Grease Generating Capabilities..............................................................................................4<br />
Pumping Frequency ...............................................................................................................5<br />
5/10/2005
FOOD HANDLING FACILITY WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT<br />
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
This document contains definitions, as well as waiver, and conditional variance information<br />
pertaining to Food Handling Facility Wastewater Discharge Permits (Permit) issued by the <strong>East</strong><br />
<strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Municipal</strong> <strong>Utility</strong> <strong>District</strong> (EBMUD). Permits are issued pursuant to EBMUD Ordinance<br />
No. 311A-03. All food-handling facilities are required to obtain a Food Handling Facility Permit<br />
from EBMUD.<br />
The purpose of this program is to set forth uniform requirements for food handling facilities in<br />
the EBMUD Wastewater Service Area to enable compliance with applicable State and Federal<br />
laws for community sewer overflows and to control the discharge of fats, oil, and grease (FOG)<br />
to the community sewer.<br />
SECTION A. DEFINITIONS<br />
Best Management Practices (BMPs) – Practices that will help to reduce the quantity of FOG<br />
discharged to grease removal devices and the community sewer during food handling operations.<br />
Community sewer – The sewer owned and operated by public agencies within the boundaries of<br />
the <strong>District</strong>, which are connected to an interceptor of the <strong>District</strong>. A “community sewer” is a<br />
portion of a community sewer system that receives wastewater from the side sewer of a<br />
discharger.<br />
Director – Director refers to the Director of the EBMUD Wastewater Department, or his<br />
designated representative.<br />
<strong>District</strong> – Refers to Special <strong>District</strong> No. 1 (SD-1) of EBMUD.<br />
EBMUD approved waste hauler – Hauler of grease removal device contents who has<br />
participated in an EBMUD training class for waste haulers. Haulers receive a letter of<br />
completion demonstrating that they agree to implement proper pumping, documentation and<br />
grease disposal practices and that they are aware of penalties for non-compliance.<br />
EBMUD Ordinance 311A-03 – EBMUD Ordinance that regulates the interception, treatment,<br />
and disposal of wastewater and industrial waste.<br />
Fats, Oil, and Grease (FOG) – Fats, oil and grease generated from food preparation, food<br />
service, and kitchen clean up. Most types of restaurant and food service establishment kitchens<br />
generate FOG.<br />
Food handling facility – Includes but is not limited to any facility preparing and/or serving food<br />
for commercial use or sale. This includes restaurants, cafes, lunch counters, cafeterias, hotels,<br />
hospitals, convalescent homes, factory or school kitchens, catering kitchens, bakeries, grocery<br />
stores with food preparation and packaging, and meat cutting and preparation (excluding grocery<br />
stores with only food warming operations), meat packing facilities and other food handling<br />
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STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS<br />
facilities not listed above where fats, oil and grease may be introduced into the community sewer<br />
system and cause line blockages and sewer overflows.<br />
Grease interceptor – A large, partitioned vault made of various materials, installed to remove<br />
grease and food waste by trapping floatables and settleable solids so that they can be separated<br />
and removed before discharge to the community sewer. It is usually installed underground,<br />
outside of the food handling establishment.<br />
Grease removal device – A device used to remove and/or separate out fat, oil and grease from<br />
kitchen wastes discharged to the community sewer, i.e. grease interceptor, grease trap or other<br />
mechanical device.<br />
Grease trap – A device designed to retain grease before it enters plumbing lines. It is usually<br />
installed indoors in kitchen floors or under counters.<br />
Newly constructed food handling facility– A facility for which a construction (plumbing,<br />
building, electrical, or mechanical) permit is issued on or after the effective date of a Food<br />
Handling Facility Wastewater Discharge Permit. This includes all facilities that are newly<br />
constructed or converted from a non-food handling facility to a food handling facility.<br />
Permit Holder – Owner or operator of the food handling business to which the Food Handling<br />
Facility Wastewater Discharge Permit is issued.<br />
Wastewater Service Area – Areas served by SD-1 including Alameda, Albany, Berkeley,<br />
Emeryville, Oakland, Piedmont, and the Stege Sanitary <strong>District</strong>, which serves El Cerrito,<br />
Kensington, and the Richmond annex.<br />
I. Duty to Comply<br />
SECTION B. GENERAL PROVISIONS<br />
The Permit Holder shall comply with all terms and conditions of the Food Handling<br />
Facility Wastewater Discharge Permit, these Food Handling Facility Standard Terms and<br />
Conditions and EBMUD Ordinance 311A-03 (available at:<br />
www.ebmud.com/water_&_environment/wastewater/industrial_&_commercial_<br />
permits_&_fees/wastewater_control_ordinance/default.htm).<br />
II.<br />
Availability of Permit<br />
The Permit Holder shall maintain a copy of the current Permit at the permitted site and<br />
make the Permit available to both facility and EBMUD staff at all times.<br />
III. Continuation of Expired Permits<br />
An expired Permit will continue to be effective and enforceable until the Permit is reissued.<br />
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IV. Permit Termination<br />
SECTION B. GENERAL PROVISIONS (continued)<br />
The <strong>District</strong> may terminate the Permit for violation of the terms and conditions of the<br />
Permit or for violation of the provisions of EBMUD Ordinance 311A-03, unless waived by<br />
the Permit.<br />
V. Transfer of Permit Prohibition<br />
The Permit Holder shall not assign or transfer the Permit.<br />
VI. Severability<br />
If any provision of the Permit, these Standard Terms and Conditions, EBMUD Ordinance<br />
311A-03, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the<br />
remainder of the Permit, these Standard Terms and Conditions, EBMUD Ordinance 311A-<br />
03, or the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances, shall not be<br />
affected.<br />
SECTION C. REPORTING AND RECORD KEEPING<br />
I. Falsifying Information<br />
Knowingly making any false statement on any report or other document required by the<br />
Permit or knowingly rendering any monitoring device or method inaccurate, is a crime,<br />
and may result in administrative, civil, and criminal enforcement action.<br />
SECTION D. WAIVERS<br />
A food handling facility determined to have no immediate adverse impact on the collection<br />
system because of business type may be granted a waiver from grease interceptor installation<br />
requirements.<br />
The Director may, at any time, revoke a waiver and require the food handling facility to install a<br />
grease interceptor.<br />
I. Waiver for Grease Interceptor Requirement Due to Business Type<br />
A grease interceptor may not be required for business types listed below:<br />
a) Establishments serving only beverages<br />
b) Establishments serving beverages and/or ready to eat, packaged or unpackaged items<br />
(with or without food warming)<br />
c) Ice cream parlors without any baking or other food preparation<br />
d) Snack bar with no food preparation other than food warming<br />
e) Bakeries with no food preparation other than food warming<br />
f) Other establishments serving only ready to eat foods with or without food warming<br />
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SECTION D. WAIVERS (continued)<br />
To obtain a waiver, a Grease Interceptor Installation Waiver application form must be<br />
completed and submitted, and then approved by the EBMUD Environmental Services Division<br />
and the Building Department of Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, or Piedmont,<br />
or the Stege Sanitary <strong>District</strong> which serves, El Cerrito, Kensington, and the Richmond Annex.<br />
Please call (510) 287-1651 for an application form.<br />
SECTION E. CONDITIONAL VARIANCE<br />
The Director may, at any time, revoke a variance and require the food handling facility to install<br />
a grease interceptor.<br />
I. Variance for Grease Interceptor Requirement Due to Installation Restrictions<br />
A food handling facility determined to have grease interceptor installation restrictions and<br />
that has no immediate adverse impact on the collection system may be granted a<br />
conditional variance from grease interceptor installation requirements.<br />
A grease interceptor may not be required at a food service establishment if one or both of<br />
the following occur:<br />
a) Adequate slope cannot be provided for gravity flow between plumbing fixtures and the<br />
grease interceptor or from the interceptor to the sewer<br />
b) Adequate space cannot be provided, at the site, for installation and/or maintenance of a<br />
grease interceptor<br />
To obtain a variance, a Grease Interceptor Installation Conditional Variance application form<br />
must be completed, submitted, and then approved by the EBMUD Environmental Services<br />
Division and the Building Department of Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland or<br />
Piedmont or the Stege Sanitary <strong>District</strong> which serves, El Cerrito, Kensington, and the Richmond<br />
Annex.<br />
Please call (510) 287-1651 for an application form.<br />
II.<br />
Variance for Grease Interceptor Requirement Due to Grease Generating Capabilities<br />
A grease interceptor may not be required if a facility can demonstrate that food preparation<br />
and service do not generate fats, oil, and grease in a quantity sufficient to require a grease<br />
interceptor due to menu and number of meals served, or a combination of the two.<br />
To obtain a variance, a Grease Interceptor Installation Conditional Variance application form<br />
must be completed, submitted, and then approved by the EBMUD Environmental Services<br />
Division and the Building Department of Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, or<br />
Piedmont or the Stege Sanitary <strong>District</strong> which serves, El Cerrito, Kensington, and the Richmond<br />
Annex.<br />
Please call (510) 287-1651 for an application form.<br />
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SECTION E. CONDITIONAL VARIANCE (continued)<br />
If at any time the grease generating capabilities of the facility increase, the Permit Holder must<br />
notify EBMUD Environmental Services Division at (510) 287-1651.<br />
III.<br />
Variance for Grease Interceptor Pumping Frequency<br />
The pumping frequency determined in the Food Handling Facility Wastewater Discharge<br />
Permit may be decreased for a grease interceptor upon approval from the EBMUD<br />
Environmental Services Division.<br />
The following conditions must be met in order to apply for a conditional variance of<br />
pumping frequencies from permit requirements:<br />
1) At no time can the discharge from the interceptor exceed 100 mg/l total oil and grease<br />
concentration and<br />
2) The interceptor continues to operate properly<br />
To obtain a variance, a Grease Interceptor Pumping Frequency Conditional Variance<br />
application form must be completed, submitted, and then approved by the EBMUD<br />
Environmental Services Division.<br />
Please call (510) 287-1651 for an application form.<br />
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