§ 27-175. Responsibilities of liquid waste transporters.

(a)

Conformity required. All liquid waste transporters shall conform to the following terms and conditions in collecting, transporting, and disposing of liquid waste. Any liquid waste transporter failing to comply with the responsibilities and requirements set forth below shall be in violation of this article. Each instance of noncompliance shall constitute a separate violation.

(b)

Determine nature of material. Prior to accepting a load of liquid waste for transportation, a liquid waste transporter shall, to the best of his/her ability, determine the volume, nature and classification of the material to be transported and that his/her permit, vehicle and equipment are sufficient to legally and properly accept, transport, and dispose of the load without discharge, spillage, leakage of the material, or release of malodorous fumes. Upon delivery of the waste to the disposal site, the transporter shall inform the disposal site operator of the content of the waste. At the discretion of the department or the disposal site operator, the liquid waste presented for disposal may be sampled and tested prior to disposal to verify the classification, quality, concentration, character or volume of the liquid waste. The city waterworks system's cost for conducting any positive, confirming test resulting in verification of unpermitted transport or prohibited discharge shall be paid by the permittee.

(c)

Interceptor evacuation. A liquid waste hauler shall completely evacuate all grease or grit traps and other interceptors during servicing. Further, the discharge of liquid, semisolids, or solids back into an interceptor after servicing is strictly prohibited.

(d)

No mixing of different types of waste. A liquid waste transporter shall not mix different classifications of wastes in the same tank load. A transporter permitted by the city waterworks system to transport grease trap waste, grit trap waste, or septage shall not mix wastes of one (1) of these waste classifications in the same tank load with another of these waste classifications.

(e)

Storage of liquid wastes. The storage of liquid wastes in unpermitted temporary storage tanks by liquid waste transporters is prohibited.

(f)

Utilize appropriate disposal sites. All liquid waste transporters shall only dispose of liquid waste at disposal sites approved or designated by the appropriate federal, state, or local regulatory agency to receive the particular classification of waste being transported.

(g)

Utilization of manifest system by transporters of grease trap waste, grit trap waste, and septage. All liquid waste transporters holding a city waterworks system permit for transporting grease trap waste, grit trap waste, and septage shall utilize the manifest system set out in section 27-176 herein. It is the responsibility of the permittee to assure that all manifests are completely and accurately filled out in a timely manner.

(h)

Contractual requirement. All liquid waste transporters holding a city waterworks system permit for transporting grease trap waste, grit trap waste, and septage shall perform all business transactions relating to liquid waste collection, transportation and/or disposal on a contractual basis via written contract, and provide copies of all such contracts to the division upon request by the city waterworks system.

(Ord. No. 95-03, § 5, 1-17-1995)