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A. Installation of food grinders in the plumbing systems of a new food service, food sales, or food processing establishment is prohibited. If a food sales, food service, or food processing establishment is sold or leased, and the new owners must apply for a business license, they shall be required to remove the existing food grinder.

B. The direct addition into the grease waste line, or grease interceptor of enzymes, bacteria, chemicals, or other agents designed to emulsify the grease compounds is prohibited. Any attempt to modify the trap into a biological reactor by adding bacterial or microbial agents is also prohibited.

C. Disposal of waste cooking oil into sanitary sewer and drainage pipes is prohibited. All waste cooking oils shall be collected and stored properly in drums or tallow bin for recycling or other acceptable methods of disposal.

D. Discharges to the sanitary sewer system that include polar fats, oils and greases in amounts that cause a visible sheen in the discharge or in the public sewer system, a build-up of grease in any public sewer facility, or any water or waste which contains more than 100 parts per million by weight of nonpolar fats, oils and grease as measured using analytical procedures established in 40 CFR Part 136, in accordance with IMC 13.36.020.

E. Discharge of wastewater with a temperature higher than 140 degrees F to or through a grease interceptor. (Ord. 2716 § 2 (Exh. A1), 2014; Ord. 2612 § 2 (Exh. A1), 2011).