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Guam Water Works proposes new FOG permit and enforcement rules to curb sewer overflows
Summary
Guam Water Works Authority asked a legislative committee to approve amendments to Title 28 that would create a fats, oils and grease (FOG) permitting, inspection and enforcement program. GWA said the changes are needed to meet federal NPDES obligations and a partial consent decree and to reduce SSOs attributable to grease.
Evangeline Luhan, senior regulatory analyst for the Guam Water Works Authority, told the Legislature’s General Government Operations and Appropriations committee that GWA is seeking approval of amendments to Title 28 to establish a formal fats, oils and grease (FOG) program including permits, inspections, progressive enforcement and education.
"Right now, GWA has almost 50% of our sanitary sewer overflows are due to fat soil increase within the system," Luhan said, citing the scale of FOG-related blockages and the public-health and environmental costs they create. Luhan said the program would require food service establishments — restaurants, cafeterias, hotels, food trucks and home-based food businesses — to obtain FOG discharge permits, install properly sized grease removal devices (GRDs), maintain inspection and cleaning logs, and use permitted haulers.
Teresa Rojas, counsel to the Guam Water Works Authority, told…
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