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Staff outlines FOG (fats, oils and grease) program, new toolkit and cleaning rules
Summary
City staff presented a FOG (fats, oils and grease) program update, emphasizing design standards, cleaning logs and a 90‑day minimum interceptor-cleaning rule that shortens to 45 days if an interceptor is 25% full; staff also introduced a toolkit and monitoring procedures for food-service establishments.
City staff delivered a detailed presentation on the city’s fats, oils and grease (FOG) program, explaining how cooking oils and food waste enter sanitary sewers and why the city requires a three-part approach: properly sized equipment, routine maintenance, and employee best-management practices.
The presenter said the city’s sewer code requires interceptors to be cleaned at least every 90 days and that ‘‘if during that 90‑day maintenance period it’s found that 25% of the capacity of that interceptor tank is filled with FOG, then that timeline is reduced to 45 days.’’ Staff…
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