§ 5-6.217. Interceptor Requirements.

All users required to install a gravity separation interceptor shall comply with the following conditions:

(a)

All interceptor owners shall provide immediate access to the interceptor chambers at all times for the purpose of inspection, sampling, cleaning and maintenance. The user shall provide a separate ring and cover for each separate interceptor chamber. At no time shall any material, debris, obstacles or other obstructions be placed which will prevent immediate access to the interceptor.

(b)

Any interceptor legally and properly installed before the effective date of this chapter shall be acceptable as an alternative to the interceptor requirements of this chapter. The interceptor shall be effective in removing materials that float and settle and shall be immediately accessible for inspection, sampling, cleaning, and maintenance.

(c)

All drains and openings connected to an approved gravity separation interceptor shall be equipped with screens or devices which will exclude from the wastewater discharge all materials and particles with a cubic dimension greater then three-eights ( 3/8 ) inch.

(d)

If the Director finds, either by engineering knowledge or by observation, that an interceptor is incapable of adequately retaining material that floats or settles in the wastewater flow, is structurally inadequate, or is undersized for the facility, the Director shall reject such interceptor and declare that the interceptor does not meet the requirements of this section. The user shall thereupon be required to install, at the user's expense, an interceptor which is acceptable to the Director.

(Added by Ord. 3137-C.S., § 1, effective 6-17-99)