Restaurants and commercial kitchens
Free check for a restaurant grease interceptor and FOG permit: which fixtures drain to it, how plumbing code sizes it, and why cities inspect it.
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What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the SPCC Plan Template, Filled In for Your Site door.
Modeled on: 2024 IPC Section 1003.3; EPA FOG fact sheet EPA-833-F-12-003
From public data
of reported sewer blockages came from grease from restaurants, homes and industry, the most common cause in EPA's report to Congress
Source: EPA fact sheet EPA-833-F-12-003
Draft a self-certified SPCC plan for a yard, farm or shop with 10,000 gallons of oil or less. Tanks, drainage and spill steps filled in. Free to read.
Questions
Under the 2024 IPC, fixtures with grease-laden waste in food prep areas: pot sinks, prerinse sinks, soup kettles, wok stations, floor drains or sinks kettles drain into, automatic hood wash units and dishwashers without prerinse sinks. Only grease-bearing fixtures should drain to it.
Under the 2024 IPC, hydromechanical interceptors and automatic grease removal devices are sized to standards such as ASME A112.14.3 or PDI G101. A gravity interceptor's capacity is the peak drain flow in gallons per minute times a 30-minute retention time.
Federal pretreatment rules bar solid or viscous pollutants that obstruct sewer flow, and EPA's report to Congress found grease the most common cause (47%) of reported sewer blockages. Sewer utilities use FOG programs and local limits to control it.
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Answer it and ePlan opens the SPCC Plan Template, Filled In for Your Site door with your answer filled in.