§ 98-216. Definitions.

In this article:

Approved means accepted as satisfactory under the terms of this article and given formal and official sanction by the approving authority.

Approving authority means the director or any other official designated by the city manager of any city party to this article or his duly authorized deputy, agent, or representative.

Director means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article or the director's designated representative.

Disposal means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid or semisolid grease trap waste, grit trap waste, and/or septage into or on any land or water so that such waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including groundwaters.

Disposal site means a permitted site or part of a site at which grease trap waste, grit trap waste, or septage is processed, treated and/or intentionally placed into or on any land and at which said waste will remain after closure.

Disposer means a person who receives, stores, retains, processes or disposes of liquid waste.

Generator means a person who causes, creates, generates, or otherwise produces liquid waste.

Grease trap means a unit designed to remove grease, fat and solids from commercial operations.

Grease trap waste means greasy, fatty liquid, semiliquid, and/or solid waste removed from commercial operations by a grease trap.

Grit trap means a watertight receptacle designed and constructed to intercept and prevent the passage of petroleum based oil, grease wastes and solids into the drainage system to which it is directly or indirectly connected.

Grit trap waste means petroleum based oil, grease wastes and solid from commercial automotive or heavy machinery repair and/or washing facilities.

Hazardous waste means any liquid, semiliquid or solid waste (or combination of wastes), which because of its quantity, concentration, physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may:

(1)

Have any of the following characteristics: toxic, corrosive, and irritant, a strong sensitizer, flammable or combustible, explosive or otherwise capable of causing substantial personal injury or illness;

(2)

Pose a substantial hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of or otherwise improperly managed, and is identified or listed as a hazardous waste as defined by the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act (V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 361) or the administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the federal "Solid Waste Disposal Act," as amended by the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976" and as may be amended in the future.

Liquid waste means waterborne solids, liquids, and gaseous substances derived from a grease trap, grit trap, chemical/portable toilet and/or septic tank and described as a grease trap waste, grit trap waste or septage.

Manager means the person conducting, supervising, managing of representing the activities of a generator, transporter or disposer.

Manifest system means a system consisting of a four-part trip ticket used to document the generation, transportation and disposal of liquid waste.

Owner means the person who owns a facility or part of a facility.

Permit means the formal written document issued to a person by the approving authority authorizing collection of grease trap waste, grit trap waste and septage.

Permittee means a person granted a permit under this article.

Person means an individual, corporation (including a government corporation) organization, government, governmental subdivision or agency, federal agency, state, political subdivision of a state, interstate agency or body, business or business trust, partnership, association, firm, company, joint stock company, commission, or any other legal entity.

POTW means publicly owned treatment works.

Sanitary sewer means a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not normally admitted.

Septage means wastes removed from a portable toilet, chemical toilet or septic tank.

Shall. The word "shall" wherever used in this article will be interpreted in its mandatory sense; "may" is permissive.

Special wastes means any solid waste or combination of solid wastes that, because of its quantity, concentration, physical or chemical characteristics or biological properties, require special handling and disposal to the human health or the environment.

Spill means the accidental or intentional loss of grease trap waste, grit trap waste, and septage.

Tank means a device, designed to contain an accumulation of grease trap waste, grit trap waste and septage which is constructed primarily of nonearthen materials (e.g., wood, concrete steel, plastic) to provide structural support for the containment.

TDH means Texas Department of Health.

TDWR means Texas Department of Water Resources.

Toxic waste means any liquid, semiliquid, or solid waste material which has the ability to chemically produce injury once it reaches a susceptible site in or on the body.

Transporter means a person who operates a vehicle for the purpose of transporting liquid waste.

Trip ticket means the shipping document originated and signed by the transporter which contains the information required by the approving authority.

Vehicle means a mobile device in which or by which liquid waste may be transported upon a public street or highway.

(Code 1973, § 21-111; Ord. No. 1201, § 1-1, 10-18-84)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-3.