Jefferson Parish Grease Trap Cleaning Ordinance No. 23340

Jefferson Parish Grease Trap Cleaning Ordinance No. 23340 for all Food Service Operations (FSOs).

At New Orleans Grease Trap Cleaning we’ve been getting a lot of calls about grease trap cleaning provisions in the Jefferson Parish area and wanted write a brief summary about JP Ordinance No. 23340 related to grease traps.
The Jefferson Parish grease trap (or grease interceptor) cleaning ordinance states that all food service establishments must utilize a grease trap (or grease interceptor) within their plumbing system to collect and/or intercept food waste prior to discharge into the sanitary sewer system.
In specific, Section 27-152 of pretreatment provisions for food service operations states the following:
(2) Grease traps –

1. For grease traps, remove, at the users expense, the entire contents of the grease trap, including any accumulated grease layer, wastewater, and solids, as often as required to comply with the provisions of section 27-146(c)2.a but at intervals of not longer than thirty (30) days;
2. All FSOs shall maintain on the premises one (1) year of records, including the current FSO discharge permit and completed fats, oil or grease manifest forms that document the cleaning of grease traps in accordance with this section. Manifests shall be provided by the permitted fats, oil or grease waste hauler at the time of cleaning. All such records shall be available for inspection by the parish during normal business hours.

(5) Enforcement:

1. Failure to comply with any of the above provisions or with the permit conditions will result in a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or a maximum of thirty (30) days imprisonment or both. Each day of a violation shall be treated as a separate offense. Federal offenses for violation of the Clean Water Act will be considered, if appropriate, and forwarded on to the responsible federal agency for prosecution. The provisions for issuance of a compliance order in section 27-151(b) and termination of service in section 27-151(d) also apply;

For more information about Jefferson Parish Grease Trap Cleaning Ordinance No. 23340 you can give us a call directly, or you can visit Jefferson Parish online at jeffparish.net.
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