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(1) Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to provide provisions to eliminate the discharge of certain harmful and potentially harmful materials into the public sewer system. This section is to be construed under the police powers granted the County and is for the protection and general welfare of the citizens of the Clallam Bay Sekiu UGA and the surrounding areas.

(2) Interceptors or Grease Traps Required. For all commercial use kitchens, interceptors or grease traps are required. All grease traps and interceptors shall be constructed and installed, at a minimum, to comply with the Uniform Plumbing Code specifications in effect at the time of installation, as administered by the County Building Division.

(3) Inspection.

(a) The Director or any other duly authorized employees of the County bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter at reasonable hours upon all applicable facilities for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing of interceptors or traps.

(b) Should the County find an interceptor to be out of compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the costs of the inspection, including both time, labor and/or any materials and/or services rendered by the County in connection with bringing the interceptor or trap into compliance, shall be borne by the owner of the premises upon which the interceptor or trap is located.

(c) The owner of any interceptor or trap or premises which is not in compliance shall be given notice by the County and shall be allocated 48 hours from the date of the notice to bring the interceptor or trap into compliance. If compliance is not forthcoming, the County shall have the right to correct the deficiency and to bring the interceptor or trap into compliance, all at the expense of the owner of the premises.

(d) Any expenses incurred by the County to remedy a noncompliant situation prohibited by subsection (c) of this section shall constitute a lien against the premises charged, which lien may be foreclosed by the County in the same manner in which other sewer utility liens are foreclosed pursuant to State statute.

(4) Discharges of Certain Materials Prohibited. The discharge into the sewer system by direct or indirect means of any of the following is hereby prohibited:

(a) Subsoil foundation drains, curtain drains, or French drains;

(b) Footing drains;

(c) Window well drains;

(d) Door well drains;

(e) Yard drains, ditch water, runoff, or wash-down water;

(f) Unroofed basement floor drains;

(g) Overflows from unpolluted water storage facilities;

(h) Clear water from refrigeration, reverse-cycle heat pumps and cooling or air conditioning equipment, except for periodic draining and cleaning of such systems;

(i) Roof drains or downspouts from areas exposed to rainfall or other precipitation;

(j) Surface or underground waters from any source other than the municipal domestic water systems;

(k) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 140 degrees Fahrenheit (60 degrees Celsius);

(l) Any waste that contains more than 150 parts per million by weight of fat, oil or grease;

(m) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, oil, or other flammable liquid, solid or gas which by their nature or quantity are or may be sufficient either alone or by interaction with other substances to cause a fire or explosive hazard;

(n) Any sand, mud, straw, hair, shaving, metal, glass, rags, diapers, wipes, feathers, tar, plastic, wood, paunch manure, nonbiodegradable products, or any other solid or substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or improper operation of the sewage works;

(o) Any waste having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 11 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to the sewer system structures, equipment, or personnel;

(p) Any waste containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process;

(q) Any waste containing suspended solids or viscous substances of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials in the sewer system but in no cases solids greater than one-quarter inch;

(r) Pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, etc.), released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration, which, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, will cause interference;

(s) Any obnoxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance;

(t) Food waste, except that properly shredded food waste is not prohibited;

(u) Wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes except as specifically approved by the Director in compliance with applicable State or federal regulations; and

(v) Materials defined as dangerous waste under Chapter 173-303 WAC as now enacted or hereafter amended.

(5) Unlawful to Damage. It shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is part of the sewage system. Interceptors installed pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed, for purposes of this section, to be part of the sewage system.

(6) Unlawful to Discharge. It shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously, willfully or negligently discharge any of the materials listed in subsections (4)(a) through (4)(v) of this section.