Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0032-0692
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2005-08-18T04:00Z

From:
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Jan@
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gov>
To:
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Date:
Tue,
Aug
9,
2005
8:
25
PM
Subject:
Fw:
Some
input
from
one
of
the
TCEQ
(
Texas)
Inspectors.

Jan
Matuszko
Technology
and
Statistics
Branch
Engineering
and
Technology
Division
(
4303T)
U.
S.
EPA
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
N.
W.
Washington,
DC
20460
(
202)
566­
1035
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Forwarded
by
Jan
Matuszko/
DC/
USEPA/
US
on
08/
09/
2005
08:
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Lee
Bohme/
R6/
USEPA/
U
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To
Jan
Pickrel/
DC/
USEPA/
US@
EPA,
11/
01/
2004
05:
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Carey
Johnston/
DC/
USEPA/
US@
EPA,
PM
Jan
Matuszko/
DC/
USEPA/
US@
EPA
cc
Subject
Some
input
from
one
of
the
TCEQ
(
Texas)
Inspectors.

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Forwarded
by
Lee
Bohme/
R6/
USEPA/
US
on
11/
01/
2004
04:
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Hi
Lee:

Galveston
has
had
instances
of
interference
due
to
grease
blockages
by
food
service
establishments.
They
have
developed
and
are
enforcing
an
ordinance
to
deal
with
FOG.
The
pretreatment
personnel
are
also
enforcing
the
FOG
ordinance.

I
have
also
noticed
some
trends
when
I
have
looked
at
food
processors
in
various
parts
of
the
State.
What
I
am
seeing
is
a
trend
away
from
using
traditional
sanitizers
such
a
chlorine.
I
am
seeing
more
and
more
is
the
use
of
a
strong
acid
such
a
HCl
or
nitric
acid
being
used
to
neutralize
caustic
soap
solutions
and
sanitize
stainless
steel.
This
borders
on
passivation.
So
far
in
each
POTW
I've
investigated,
the
SIU
has
been
monitored
for
chromium
and
nickel
for
compliance
with
local
limits.
So
far
there
has
been
no
instances
of
pass­
through
or
interference
as
well
as
exceedences
of
local
limits
due
to
this
practice.
Obviously,
food
processors
tend
to
use
lots
of
water.
The
compliance
may
be
more
due
to
dilution
than
anything
else.
These
same
programs
are
not
having
difficulty
disposing
of
their
sludge
(
as
chromium
and
nickel
have
an
affinity
for
solids).

Minh
Foods
in
the
City
of
Pasadena
has
been
documented
causing
interference
due
to
blockages
of
the
City
of
Pasadena's
collection
system.
The
blockages
are
from
grease
and
solid
waste
(
paper
towels).
The
towels
are
unique
to
Minh
Foods
and
were
what
the
City
IDed
the
source
of
the
blockages.
The
investigation
found
that
portions
of
the
grease
trap
complex
was
not
functioning
properly
due
to
broken
pipes
in
the
traps.
The
paper
towels
were
from
employees
flushing
them
down
toilets.

I
hope
this
helps.

Gary
Fogarty
>>>
<
Bohme.
Lee@
epamail.
epa.
gov>
10/
29/
04
08:
32AM
>>>

Hi
folks!
As
part
of
the
planning
process
for
effluent
guidelines
at
EPA
HQs,
we
have
been
asked
to
let
them
know
of
particular
instances
of
pass
through
and/
or
interference
caused
by
the
following
industries:
Dental
Food
Service
Establishments
Hospitals
Industrial
Container
Drum
Cleaning
Facilities
Industrial
Laundries
Independent
and
Stand
Alone
Laboratories
Medical/
Dental
Laboratories
Printing
and
Publishing
Prisons
Photoprocessing
I
guess
they
are
trying
to
determine
if
there
is
sufficient
need
to
develop
guidelines
for
any
of
these.
If
you
know
of
any,
please
let
me
know
and
be
as
specific
as
you
can.

Thanks.
Lee