Patrick Dunlap's List: sf fog

• Restaurants can SIGN UP for FREE collection services. It only takes a few minutes to start saving. For residents, we have permanent drop-off locations and yearly collection events throughout the City.

• Los Angeles  Ameriguard Maintenance Services  (800) 347-7876 xt 14    Los Angeles  Baker Commodities  (800) 427 0696    Los Angeles  BioClear Solutions - Bacteria treatment for drain lines   (888) 433-5886    Los Angeles  Chans   Grease Service  (951) 830-2172    Los Angeles  JR   Grease Traps and Interceptor Service  (323) 997-9602    Los Angeles  New   Leaf Biofuel  (619) 236-8500    Los Angeles  One More Time  (800) 624-5504    Los Angeles  SMC Grease Specialist  (951) 788-6042    Los Angeles  Superior   Service Recycling
    (888) 888-4121    Los Angeles  Ventura Rendering  (805) 485-2217
• San Francisco  A-1 Septic Tank Service  (510) 697-8083    San Francisco  A-1 Septic Tank Service  (800) 730-4471    San Francisco  Ameriguard Maintenance Services  (800) 347-7876 xt 14    San Francisco  Bay Pumping  (831) 320 5229    San Francisco  Burr Plumbing & Pumping  (408) 287-2877    San Francisco  Contractor Potables  (800) 440-0978    San Francisco  Got Grease?  (415) 728-8766    San Francisco  H K Fire Protection and Steam Cleaning  (415) 661-8338    San Francisco  ModestoTallow/Florin Tallow Co.  (209) 522-7224    San Francisco  ModestoTallow/Florin Tallow Co.  (800) 564-7204    San Francisco  One More Time  (800) 624-5504    San Francisco  Pioneer Liquid Transport  (800) 804-7327    San Francisco  Sacramento Rendering Co.  (800) 339-6493    San Francisco  Salinas Tallow  (800) 621-9000

• Baker Commodities, Inc.  Los Angeles  yellow, brown  Southern California  800-427-0696
• Darling International  Los Angeles        1-800-4-GREASE
• East Bay Municipal Utility District  Oakland  yellow, brown  All areas   (510) 287-1632
• One More Time  Los Angeles  yellow  California, entire state; Yuma,   Arizona area  800-624-5504
• South Bayside Systems Authority  Redwood City  yellow, brown  SBSA accepts grease from San Francisco,   San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties. Haulers must complete a   PO form and show proof of insurance for liability.  (650) 591-7121
• Southwest Processors  Los Angeles         
• West Coast Rendering  Los Angeles         

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• Clogged sewers can result in back-ups, overflows onto streets, foul-smelling odors, and costly damage to sewer infrastructure. So as residents, we are all affected. Fortunately, we can do something about it
• we can even produce something useful from our waste. Your used cooking oil will be recycled to make biodiesel and help power the City fleet on a cleaner-burning renewable fuel
• To help you get started, read our USEFUL TIPS for recycling cooking oil.
• Cooking oil drop off available at all sites during business hours. Please note that the used cooking oil drop-off corner will NOT be inside the store, and will most likely be at the store's parking lot

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• To help restaurants comply with the FOG Control Ordinance, Wastewater Inspectors will make visits in 2011 and 2012. Inspectors will assign each food service establishment a FOG Discharger Category number (1, 2 or 3) that reflects their potential to discharge grease to the sewer system
• The General Wastewater Discharge Permit gives existing establishments until April 1, 2012 (one year from the effective date of the ordinance) to install the required equipment

• law goes into effect on April 1, 2011
• they can attend one of two upcoming workshops
• Restaurants will be visited by an SFPUC Wastewater Inspector who will issue them a Wastewater Discharger ID Number and associated (no fee) permit documents.
• Restaurants will also be assigned a FOG Discharger Category number that reflects their potential to discharge grease to the sewer system and will indicate if grease capturing equipment is required
• Restaurants that have grease capturing equipment already in place need to properly maintain and service the equipment and ensure that all wastewater discharge lines that contain grease are plumbed through the grease capturing equipment.
• Restaurants that do not have already grease capturing equipment will be required to install an approved type of Grease Removal Device within 60 days of notification by the City, unless a determination is made by an SFPUC Wastewater Inspector that it falls under the category of a “Less-Significant Grease Discharger” and thus can install any type of grease capturing equipment.
• Food service establishments that only reheat or assemble ready to eat food products are considered “Limited Food Preparation Establishments” and are not required to install grease capturing equipment.
• After May 1, 2011, no new garbage grinders can be installed in restaurants and those in existing businesses must be removed or made permanently inoperative.
• Any establishment found to be causing or contributing to grease related blockages may be direct by the City to install grease capturing equipment within a significantly shorter period of time than 60 days.

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• Feb 4 2011
• 3.5 million annually to unclog sewers filled with fats, oils and grease
• over 40 percent of the sewer system service work orders are F.O.G related,
• including reducing sewer service charges by 14.2 percen
• Golden Gate Restaurant Association, which has over 900 restaurants as members, said he supports the legislation because it will weed out the restaurants that are not obeying the city code
• The ordinance takes effect on April 1.

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