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SEWER PIPE BLOCKAGE PROGRAM © 2025 Fischer Compliance, LLC. All rights reserved. Sewer System Management Plan licensed for San Leandro use only. Page 38 of 57 7. Sewer Pipe Blockage Program WDR REQUIREMENTS Attachment D-7 (pg. D-7) “The Sewer System Management Plan must include procedures for the evaluation of the Enrollee’s service area to determine whether a sewer pipe blockage control program is needed to control fats, oils, grease, rags and debris. If the Enrollee determines that a program is not needed, the Enrollee shall provide justification in its Plan for why a program is not needed. The procedures must include, at minimum: • An implementation plan and schedule for a public education and outreach program that promotes proper disposal of pipe-blocking substances; • A plan and schedule for the disposal of pipe-blocking substances generated within the sanitary sewer system service area. This may include a list of acceptable disposal facilities and/or additional facilities needed to adequately dispose of substances generated within a sanitary sewer system service area; • The legal authority to prohibit discharges to the system and identify measures to prevent spills and blockages. • Requirements to install grease removal devices (such as traps or interceptors), design standards for the removal devices, maintenance requirements, best management practices requirements, recordkeeping and reporting requirements; • Authority to inspect grease producing facilities, enforcement authorities, and whether the Enrollee has sufficient staff to inspect and enforce the fats, oils, and grease ordinance; • An identification of sanitary sewer system sections subject to fats, oils, and grease blockages and establishment of a cleaning schedule for each section; and • Implementation of source control measures for all sources of fats, oils, and grease reaching the sanitary sewer system for each section identified above.” COMPLIANCE The City maintains and implements a FOG source control program to reduce the amount of fats, oils, and grease discharged to the sanitary sewer system. This pre-treatment program is administered by the Environmental Services Section of the Water Pollution Control Division. Their pre-treatment program is coordinated with the Collections Section on a regular basis to identify and correct illicit discharges. The WDR’s requirements above are addressed below: Public Outreach. The City’s website has a comprehensive webpage that discusses Fat Oils and Grease. The page includes information about the types of food that can cause FOG, why FOG is a problem, how FOG affects residents, and ways to prevent FOG. The City attends the annual Cherry Festival, and a thousand or more people stop by the City’s booth for information on the FOG program. The City has a YouTube channel that contains information about FOG, includes FOG mailers in the residents’ bills, and hands out a FOG comic book (see cover page below). When City staff inspect FSEs, they provide educational materials in addition to conducting an inspection.