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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 40 of 57 Code. Title III, Chapter 18 (Environmental Enforcement) also provides the authority to enforce violations of the Title III. FOG-related problem areas. All lines within the collection system are inspected and cleaned annually. Priority is given to areas with a history of problems relating to FOG, roots or structural impairment. Areas with a history of FOG hot spots are investigated and cleaned at least quarterly. The areas requiring quarterly monitoring and cleaning frequency are downtown San Leandro and the service area surrounding the Bermuda lift station. Attachment 4.2 lists the City’s hot spots, which include areas impacted by FOG. FOG hot spots (areas with increased incidence of grease build-up) are cleaned to remove the risk of a blockage occurring and are subsequently inspected once per week. The sewer line is cleaned using either a hydro jet with spinning nozzle or a power rodder. The combo unit/vacuum truck is also used whenever feasible to recover the FOG. Additionally, information on the location, severity and possible source is relayed to the Environmental Services Section. Inspectors follow up at FSEs that may have contributed to the grease build-up. The collection crew continues to monitor the area weekly until the problem is abated through inspection or repair. While the City has known areas with commercial grease sources (e.g. restaurants), most of the City’s grease problems are in residential areas and the result of lines with poor grade. Lines with known poor grade will be prioritized for CCTV inspection. With information on the causes of grease problems, maintenance activities and schedules can be modified, or sewer repairs made to better control grease buildup and minimize grease-related spills. Source control measures. Beginning in 2002, the City’s Environmental Services Section (ESS) identified FSEs located within the collection system service area. In January 2003, a letter, survey and FOG fact sheet were mailed to 125 FSEs as the first part of a FOG education and outreach program. A list of all FSEs is maintained in ESS’s database, and records are periodically updated via information from business permit applications, the business license permit database and building permits. ESS staff conducts permit plan checks on new construction and tenant improvements of FSEs. Plan checks include, but are not limited to, identification and proper connection of grease-bearing fixtures to a properly sized grease interceptor. The plan check and field inspection, as part of the building permit process, includes an interceptor sizing component and an Interceptor Maintenance Education component, which includes the City’s maintenance requirements, BMP requirements, and record keeping and reporting requirements. ES inspectors conduct inspections at FSEs in areas identified by the collection crew as FOG hot spots. Inspections include a review of grease interceptor maintenance records, FOG BMPs, and storm water BMPs. Inspections are conducted at new or remodeled FSEs as part of the building permit final review process to verify grease interceptor installation. During these site visits, the City’s FOG fact sheet is distributed and each of the elements (FOG, storm water, and integrated pest management) is discussed. Posters and storm water BMP guidance from the Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program are also distributed. The City would like to increase the number of ES staff dedicated to the FOG control program. Appendix 7.1 contains the City’s FOG Fact Sheet and Food Facility Inspection form.