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NJ Banquet Hall Shut Down For Improper Grease Trap Pumping Remediation crews were hard at work at the banquet facility in Raleigh New Jersey, cleaning up the illegal kitchen sewage spill that forced township officials to shut down the popular facility until further notice. But when it re-opens remains to be seen. Their interim manager

NJ Boroughs Step Up Restaurant Grease Trap Cleaning The New Jersey Borough of Metuchen has a “greasy” problem on its hands and hopes to prevent what Councilwoman Allison Inserro has called a “yucky” situation. At the next council meeting, borough officials are expected to introduce an ordinance on how restaurant businesses maintain their grease traps. “This

NJ Boroughs Step Up Restaurant Grease Trap Cleaning An amended version of the Sewers and Septic Systems chapter of the Yorktown New York code was proposed at the March 28 work session in order to better control the disposal of grease that might adversely affect the town’s septic system. At the meeting, Councilman Vishnu Patel

Richland County Limits Grease Interceptor Damage To Sewer Lines Clogged pipes and sewer backups can increase costs for taxpayers, which is why Richland County Utilities is expanding oversight of the types of discharge that flow into the County’s sanitary sewer system. Fats, oils and grease, commonly called FOG, enter the County’s sewer system every day

Florida Restaurant’s Grease Spill Flows Down Street Kevin Thompson of the Palm Beach Post wrote a February 2017 story about how a food grease trap overflowed outside Mulligan’s Beach House restaurant in Lake Worth Florida, causing a sizable amount of grease to spill onto the sidewalks and down the street. A grease tank trap overflowed outside Mulligan’s

Keyser To Go After Neglected Grease Trap Cleaning Liz Beavers of the Mineral Daily News-Tribune wrote a January 2017 story about how with the help of the recycling company that collects the grease, the City of Keyser is planning to crack down on those businesses whose failure to clean out their grease traps is creating

Tennessee Jail Evacuation Prompts Grease Trap Installation Brad Hicks of The Erwin Record wrote an October 2016 story about inmates returning to the downtown Erwin facility after repairs had been made to the jail’s plumbing system including the installation of a grease trap in the correctional facility’s commercial kitchen. The necessary plumbing repairs are now complete

Madison Increasing Sewer Charges For Commercial Kitchen Grease Interceptor Dean Mosiman of The Wisconson State Journal wrote an October 2016 story about the city of Madison Wisconsin proposing a new billing class for restaurants whose effluent is more expensive to treat than residential output because the grease interceptor in many commercial kitchens not being cleaned

Insufficient Grease Trap Pumping Causes Smelly Situation Mary Shinn of The Durango Herlad wrote an October 2016 story about a restaurant in San Francisco who failed to monitor their grease trap pumping closely enough and it caused a smelly situation behind Francisco’s Building. Water was bubbling up from a grease trap onto Narrow Gauge Avenue behind