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4. Food manufacturer/processor or FM/P means those establishments using methods and techniques to transform raw ingredients into food for human consumption. 5. Grease interceptor means grease retention units of the outdoor or underground type with a 1,000- to 3,000-gallon capacity. ESE requiring a larger than 3,000-gallon capacity interceptor shall plumb and install additional separate units. 6. Grease trap means a device for separating and retaining waterborne greases and grease complexes prior to the wastewater exiting the trap and entering the sanitary sewer system. B. FOG program participation required. 1. This section applies to all ESE and FM/P discharging wastewater containing fats, oils and grease to the City's sanitary sewer system including, but not limited to, restaurants, grocery stores, meat markets, hotels, correctional facilities, factory and office building cafeterias, public and private schools, hospitals, multiple tenant housing which has commercial kitchens licensed by Ramsey County Public Health, commercial day care centers, places of worship, and catering services. 2. As of the effective date of this ordinance and thereafter, no ESE or FM/P shall discharge any substance of any kind into any portion of the City's sanitary sewer system except in accordance with a best management practice (BMP) program which has been approved by the City's Public Works Director in writing. 3. No ESE or FM/P shall discharge any substance of any kind into any portion of the sanitary sewer system which is not in conformance with the BMP program for that ESE or FM/P. C. FOG prohibitions. No ESE or FM/P shall; 1. Install food grinders in a plumbing or sewage system in any new construction or renovation of a structure designed to house a ESE or FM/P; 2. Discharge any wastewater containing FOG into the sanitary sewer system except in compliance with the BMP program for that facility; 3. Introduce any additives into the sanitary sewer system for the purpose of emulsifying FOG or biologically or chemically treating any substance introduced into any sanitary sewer system for the purpose of treatment or pretreatment of wastewater, unless with a specific written authorization by the Public Works Director; 4. Discharge wastewater at temperatures in excess of 160 degrees Fahrenheit to any grease interceptor or grease trap; 5. Operate grease interceptors if the unit has accumulated waste, both FOG and food solids, accounting for 25 percent or more of its wetted depth measured from the static water level to the interior tank bottom, with FOG and solids accumulation, exceeding 25 percent of the total operating depth of the grease interceptor; or 6. Discharge any FOG or any other solid materials removed from the grease control device to the sanitary sewer system. D. FOG interceptors installation requirements. 1. Except as provided for in subsection 802.15.M, any structure designed for or intended to be used for an ESE or FM/P must have a grease interceptor Page 43 of 82