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Ordinance No. 92 - 133 Page 4 wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling tmits. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Service Director and shall be located as to be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Alternative size and location conditions may be approved, but only if in conformance to the Ohio Plumbing Code. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place shall be ga.stight and watertight. Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the awner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times. (f) [Abere preliminary txeatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the aaner at his expense to the approval of the Service Director. (g) Each person discharging industrial wastes into a public sewer shall construct and ma.intain one or more control manholes or access points to facilitate observation, measurement and sampling of his wastes, including domestic sewage. 1. Control manholes or access facilities shall be located and built in a manner acceptable to the Service Director. If ineasuring devices are to be permanently installed, they shall be of a type acceptable to the Service Director. 2. Control manholes, access facilities and related equipment shall be installed by the person discharging the waste, at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be in safe condition, accessible and in proper operating condition at all times. Plans for the installation of the control manholes or access facilities and related equipment shall be approved by the City Engineer prior to the beginning of construction. (h) All measurement tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this Chapter shall be determined in accordance with "Standard Methods", as defined in Section 911.03(83), and in accordance with 40 CFR 136 entitled "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants", and shall be determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at such control manhole. In the event that no special manhole ha,s been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazard to life, limb and property.