| MMS provides
FOG management and control program services for municipalities
and utilities. MMS can conduct full service FOG program
activities for POTWs or conduct on-site FOG training
programs. MMS’s FOG program allows POTWs and
other departments to understand the impact of a proper
program effects SSO prevention, sewer maintenance,
odor control, POTW organic loading, stormwater impacts
and codes enforcement.
MMS FOG Program Options
Each municipality is different, so FOG programs are
developed based on the specific needs of each municipality.
Generally, MMS FOG programs include working with
the municipality in planning and coordinating initial
FOG training classes
- MMS FOG Program Service Options include:
- FOG Program Evaluation Audit (Is the program
fulfilling CMOM and state regulatory requirements?)
- Sewer Use Ordinance review (FOG and industrial
pretreatment review and update)
- FOG Program Management Policy and Food Service
Establishment (FSE) Enforcement Response Guide
- Conducting FSE FOG inspections, issue noncompliance
notifications, track FSE information in database
- Inspections include distribution
of FOG program materials, interview of FSE mgr/owner,
review of grease control equipment and ID of proper
components, documentation of problems with digital
pictures. As of December 2006, MMS FOG inspectors
have conducted over 9,000 food service establishment
inspections in over 20 cities.
- Provide Training Classes
- Municipal/Utility one day FOG
training class with field inspections
- Grease Waste Haulers and Plumbers
Grease Control Equipment Certification Class
- Food Service Establishment FOG
Program Awareness Class
- FOG Educational Materials
- No FOG Dog cartoon TV commercial
(30 second and 15 second segments)
- FSE
FOG inspection forms
- Noncompliance
Notification forms
- Grease
Interceptor Maintenance brochure or handout
- Grease
Trap Maintenance handout
- Sewer
Dept. Vehicle Decals
- Residential
Notifications
- and
many more
Since March 2003,
Metro Water Services of Nashville, Tennessee has
been a client of MMS. The Metro Water Services FOG
program has increased FOG waste volume pumped by
over 100%, reduced FOG related SSOs, and increased
maintenance on interceptors and traps by over
50%. MMS is proud of the success of Metro Nashville’s
FOG program, which is proving to be a template for
many other cities in the nation. To view Metro Water
Services’
Environmental Compliance website, click here.
(see II. Grease Management section). Some of the
other MMS clients include Chattanooga, Tennessee;
Kingsport, Tennessee; and Franklin, Tennessee. Also,
MMS has worked with cities throughout the United
States.
On-site FOG Classes
MMS provides one or two day FOG training programs
for municipalities. Some cities prefer to conduct
the FOG management and control program with their
own personnel but need training for their personnel
in order for the FOG program to be effective.
MMS has conducted FOG training for state government
agencies and for several municipalities. The one-day
FOG training includes five hours of classroom
Powerpoint™
presentations and questions and two hours of field
instruction at area food service establishments
to demonstrate FOG inspections to municipal personnel.
The two day FOG training includes a two hour introductory
session for Building/Codes Department personnel,
Plumbing Inspectors, Health Department personnel,
Stormwater personnel, as well as Wastewater personnel.
This two hour FOG introduction session is critical
for communicating to the various departments the
need and impact of the FOG program. The two day
FOG training also includes presentations to area
grease waste haulers, schools, other regional or
jurisdictional users and restaurant associations.
The following is a list of some of the topics covered
during FOG training:
- Why have a FOG program?
- Communication between departments
- Performance indicators
- FOG defined, numerical limits
- Sampling and analysis
- Types of grease control equipment
- Food service establishment inspections
- Noncompliance notifications, handling enforcement
issues
- FOG data management
To Schedule FOG Training Classes contact:
Byron
Ross, MMS President
Email:
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