Permit requirements.

San Antonio City Code § 34-513

in effect

Sec. 34-513. - Permit requirements. (1) General. A person shall be in violation of this division if he operates or causes the operation of a vehicle on the city streets or public rights-of-way for the purpose of collecting, transporting, or disposing of grease trap waste, grit trap waste, septage, or other liquid wastes without first obtaining a liquid waste transportation permit from the director or his or her designated representative. For the purposes of this section, each instance of transporting, collecting, or disposal of such wastes without a permit shall be considered a separate violation. (2) Permit application. In addition to complying with the proper registration procedures established by the state, a person intending to engage in the activity of transporting grit trap waste, grease trap waste or septage must first submit a permit application to the city water system, resource compliance division and therein supply the department with the following information and documentation: (a) Name, business and mailing address(es), and telephone number of the applicant transporter. (b) The trade name under which the applicant transports or intends to transport liquid waste. (c) The number and type of vehicles and their tank volumes the applicant shall operate together with a general physical description or manufacturer's trade description of each vehicle; the registration number assigned to the company by the state; and a photocopy of the driver's license of all vehicle operators under the employ of the applicant. (d) The period of time the applicant has been engaged in the activity of transporting grit trap waste, grease trap waste, and septage, and the daily hours of operation of his intended transportation activity. (e) A statement setting out any record of criminal convictions against the applicant, or anyone under his employ, resulting from the unlawful operation of a vehicle used to transport liquid waste, including grease trap waste, grit trap waste, and septage. (f) Documentation evidencing that the applicant has obtained the necessary insurance required under this division. (g) Any other requested relevant information which bears a reasonable relationship to the regulation of permittees under this division and is necessary to evaluate the permit application. (3) Investigation of information set out in application. The staff of the control authority may conduct an investigation to determine the accuracy of information supplied by the applicant prior to the issuance of a permit. Supplying false information to the department shall be grounds for refusal to grant a permit or revocation of a permit if already issued. The transporter shall update information contained in the application, in writing, to reflect any changes in the information required by the initial application prior to making these operational changes. (4) Insurance requirements. (a) Prior to the issuance of a permit, the applicant must file with the city water system, evidence (certificate of insurance) of a policy of automobile liability insurance and thereafter keep same in full force and effect with an insurance company authorized to do business in the state. The policy shall insure the public against any loss or damage that may result to any person or property from the operation of a defective vehicle or negligence of the owner or any person driving or otherwise operating such vehicle, and the vehicle insurance provisions of such policy shall provide a minimum amount of coverage in the policy as to each and every transporter vehicle to be not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for bodily injury or death of any one person, for bodily injury or death in any one accident, for the damage to, or destruction of, property in any one accident. Coverage is to include the pollution liability endorsement with limits not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00). Such coverage shall be endorsed to cover the upset, overturn, and remediation of the load in transport. (b) The certificate of insurance required by this subsection shall contain a provision requiring that the city water system be provided with thirty (30) days advance notice, in writing, of cancellation or material change in the policy. In the event of cancellation or material change in the transporter's policy, the permit shall be suspended until such time as the transporter can again secure appropriate coverage. (5) Vehicle inspection. Prior to the issuance of a permit, the department shall require the applicant to submit, for inspection by the department, each vehicle which will be utilized to transport grit trap waste, grease trap waste, and/or septage. The department or its agents shall determine if the transport vehicle is constructed and equipped in accordance with section 34-514 of this division and the tanks, valves, and hoses on the vehicle are in good repair, prior to permit issuance. In addition to the initial department inspection prior to the issuance of a permit, designated employees of the department are hereby authorized to re-inspect the vehicles periodically in order to observe that the vehicles are generally maintained in good repair so as not to constitute a public health hazard under the provisions of this division. These inspections may take place at any reasonable and safe location during normal business operation hours and are in no way meant to satisfy the otherwise legally mandated inspection of motor vehicle requirements of any department or agency of the state. All transport vehicles shall have a valid DPS inspection sticker properly displayed, as well as the transportation registration stickers issued by TCEQ and the control authority. (6) Issuance of permit. Upon satisfying the requirements set out in section 34-513 herein, the department shall issue a permit to the applicant. The permit shall be valid for a one year period with such period terminating on December 31st of the year of issuance or reissuance. The requirements set out in sections 34-513 herein must be satisfied prior to the reissuance of a permit. Any violations of this division by a permit holder during a permit period shall constitute sufficient grounds for refusal, by the director, to reissue a permit. All permits issued hereunder shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: (a) The city water system specifically excludes and prohibits the transporting, discharge, or disposal of hazardous wastes in vehicles permitted hereunder to carry liquid waste. Transporters carrying hazardous waste from, within or through, the regional agent boundary must first obtain the special applicable TCEQ or EPA permit(s) and use the appropriate hazardous waste transportation and disposal manifest system. (b) Prior to the operation of any vehicle regulated by this division, each permitted transporter shall permanently mark such vehicle with specific information. All marking shall be in a color clearly contrasting with the background, in two-inch letters or larger, so as to be clearly visible at a distance of fifty (50) feet. The following information shall be place on both sides of each permitted vehicle, unless otherwise noted: 1. Company name; 2. Telephone number; 3. TCEQ authorization sticker (motorized units only); 4. TCEQ assigned registration number; 5. The Control Authority assigned permit number on both sides and on the rear of the vehicle. SAWS# _______ The blank space shall contain the city water system's assigned permit number, unique to a particular vehicle; 6. SAWS authorization sticker. The permitted transporter shall keep the TCEQ registration (including any amendments) and the SAWS permit in the vehicle at all times. Failure to do so will constitute a violation of this division. (c) A permit issued under this division is non-transferable, and may be revoked by the control authority for violations by the permittee of the term(s) of the permit or of this division. (Ord. No. 80574, § 14, 8-4-94; Ord. No. 85765, § 2, 3-20-97; Ord. No. 99480, § 1(Exh. 1), 7-22-04)

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