• Pretreatment Guidelines for Restaurant (FOG Guidelines)

• Public Works Industrial Waste Disposal Permit Form (PDF, 1492 KB): Submit this form for all non-sewered industrial waste facilities and all County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (LACSD) exempt sites. LACSD exempt sites may be subject to a Public Works permit.
• LACSD Form (Joint Permit): Submit this form for all sewered industrial waste facilities which are not exempted by the LACSD.

• Plans for Domestic Waste Clearance, plans for Public Works Industrial Waste and SUSMP/LID Clearances as well as plans for LACSD Joint Permits need to be in PDF format* and text searchable.
• Name and address of the facility discharging the wastewater need to be shown on the lower right-hand corner of each plan sheet.
• Site plan drawn to scale showing acreage, adjacent cross streets, north arrow, and location of pretreatment system(s). Site plan needs to show the location of the pretreatment device and its connection to the street.
• Site utility plan.
• Site drainage plan.
• Architectural floor plan identifying each area in the building by its use (i.e., food preparation, car wash, plating, laboratory, storage, office, restrooms, etc.).
• Plumbing plan(s) showing all drains including floor drains, floor sinks, trench drains, service sinks, and supply/waste lines and facilities handling industrial wastewater from the point of origin to the connection to the point of disposal (i.e., public sewer, private disposal system, and/or holding facility for offsite disposal). All equipment or facilities generating industrial wastewater must be identified on the plans. The equipment schedule for the kitchen layout must be included as well.
• Detailed drawings of all pretreatment systems with dimensions and manufacturer's specifications.
• All aboveground storage tanks/drums with proper spill containment details. Provision for spill containment is required where chemicals and/or waste materials may potentially enter the sewer system, storm drain, or contaminate soil. Spill containment should be designed for the volume of the largest tank or ten percent of the drum total, whichever is greater, plus six inches of rainfall over the containment area if outdoors.
• All outside wastewater producing and storage areas shall have a permanent cover. If a roof is not feasible, a rainwater diversion system may be proposed.

* Submittals by email are preferred. However, the applicant my submit hard copies at our public counter or by mail (PDF copies are still required).

• A person owning or operating premises containing industrial waste treatment or disposal facilities operated under a valid permit issued under the provisions of LACC, Title 20, Division 2, must submit a closure application form (PDF, 1015 KB) when the operations that generated wastewater have terminated, and the pretreatment facilities are to be permanently closed.
• Closure authorizations may require soil samples and a closure report with a review fee depending on the site history and type of operation.

• Submit a letter on site business letterhead, describing the overall operation, the operations which generate wastewater, and proposed wastewater pretreatment systems.
• Pursuant to the LACC, Title 20, Division 2, Section 20.32.440, the allocable peak discharge rate to a public local sewer from a heavy industrial zoned property is calculated at 0.021 cubic feet per second (cfs) per acre, equivalent to 9.4 gallons per minute (gpm) per acre. Administratively, parcels smaller than or equal to 0.8 acres are allowed a peak maximum discharge rate of 7.5 gpm. Additional sewer capacity above the allotted amount will require a sewer capacity clearance from the local jurisdiction.