Restrictions on utilities and regulating authorities

Sec. 17. (a) A utility or regulating authority may not: (1) impose a blanket grease control equipment mandate; or (2) require the: (A) installation of a specific type; (B) installation of a specific size; or (C) specific location; of a grease trap or grease interceptor if a regulated entity has the properly sized and maintained grease control equipment that prevents FOG discharges exceeding the allowable concentration. (b) A regulating authority or utility may not require the following: (1) A specific type of grease control equipment. (2) The specific placement of grease control equipment on the property of a regulated entity, so long as the equipment is placed outside of the utility's right-of-way of easement and upstream of a utility's system. As added by P.L.95-2026, SEC.1.