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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20,ARTICLE 3 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO DISPOSAL OF COMMERCIAL COOKING OIL WASTE AND COMMERCIAL FATS, OILS, AND GREASES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 20, article 3, section 20-31 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending the definition for"prohibited materials"to read as follows: "Prohibited materials" include, but are not limited to, paint thinner or solvents; oil base paint waste; automotive waste oil, antifreeze or lead acid batteries; pesticides, herbicides or rodent and insect control chemicals; household cleaner, polish or wax; contaminated soil; medical waste; propane, oxygen or acetylene tanks; diesel, gasoline or alcohol; [ate] liquids or sludges in containers five gallons or larger[, including liquid cooking oil or gr use] unless mixed with a bulking agent so that it solidifies[;]i and hazardous wastes as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations parts 257, 258 and 261. Notwithstanding the foregoing, commercial cooking oil waste and commercial FOG waste are considered prohibited materials in any amount and any form." SECTION 2. Chapter 20, article 3, section 20-31 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended by adding the following definitions to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: 'Commercial cooking oil waste" means cooking oil which, because of prior use, potency loss, or contamination, is no longer usable or salable by a business engaged in cooking food or selling cooking oil. The term does not mean the residue remaining after the conversion of commercial cooking oil waste into a marketable product. "Commercial FOG waste" means animal/vegetable fat, oil and grease and other waste that is retained in or removed from a commercial pretreatment device. The term does not mean the residue remaining after the conversion of commercial FOG waste into a marketable product of grease and other waste removed from a commercial pretreatment device."