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Grease generating establishments and grease collection data
2:10:17
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Council Member Shaun Abreu inquires about grease generating establishments and BIC's data collection on yellow and brown grease collectors. Commissioner Liz Crotty provides detailed information on BIC's role in overseeing grease waste hauling and the data they collect.
- BIC oversees 21 licensed grease waste haulers serving about 16,000 customers
- Data collected includes customer lists for yellow, brown, and combined grease collection
- BIC does not have regulatory oversight over grease-generating establishments
- Approximately 8,900 establishments for yellow grease, 3,400 for brown grease, and 3,700 for both
- DEP is the overseeing agency for grease and interceptors at commercial establishments
Shaun Abreu
2:10:17
Does the administration have and maintain an updated list of all Greece generating establishments?
Liz Crotty
2:10:24
So I can only answer as to BIC.
2:10:26
What BIC does specifically is there are 21 licensees who haul grease waste.
2:10:34
We have a list of all 21 licensees and we have a list of all of their customers.
2:10:40
I believe that's about 16,000 customers that is broken down between yellow grease, brown grease, and yellow and brown grease.
2:10:49
And so we have the list of where the grease comes from but we don't that's where our authority starts and ends.
2:10:57
It doesn't go to the what happens inside the restaurants.
Shaun Abreu
2:11:00
Okay.
2:11:01
How many grease generating establishments have active contracts with licensed carters to collect and dispose of yellow and brown grease?
Liz Crotty
2:11:09
Well, per our rules, our contracts can be verbal or oral or written contracts so we don't have an idea of how many contracts exist.
2:11:21
But again, per our customer register rules, we get a list quarterly from these 20 licensees of who their customers are and so that tells us there's 16,000 establishments of which grease is hauled from.
Shaun Abreu
2:11:36
And does that include verbal contracts on that list?
Liz Crotty
2:11:38
Yes.
2:11:39
I mean it's it's more the customers than contracts.
Shaun Abreu
2:11:42
Okay.
2:11:43
And my last question for real this time, what does BIC what data does BIC collect about yellow and brown grease collectors during the last three years?
2:11:53
How many organizations were fined by BIC for improper grease disposals and what percentage of these violations were resolved?
Liz Crotty
2:12:01
Well, we have their business data, their address.
2:12:04
We also have that yellow grease is picked up from about 8,900 establishments.
2:12:11
Brown grease is picked up from 3,400 establishments, and both yellow and brown grease is collected from about thirty seven seven hundred establishments for a total of 1,600.
2:12:26
BIC does not have regulatory oversight authority over the commercial establishments that generate the grease.
2:12:33
DEP is the overseeing agency for grease and scepters at commercial establishments.
Shaun Abreu
2:12:39
Thank you for your time today.
2:12:41
This panel was excused.
Liz Crotty
2:12:42
Thank you so much.
Shaun Abreu
2:12:44
My apologies.
Vickie Paladino
2:12:46
We're on the subject of grease.
Shaun Abreu
2:12:49
Sorry.
2:12:50
You have you have another I need a few more minutes.
Vickie Paladino
2:12:52
Can you explain to me please what is the difference in yellow grease and brown grease and I mean, sounds really dumb and I'm sorry for that, but I just need to know.