Fats, oils, and grease. Discharged into the sewer system, they cool and solidify, restrict flow, and cause sanitary sewer overflows. That is why food service establishments are permitted and inspected separately from other commercial properties.

What is the FEWD program?

The City of San Diego's Food Establishment Wastewater Discharge program. It has operated since 1989 and currently permits more than 5,000 food service facilities under Municipal Code Division 7 and the California Plumbing Code.

Does Onyx take on our regulatory liability?

No. The permitted facility remains responsible for its own compliance. What Onyx does is make compliance achievable: we own the schedule, the coordination, and the documentation, so the record exists and is current when someone asks for it.

Can you take over from our current provider?

Yes. We audit the last twelve months of records, identify the gaps, correct the intervals, and take over the calendar.

Do you cover sites outside the City of San Diego?

Yes. We coordinate across San Diego County, Los Angeles, Orange County, and the Inland Empire, and we track each site against its own agency's requirements.

Kitchen & Grease

FOG ComplianceManagement.

When the inspector walks in, you should be handing over a binder, not making phone calls.

Onyx tracks the schedule, files the manifests, and keeps the record current for every one of your Southern California sites.

The Short Answer

FOG compliance management means someone owns the schedule, the documentation, and the jurisdiction rules for every site you operate. Onyx maintains the service calendar, files disposal manifests, tracks which agency governs each location, and keeps a per-site record you can hand to an inspector on request.

Scope of Service

What We Coordinate

Service schedule ownership

Intervals set per site against the governing agency's requirements and actual accumulation.

Manifest filing

Every disposal manifest captured and logged to the site's file the day of service.

Jurisdiction mapping

Each site matched to its governing FOG program, because the rules change across city lines.

Inspection-ready records

A current per-site file: service dates, manifests, photos, hauler documentation.

Due-date tracking

Correction due dates and upcoming service dates tracked before they become violations.

Single point of contact

One person who knows your portfolio, instead of a hauler, a plumber, and a records request.

Best Fit

Built for multi-site operators.

We coordinate vendors across Southern California and Arizona so portfolio owners and property managers stop chasing receipts and start running buildings.

Multi-site restaurant groups

Quick service and fast casual chains

Grocery and prepared foods

Hotels and banquet operations

Convenience stores with kitchens

Institutional and school dining

How It Works

One call. We handle the rest.

Reach Out

Send a request through the portal, by text, or by phone. We capture scope, site notes, and access details.

Dispatch

We assign a vetted cleaning vendor from our local network with the right crew size, schedule, and equipment.

Complete

Crews execute the scope on time. We verify with photos and checklists, not just signatures.

Confirm

You get completion confirmation, documentation, and one invoice across every site in your portfolio.

Why owners hire OnyxFM

One point of contact for every site and every crew

Vetted, insured local vendors under our coordination

Photo-verified completion, not just a signed ticket

One flat monthly fee instead of chasing invoices

How enforcement actually escalates.

Nobody gets shut down out of nowhere. It moves in steps, and every step is documented against your facility.

Inspection

A FEWD inspector visits the site and reviews the interceptor, the maintenance records, and the discharge conditions.

Correction due date

If an issue is found, the facility is given a date by which it must be corrected.

Notice of Violation

Once the due date passes without correction, an NOV is issued along with an administrative fee.

Escalation

Continued non-compliance can move to administrative hearings, permit revocation, and ultimately termination of sewer service.

Your sites are not all under the same rules.

A group with locations in San Diego, El Cajon, Santee, and Chula Vista is running under four different FOG programs with four different sets of requirements. That is the part that quietly breaks in-house tracking. Onyx maps each site to its governing agency and runs the schedule against that agency's rules, not a single generic interval.

City of San Diego (FEWD)
El Cajon
Santee
Chula Vista
Padre Dam Municipal Water District
Los Angeles County sanitation districts
Orange County sanitation districts
Inland Empire agencies

What "the binder" actually contains.

Service dates for every interceptor at every site
Disposal manifests from the licensed hauler
Hauler documentation and license records
Before and after photos tied to each visit
Best management practice records
The next scheduled service date per site
Permit and plan-review documentation where applicable

Onyx maintains this documentation on your behalf. Regulatory compliance obligations remain with the permitted facility.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Get your compliance record current.

One flat monthly fee covers the schedule, the coordination, and the documentation across every site.