The Board and its authorized agents for the Town bearing proper credentials
and identification shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the
purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing, in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The Board or its representative
shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical,
chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries, beyond that
point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers
or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to
in § 164-41 above, the Board or duly authorized employees of the
Town shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established
by the company, and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death
to the Town employees, and the Town shall indemnify the employees against
liability claims and demands for personnel injury or property damage asserted
against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation,
except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain
safe conditions as required in Article IV, § 164-33.
The Board and other duly authorized employees of the Town bearing proper
credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties
through which the Town holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of,
but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair,
and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement.
All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full
accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the
private property involved.
