Persons or occupants of premises where wastewater is produced or discharged shall allow the Village, USEPA, NYSDEC or their representative ready access at all times to all parts of the premises for the purpose of inspection or sampling or in the performance of any of their duties. The Village shall have the right to set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling or metering operations. The Village may at reasonable times have access to and copy any records, inspect any monitoring equipment or method required by the Village's wastewater discharge laws and sample any effluents which the owner or operator of such source is required to sample. Where a user has security measures in force, the user shall make necessary arrangements with their security guards so that upon presentation of suitable identification personnel from the Village will be permitted to enter without delay.
[Amended 2-13-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017]
The Superintendent, or any other duly authorized employee, is authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. The industry may withhold information considered confidential upon demonstrating that the revelation to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to competitors.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in § 193-37, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the Village 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 Village employees, and the Village shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by Village employees and against liability claims and demands for personal 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 § 193-31.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the Village bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the Village hold a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the wastewater facilities 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.