No unauthorized person shall enter into any municipal wastewater
facilities, or maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage,
destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is part of such municipal wastewater facilities.
[Amended 3-23-1981 by L.L. No. 1-1981]
A. The Administrator and/or other duly authorized employees or agents
of the Town, the USEPA and NYDEC bearing proper credentials and identification
shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter. They shall have no authority to inquire
into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining,
ceramic, paper or other industries, beyond that having a direct bearing
on the kind and source of discharge into the sewers, waterways or
facilities for waste treatment.
B. While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection
A above, the Administrator and/or duly authorized employees of the Town, the USEPA and NYDEC shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises as 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 company against loss or damage to its property caused by Town 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 the negligence or failing of the company to maintain safe conditions.
C. The Administrator and other duty authorized employees of the Town,
the USEPA and the NYDEC, bearing proper credentials and identification,
shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the
Town holds a sewer easement, for the purpose of, but not limited to,
inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance
of any portion of the wastewater facilities lying within same easement.
All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement shall be done
in full accordance with the terms of said easement pertaining to the
private property involved.