A. 
Prohibited discharge. No person shall discharge or intentionally or accidentally allow the discharge, escape or introduction of any liquid waste or wastewater onto any publicly or privately owned property or waterway within the county unless such discharge is permitted under the Act as defined herein, any state law or regulations or this article or any regulations promulgated pursuant to this Article.
B. 
Accidentally allowed discharge or escape defined. An accidentally allowed discharge, escape or introduction of liquid waste or wastewater shall be any discharge, escape or introduction:
(1) 
That occurs because of circumstances which reasonably could not have been foreseen by a person who exercised reasonable care; i.e., the care that a prudent person usually exercises;
(2) 
That is not similar to a discharge or escape of liquid waste or wastewater involving the same person and similar circumstances as any discharge or escape which occurred during the previous one-hundred-eighty-day period;
(3) 
That is not the result of a failure to take any action recommended by any federal, state or county agency with regard to the proper storage, containment, transport or deposit of the type of liquid waste or wastewater in question; and
(4) 
That was reported immediately upon discovery to the appropriate federal, state and/or local authorities.
C. 
Intentionally allowed discharge or escape defined. Any discharge, escape or introduction of liquid waste or wastewater which was not reported to the appropriate federal, state and/or local authority immediately upon discovery and:
(1) 
Occurred because liquid waste or wastewater was not stored, contained, transported or deposited in compliance with federal, state or county law or regulations; or
(2) 
That is similar to a discharge or escape of liquid waste or wastewater involving the same person and similar circumstances as any discharge or escape which occurred during the previous one hundred eighty-day (180-day) period; or
(3) 
That results because a person failed to take any action required or recommended by a federal, state or county agency with regard to the storage, containment, transport or deposit of any liquid waste; or
(4) 
Was not an accidentally allowed discharge or escape.
D. 
Expense recoupment.
(1) 
Any person who discharges or allows the discharge, escape or introduction of a liquid waste or wastewater, regardless of whether intentionally or accidentally allowed, shall be required to pay to the county all costs incurred by the county or any contractor, subcontractor or agent of the county associated with:
(a) 
Any test to determine the physical, chemical or biological properties of the liquid waste.
(b) 
Any supplies, materials or equipment used to contain, clean up or remediate any effect of the liquid waste or wastewater, such charges to include but not be limited to:
[1] 
A reasonable rental fee for any equipment utilized.
[2] 
The replacement cost of any supplies, materials or equipment with a one-time useful life.
[3] 
A reasonable surcharge related to the depletion of the useful life of any equipment, materials or supplies with a limited life span.
(c) 
Any wages, overtime or benefits payable to any county employee, contractor, subcontractor or agent.
(2) 
The Authority and the Director of the Division of Emergency Operations shall set forth or shall promulgate regulations which set forth the rates to be charged for (1)(a) through (1)(c) of this section.
(3) 
The county, at its sole discretion, can waive all or any portion of the charges assessed under this section with respect to an accidentally allowed discharge, escape or introduction payable by a person who historically has, without cost to the county, provided personnel, laboratory assistance or other supplies, materials or equipment to any team or program generally available for county use to respond to such discharges.
E. 
Civil penalty.
(1) 
In addition to all other charges, costs or damages recoverable by the county from a person who discharges or allows the discharge of a liquid waste or wastewater, any person who discharges or intentionally permits or allows the discharge, escape or introduction of liquid waste or wastewater shall be subject to a civil fine of $1,000 per parameter (e.g., oil, metal, voc) per day. Each day during which a discharge continues or remains uncontained, or is not cleaned up or recaptured, shall constitute a separate offense.
(2) 
The civil penalty shall constitute a separate offense in addition to any other civil or criminal penalties, fines or offenses provided for pursuant to this Article.
F. 
Presumptions.
(1) 
There shall be a presumption that any person who owns and/or has a present possessory interest in any private property on which any discharge or escape of liquid waste or wastewater occurs has permitted or allowed the discharge or escape. This presumption can be overcome only upon affirmative proof by the person with an ownership or present possessory interest that he should not reasonably have been expected to know of and, in fact, did not know of the presence of the liquid waste or wastewater on the property.
(2) 
There shall be a presumption that a discharge or escape was intentionally allowed and the person who discharged or allowed the discharge of the liquid waste or wastewater shall have the burden of proving to the contrary.
(3) 
There shall be a presumption that any escape which is observed or reported by someone other than the person, or an agent or employee of the person, was an intentionally allowed discharge or escape provided that the discharge or escape occurred at a time when the person or his agent or employee was at the site of the occurrence.
A. 
No person shall discharge or allow to be discharged to a POTW any inflow, which includes but is not limited to stormwater, foundation drain water, roof runoff, surface drainage and unpolluted industrial cooling waters.
B. 
No person shall connect or permit or allow a connection which would result in infiltration or inflow into a POTW.
C. 
No person shall, directly or indirectly, discharge or allow to be discharged to a POTW any solid, liquid or gaseous waste, unless through a connection approved by the Authority.
D. 
No person shall contribute to a POTW any of the following substances:
(1) 
Any pollutant or wastewater which by reason of its nature or quantity may create a fire or explosion hazard or be injurious to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW, including but not limited to waste streams with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140° F. or 60° C. using EPA test methods (see, 40 C.F.R. § 261.21). At no time shall two successive readings on an explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system or the point of monitoring of a discharge to the system, of more than 5% of the lower explosive limit. Prohibited materials include but are not limited to gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, ethers, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides and hydrides.
(2) 
Any solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer, pumping station, line or channel running to the POTW or otherwise interfere with the operation of the POTW. Such substances include but are not limited to: grease and solid waste with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension; petroleum oil; nonbiodegradable cutting oil; or products of mineral oil origin in amounts that will cause pass-through or interference.
(3) 
Any pollutant or wastewater which contains a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, to:
(a) 
Cause interference;
(b) 
Contaminate the sludge at a POTW;
(c) 
Pass through a POTW, inadequately treated, into any receiving waters or the atmosphere, or otherwise adversely effect the receiving stream of a POTW;
(d) 
Pose a health threat to any workers on the potw or constitute a hazard to humans or animals; or
(e) 
Be otherwise incompatible with a POTW.
(4) 
Any pollutant or wastewater which contains any radioactive isotopes.
(5) 
Any pollutants or wastewaters which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
(6) 
Any trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge points designated by the POTW.
(7) 
Any wastewater having a pH less than six point zero (6.0) units or greater than nine point zero (9.0) units or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, personnel or the bacterial action of a POTW. The Authority may promulgate regulations which require a more restrictive pH than those set forth herein, provided they are no stricter than necessary to maintain the integrity of the equipment and the operational processes of a POTW or the health and safety of POTW workers.
(8) 
Any substance which may create a public nuisance, cause hazard to life or prevent entry into the POTW for maintenance and repair.
(9) 
Any wastewater having a temperature greater than 130° F. (55° C.) or less than 32° F. (0° C.).
(10) 
Any wastewater or discharge with heat sufficient to raise the temperature of the wastewaters at the point of entry to the POTW treatment facility above 104° F. (40° C.).
(11) 
Any slug load or release rate of pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants, which may:
(a) 
Cause interference;
(b) 
Contaminate the sludge at a POTW;
(c) 
Pass through a POTW, inadequately treated, into any receiving waters or the atmosphere, or otherwise adversely effect the receiving stream of a POTW;
(d) 
Pose a health threat to any workers on the POTW or constitute a hazard to humans or animals; or
(e) 
Be otherwise incompatible with a POTW.
(12) 
Any wastewater having effluent characteristics in excess of the local limits established by the Authority in the Division of Water and Sewer rules and regulations. Said local limits shall be set forth in the regulations promulgated by the Authority and shall bear a relationship to:
(a) 
The plant design criteria of the POTW.
(b) 
The NPDES permit governing any discharges from the POTW.
(c) 
The objective of controlling pollutants which may pass through the POTW or cause interference.
(d) 
The objective of ensuring that residues, sludges and scums produced as by-products of the treatment process are suitable for reclamation and reuse and to keep all residues, sludges and scums in compliance with sludge use or disposal criteria promulgated under the Act as defined herein or any other federal, state or county law or regulations.
(e) 
The objective of meeting state water quality criteria for the POTW.
The local limits shall become effective upon approval by resolution by the County Council, at which time the local limits shall become the law.
A. 
No provision contained in this Article shall be deemed to prevent any special agreement or arrangement between the county and any person whereby wastewater of unusual strength or characteristic may be accepted by a POTW for treatment which:
(1) 
Will not violate or cause the county and/or the user to violate federal or state requirements or pretreatment standards;
(2) 
Will not cause interference or pass-through;
(3) 
Will not be harmful to a POTW.
B. 
Under no circumstances, however, shall federal or state requirements or pretreatment standards be waived, and if there is a change in pretreatment standards so that any agreement causes the parties to be in violation or in imminent threat of violation of the pretreatment standards, the agreement shall be null and void.
A. 
General pretreatment requirement. All industrial users shall comply with the Federal General Pretreatment Regulations in 40 C.F.R. Part 403 and the applicable National Categorical Pretreatment Standards set out in 40 C.F.R., Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471, and all applicable federal, state and county requirements, standards and local limits, and the same are incorporated into this Article as if fully set forth herein. An industrial user shall provide whatever wastewater treatment is necessary to comply with this Article, any permit issued by the county and any federal or state pretreatment standards and permit conditions, and all state pretreatment standards set forth in COMAR 26.08 are incorporated into this Article as if fully set forth herein. An industrial user shall achieve compliance with all federal categorical pretreatment standards within the time specified by the Act as defined herein.
B. 
Industrial user to bear pretreatment expenses. Any systems or facilities required to pretreat wastewater shall be provided, operated and maintained at the sole expense of the industrial user.
C. 
Plans, operating procedures and training programs. Detailed plans showing the pretreatment systems and facilities, their operating procedures and the training program to be provided to any person operating the systems or facilities shall be submitted to the Authority for review, and shall be approved by the Authority before construction of the system or facility. The review and approval of plans, operating procedures and training programs by the Authority shall not relieve the industrial user from its duty and obligation to comply with this Article and the conditions of any permit issued by the county. There shall be no presumption that obtainment of approval by the Authority satisfies any duty or obligation of an industrial user to meet any requirement placed upon it under this Article, excepting the requirements contained in this section. Any subsequent changes in a pretreatment system or facility of an industrial user or the method of operation thereof shall be reported to and approved by the Authority prior to the industrial user's initiation of the change.
D. 
New federal categorical pretreatment standards. Upon the promulgation of a federal categorical pretreatment standard for a particular industrial subcategory, if the new standard is more stringent than limitations imposed under this Article or any regulations promulgated pursuant to this Article, the new standards shall immediately and automatically supersede the limitations imposed by this Article, the regulations and/or any permit issued by the county, and the industrial user shall provide whatever pretreatment systems or facilities are necessary to meet the new standards within the time limits prescribed by the Act as defined herein.
All industrial users shall promptly notify the Authority in advance of any substantial change in the volume or character of pollutants in their discharge, including the listed or characteristic hazardous wastes for which the industrial user has submitted initial notification under 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(p) and § 256-68C of this Article. An industrial user shall take all necessary actions to ensure that it has obtained any new or modified permit required by this Article, provided any pretreatment required by the Act as defined herein, any other applicable federal or state law and this Article, and otherwise complied with all requirements of this Article before its changed discharge is released or discharged to a POTW. Any user who releases a changed discharge to a POTW without first obtaining approval from the Authority shall be deemed to have violated the requirements of this section.
No industrial user shall increase the use of process water or in any way dilute a discharge as a substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with this Article or any permit issued by the Authority.
A. 
Spill prevention/slug control plan.
(1) 
An industrial user shall provide protection from accidental discharge to the POTW of any wastes, materials or substances which may cause a violation of or are regulated by this Article or which may potentially interfere with a POTW by developing a spill prevention/slug control plan. The plan shall be submitted to the Authority for review and approval and shall include at a minimum the following:
(a) 
A description or discharge practices, including non-routine batch discharges;
(b) 
A description of all chemicals, hazardous wastes and other hazardous or toxic substances found or stored upon the user's property;
(c) 
The procedures to be followed for immediately notifying the POTW and the Authority of any accidental or slug discharge. Such notification must also be given for any discharge that would violate any of the prohibitions in § 256-59 of this Article; and
(d) 
The procedures that shall be followed by the user to prevent adverse impact from any accidental or slug discharge. Such procedures shall include, but not be limited to:
[1] 
Inspection and maintenance of storage areas;
[2] 
Handling and transfer of materials;
[3] 
Loading and unloading operations;
[4] 
Control of plant site runoff;
[5] 
Worker training;
[6] 
Building of containment structures or equipment;
[7] 
Measures for containing hazardous and toxic organic pollutants (including solvents); and
[8] 
Measures and equipment for emergency response.
(2) 
The Authority may require the industrial user to obtain facilities, equipment, systems, materials or supplies in addition to any facilities, equipment, systems, materials or supplies set forth in the plan which the Authority deems necessary to protect against accidental discharges. Any facilities, systems, materials, equipment or supplies that are set forth in the plan or required by the Authority shall be provided and maintained at the expense of the industrial user. Approval of any plans does not relieve the industrial user from complying with the plan and with all other laws and regulations governing the use, storage and transportation of the materials and substances.
B. 
Discharge prohibition absent approved plan. An industrial user that stores or maintains a toxic pollutant, other hazardous or toxic substances, or other hazardous wastes, shall not make any discharge into a POTW until and unless the Authority has approved of a spill prevention/slug control plan and the industrial user has obtained all facilities, equipment, systems, materials or supplies necessary to implement the plan and properly train its employees on how to implement the plan.
A. 
Requirements of notice. In the event of any discharge in violation of this Article or any permit conditions, the industrial user shall immediately notify the Authority of the discharge by telephone. In any event, telephonic notification shall be made within 24 hours after the discharge. The notification shall be made to the person designated in any permit or any rules and regulations promulgated by the Authority. The notification shall include the following information, in addition to any other information required by the Authority and any rules and regulations it promulgates:
(1) 
The date, time, location and duration of the discharge;
(2) 
An identification of each toxic pollutant, hazardous or toxic substance or other hazardous waste in the discharge, including an estimation of the mass, concentration and volume of each toxic pollutant, hazardous or toxic substance or other hazardous waste; and
(3) 
Any corrective actions taken by the industrial user.
B. 
Written notice. Within five days following the discharge, the industrial user shall submit a written report to the Authority describing the cause of the discharge, all actions taken in response to the discharge and all actions which will be taken by the industrial user to prevent similar future discharges.
C. 
Notification not defense. Any notification provided shall not relieve the industrial user of any expense, loss, damage or other liability resulting from the discharge, nor shall such notification relieve the user of any fines, civil penalties or other liability which may be imposed under this Article or other applicable state or federal law.
A. 
Training requirement.
(1) 
Each user shall provide any training required by the Authority or which the user represents it will provide pursuant to any spill prevention plan or pretreatment training program.
(2) 
Each user shall provide whatever training it agrees or represents to provide pursuant to any permit condition.
(3) 
Each user shall provide training to all employees who may cause, observe or be injured by a discharge of the emergency notification procedures required pursuant to Subsection B and § 256-63A.
B. 
Notice requirement. The industrial user shall permanently post a notice in a prominent place advising all employees to immediately call that person designated by the Authority, pursuant to any rules and regulations or permit conditions, in the event of a dangerous or violative discharge for which notification is required.
A. 
Production. A user shall retain and make available upon request of an authorized representative of the Authority, the POTW, the county, the state or EPA, all records required to be generated, collected, produced or maintained by the user pursuant to this Article, including but not limited to any permit application or documentation verifying or relative to information or representations made in any permit application, permit, NOV or order issued pursuant to this Article, all analyses of any wastewater discharges and all notification letters required pursuant to this Article.
B. 
Retention. The user shall retain such records for a period of at least five years after their generation or collection.
C. 
Litigation. In the event of any litigation concerning a violation of this Article, any permit condition or any discharge of a user, all the records shall be maintained and remain available for inspection and copying by EPA, the state, the county and the Authority until the final resolution of all matters related to the litigation. Litigation shall be considered to include any administrative or judicial proceedings as well as any appeals therefrom.
A. 
Self-monitoring reports. An industrial user shall submit any laboratory or sample analysis or report of any wastewater, waste stream, effluent or discharge which is prepared by, for or on behalf of the industrial user. The sample analysis or report shall be submitted within five days after the analysis or report first comes into the possession, custody or control of the industrial user if it evinces a violation of this Article, otherwise it shall be submitted with the next periodic report the user is required to submit. The analysis or report shall be submitted to the Authority along with a written report which sets forth the below information and any other information required by any rules or regulations promulgated by the Authority:
(1) 
An explanation of why the lab or sample analysis or report was generated;
(2) 
Specification of the sampling methods, techniques and protocols, and the laboratory analysis methods and techniques utilized and any other quality assurance or quality control measures followed;
(3) 
Specification of the date, time and exact place where each sample was drawn;
(4) 
The identification (i.e., names, titles, addresses and phone numbers) of all persons who drew, transported or analyzed each sample;
(5) 
Specification of the date, time and place when each type of analysis was performed; and
(6) 
The results of each analysis and where appropriate any applicable federal, state or local standard which serves as a regulatory parameter for any compound checked for during the analysis.
B. 
Notification and resampling requirements. If a sample analysis performed by or obtained by an industrial user indicates a violation, the user shall notify the Authority within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation. The user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis (i.e., all of the information required in (1) - (6) above) to the Authority within 30 days after becoming aware of the violation, except the industrial user is not required to resample if:
(1) 
The county performs sampling at the industrial user at a frequency of at least once per month; or
(2) 
The county performs sampling at the user between the time when the user performs its initial sampling and the time when the user receives the results of that sampling.
C. 
Hazardous waste discharge reports.
(1) 
Each industrial user shall notify the Authority, the EPA Region III Waste Management Division Director and the Director of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Administration of the Maryland Department of the Environment in writing of any discharge to a POTW of any pollutant or substance which, if otherwise disposed of, would be defined as a hazardous waste under 40 C.F.R. Part 261. Such notification must include the name of the hazardous waste as set forth in 40 C.F.R. Part 261, the EPA hazardous waste number and the type of discharge (continuous, batch or other). If the user discharges more than 10 kilograms of the hazardous wastes per calendar month to a POTW, the notification shall contain the following additional information:
(a) 
An identification of the hazardous constituents contained in the discharge.
(b) 
An estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents in the wastewater discharges during each calendar month.
(c) 
An estimation of the mass of the constituents in the waste stream expected to be discharged during the following 12 months.
(2) 
The notification required by this Subsection C does not apply to substances or constituents already reported pursuant to any self-monitoring or reporting requirements under §§ 256-68A, 256-68D and 256-68E. Any notification required under this paragraph need be submitted only once for each hazardous waste discharged. However, notifications of changed discharges must be submitted under § 256-62 of this Article.
(3) 
A user is exempt from the requirements of Paragraph (1) of this subsection during a calendar month in which it discharges no more than 15 kilograms of hazardous wastes, unless the wastes are acute hazardous wastes as specified in 40 C.F.R. §§ 261.30(d) and 261.33(a). The user who discharges more than 15 kilograms of non-acute hazardous wastes in any calendar month or of any quantity of acute hazardous wastes shall make a one-time notification as required pursuant to Paragraph (1) above.
(4) 
If new regulations are promulgated under § 3001 of RCRA identifying additional characteristics of hazardous waste or listing any new or additional hazardous waste, a user shall notify the Authority, the EPA Region III Waste Management Division Director and the Director of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Administration of the Maryland Department of the Environment of the discharge of such hazardous waste within 90 days of the effective date of the new regulations.
(5) 
With respect to any notification made under this Subsection C, the industrial user shall certify that it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of the hazardous wastes it generates to an economically practical degree.
D. 
Significant industrial users. Each significant industrial user shall submit to the Authority a baseline monitoring report, a ninety-day (90-day) report and a report once every 180 days that meets the federal pretreatment requirements set forth in the Act as defined herein (see, e.g., 40 C.F.R. § 403.12) and that indicates the nature and concentration of pollutants in its discharge(s). The Authority may require reporting, at the frequency established by it in the user's permit, which describes the nature, concentration and flow of any pollutant or substance required to be reported by this Article or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Authority. The report shall be based on sampling and analysis performed during the course of the sampling period covered by the report in accordance with the techniques described in 40 C.F.R. Part 136 and any amendments thereto, or if 40 C.F.R. Part 136 does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, in accordance with procedures approved by EPA, MDE or the Authority.
E. 
Users. Any industrial user or potential industrial user shall submit to the Authority all reports indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in each of its discharges and the nature, concentration and quantity of any toxic pollutants, hazardous substances and hazardous wastes maintained on its premises and used in each of its processes, and all other plans, reports, questionnaires, notices or analytical data desired to evaluate waste discharge characteristics and to ensure compliance with this Article. The reports may include baseline monitoring reports, compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, compliance schedule progress reports, violation reports, notice of slug loadings, upset or bypass and any other reporting requirement specified in 40 C.F.R. § 403.12. In addition, any report required by this section shall specify all daily flows which during the reporting period exceeded the average daily flow set forth in the permit.
F. 
Other reports. The submittals required pursuant to this section shall not relieve an industrial user from making any other monthly, quarterly, biannual or annual reports required by the Act as defined herein, any corresponding state law or regulation or any permit issued by the Authority.
G. 
Signature requirements. All reports submitted to the Authority shall be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial user. Each report shall contain the below certification which shall be attested to by the authorized representative:
I, ____________________, on this _______ day of _________, 20_____, certify, swear and affirm, under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.
(Signature of Authorized Representative)
A. 
Sampling and analysis protocols. All analysis, including sampling and laboratory techniques, submitted in support of any permit application, any reports required pursuant to § 256-68 or any evidence or submissions required by any permit or order shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed in 40 C.F.R. Part 136 and any amendments thereto or, if 40 C.F.R. Part 136 does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, in accordance with procedures approved by the EPA, MDE or the Authority.
B. 
Parameters. Any analysis required by any permit application or any report, evidence or submission required by any permit or order of the Authority shall test for any constituents or characteristics required by the Authority and any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this Article. In addition to any parameters for which a user must analyze in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Authority, a user shall analyze for all parameters required by the Act as defined herein and any requirements or procedures set forth in 40 C.F.R. Part 136.
C. 
User to provide place for sampling. Whenever required by the Authority, any industrial user or the owner of any property in the possession of an industrial user that is served by a POTW shall install a large manhole or sampling chamber in the sewer or connection servicing the industrial user or the property in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Authority. The manhole and sampling chamber shall be installed and maintained at all times at the user's or the property owner's expense. There shall be ample room in each sampling chamber to accurately draw samples and composite samples for analysis. The chamber shall be safely, easily and independently (of other structures and buildings of the user or property owner) accessible to any authorized representative of the Authority at all times. Where the Authority determines that construction of a sampling chamber is not economically or otherwise feasible, an industrial user or property owner at its sole expense shall make alternative arrangements for sampling that are satisfactory to and approved by the Authority.
D. 
User monitoring devices. The Authority may require an industrial user to obtain, install, maintain and use such devices as are necessary for compliance monitoring purposes or for obtaining any information required to be disclosed in any permit application, report, submission or notification required by the Article.
A representative of the county, the state or EPA, at any time and without prior notice, upon showing proper identification, shall have the right to enter and inspect the premises of any person who may be subject to the requirements of this Article. Any industrial user shall allow authorized representatives of the POTW, the county, the state and EPA access to all premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, monitoring, examination or copying of records and investigation and performance of their duties. Authorized representatives of the POTW, the county, the state and EPA shall have the right to place on the user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and monitoring. Where a user has security or safety measures in force which would require clearance, training or the wearing of special protective gear, the user shall make necessary arrangements, at its expense, to enable authorized representatives of the POTW, the county, the state and EPA to enter and inspect the premises as guaranteed by this paragraph.