The Superintendent and other duly authorized Department employees or agents of the Town, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of these rules and regulations. Under these rules and regulations, the Superintendent or his or her representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, papers, or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers, waterways, or facilities for wastewater or septage treatment.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized Department employees or agents of the Town, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to make tests of the sewer system, including smoke tests and dye tests, and shall be permitted to perform reasonable visual inspections inside buildings in order to test for unauthorized or excessive discharges into the sewer system.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in this article, the Superintendent or duly authorized Department employees or agents 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 Town employees and the Town shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property 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 negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in these rules and regulations and other state and federal regulations.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized Department employees or agents 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.