(a) 
Representatives of the city, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the state commission on environmental quality, and the department of state health services, or any successor agency bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter any properties at any reasonable time for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, examination and copying of records, and testing of the sewage system or any wastewater discharged into the sewage system.
(b) 
The environmental officer shall carry out all inspection and monitoring procedures necessary to determine compliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements.
(c) 
Anyone acting under this authority shall observe the establishment’s rules and regulations concerning safety, internal security and fire protection.
(1993 Code, sec. 52.075; 2006 Code, sec. 82-321; Ordinance 336, sec. 23, adopted 6/1/92)
(a) 
The wastewater discharged or deposited into the sewage system shall be subject to periodic inspection and sampling as often as may be deemed necessary by the environmental officer. Sampling shall be conducted according to customarily accepted methods, reflecting the effect of constituents upon the sewage system and determining the existence of hazards to health, life, limb, and property.
(b) 
The examination and analysis of the characteristics of waters and wastes:
(1) 
Such examination and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the administrator pursuant to section 304(b) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR 136 and amendments thereto or with any other test procedures approved by the administrator. Sampling shall be performed in accordance with the techniques approved by the administrator. Where 40 CFR 136 does not include sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutants in question, or where the administrator determines that the 40 CFR 136 sampling and analytical techniques are inappropriate for the pollutant in question, sampling and analyses shall be performed using validated analytical methods or any other sampling and analytical procedures, including procedures suggested by the POTW or other parties approved by the administrator.
(2) 
Such examination and analysis shall be determined from suitable samples taken at the control manhole provided or other control points authorized by the city provided at the expense of the industry.
(3) 
The city may select an independent firm or laboratory to perform sampling and laboratory analyses.
(4) 
The determination of the character and concentration of industrial wastewater shall be made by the environmental officer at such times and on such schedules as he may establish.
(5) 
The city may require any person determined to be discharging wastewater in violation of this article to compensate the city for the costs of sampling, analyses of the discharges and additional administrative fees until the discharged wastewater is in compliance with this article.
(1993 Code, sec. 52.076; 2006 Code, sec. 82-322; Ordinance 336, sec. 20, adopted 6/1/92)
(a) 
When necessary to monitor wastewater discharged into the sewage system, the environmental officer may require an industrial user to install a suitable control manhole in order to adequately sample and measure such wastewater. Installation of meters, equipment and accessories as deemed necessary by the environmental officer may also be required.
(b) 
Required control manholes shall be located to provide ample room in or near the facility to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples for analyses. The manhole and any required installed equipment shall be maintained by the user at all times in safe and proper operating condition.
(c) 
Before beginning construction of a control manhole, the user shall submit plans to the environmental officer for review an approval to ensure compliance with this section. Plans must include any meters or other equipment required to be installed.
(1993 Code, sec. 52.077; 2006 Code, sec. 82-323; Ordinance 336, sec. 24, adopted 6/1/92)
(a) 
Each significant industrial user for which the control authority has reporting requirements under its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit shall compensate the city for the cost of sampling, laboratory analyses and administration required to monitor wastewater discharges. The environmental officer shall determine the number of samples and frequency of sampling necessary to maintain surveillance of discharges.
(b) 
Each contributing industry or commercial firm for which the city is required to take samples and run laboratory analyses to monitor wastewater discharges shall compensate the city for the cost of sampling and laboratory analyses.
(c) 
All fees required under this article shall be invoiced to the contributing industry or commercial firm by the city and shall be payable as indicated on the invoice.
(1993 Code, sec. 52.078; 2006 Code, sec. 82-324; Ordinance 336, sec. 21, adopted 6/1/92)