(a)
Authorized representatives of the control authority bearing proper credentials and identification shall have the right to enter the facility of any industrial user at reasonable times to conduct inspections and gather samples to determine whether an industrial user is complying with the requirements of this chapter and any industrial wastewater discharge permit or other control mechanism issued thereunder. Reasonable times shall include normal business hours, hours during which production, treatment, or discharge occurs, or times when the control authority has reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred or is occurring requiring immediate inspection.
(b)
Access shall include all parts of the facility for the purpose of inspection, and may include, but not be limited to, surveillance, sampling discharges or materials likely to be discharged, examination and copying of records related to compliance with this chapter, evaluating pretreatment facilities, and the performance of additional duties relating to the compliance inspection.
(c)
Where an industrial user has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into the facility, the industrial user shall make necessary arrangements with its security personnel so that control authority representatives bearing proper credentials and identification will be permitted to enter without delay for the purpose of conducting compliance inspection duties.
(d)
The control authority may require installation of devices necessary to sample and monitor industrial wastewater discharges as required by this chapter. The control authority may, with the industrial user's consent, temporarily install devices to sample and monitor discharges on an industrial user's premises when existing sampling and monitoring devices are inadequate to determine whether an industrial user's discharge is complying with the requirements of this chapter.
(e)
The control authority shall have access to and use of all monitoring facilities within an industrial user's facility to evaluate the industrial user's compliance with this chapter.
(f)
Industrial users shall maintain unobstructed, safe, and convenient access to the areas of the facility to be inspected or sampled. Upon request by the control authority, an industrial user shall remove, at its own expense, any obstructions that prevent the control authority from undertaking its inspection or sampling activity.
(g)
Any unreasonable interference with the control authority's access under this section shall be a violation of this chapter, and may result in revocation of an industrial wastewater discharge permit, suspension or termination of authorization to discharge nondomestic wastewater to the municipal wastewater system, or other enforcement authorized by this chapter.
(Ord. 1685 § 3 (Exh. A), 2022)