The Sewer Inspector and other duly authorized
employees or representatives of the municipality and of any contracting
municipality, 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 the law, all the foregoing not to be carried out
beyond a point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge
to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment. The
foregoing shall also apply for the purposes of but not limited to
inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance
of any portion of the sewage works lying within any duly negotiated
easement between the municipality and any private property owner.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and United
States Environmental Protection Agency officials shall have the same
powers and authority of inspection enjoyed by the Sewer Inspector
or other duly authorized employees or representatives of the municipality
as pertain to commercial or industrial discharges to the system.