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The Superintendent, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or the United States Environmental Protection Agency may enter upon private lands for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing as well as for the inspection, review and copying of industrial user discharge monitoring records in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The Superintendent shall have no authority to inquire into any processes used in any industrial operation not having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or the on-site facilities for waste treatment.