The Engineer and other duly authorized employees
of the City or United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
and NYSDEC 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 this chapter. All information in the possession
of the owner bearing on an industrial or other process which in the
judgment of the Engineer affects the sewage works or system, shall
be made available to the Engineer or his or her authorized representative.
While performing the necessary work in private properties referred to in §
185-28 herein, the Engineer or duly authorized employees of the City 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 the City employees and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by City 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 Article
V, §
185-25.
The Engineer and other duly authorized employees
of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be
permitted to enter all private properties through which the City 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.