The Workforce Manager shall have the right to enter the premises of any user to determine whether the user is complying with all requirements of this chapter, and any wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder. Users shall allow the Workforce Manager ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, surveillance, sampling, records examination and copying, and the performance of any additional duties.
(A) Where a user has security measures in force that require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, the Workforce Manager will be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing specific responsibilities.
(B) The Workforce Manager shall have the right to set up on the user's property, or require installation of, such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the user's operations.
(C)
The Workforce Manager may require the user to install monitoring equipment as necessary. The facility’s sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the user at its own expense. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be calibrated yearly to ensure their accuracy.
(D) Any temporary or permanent obstruction to the safe and easy access of the facility to be inspected and/or sampled must be promptly removed by the user at the written or verbal request of the Workforce Manager and shall not be replaced. The costs of cleaning such access shall be borne by the user.
(E) Unreasonable delays in allowing the Workforce Manager access to the user’s premises is a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 500, passed 6-9-01; Am. Ord. 681, passed 8-22-16; Am. Ord. 716, passed 5-13-19)
Penalty, see § 51.99