(A) Inspection and evaluation of hazardous waste facilities, including transfer, short-term storage, transportation, storage, disposal, resource recovery, treatment or other handling or processing sites or facilities, or generators may be made by the Department to insure compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The facility owner and/or operator or generator shall be provided with written notice of any deficiencies, recommendations for their correction, and the date by which the corrections shall be accomplished.
(B) The facility owner and/or operator or generator shall allow the county’s authorized agents access for the purposes of making inspections as may be necessary to determine compliance with the requirements of this chapter. At the Department’s election, the owner and/or operator shall provide free of charge or shall allow the Department or its agents to collect samples of waste, soils, surface waters, ground waters, air, raw materials, sewage discharges or other materials or residues present at or emanating from the site for testing. The owner and/or operator shall allow free access at all reasonable times to inspect and copy, at a reasonable cost, all business records related to an owner’s and/or operator’s generation, collection, processing and transportation of waste. All records required to be kept under this chapter shall be kept at the licensed site and shall be easily available for review during the inspection.
(C) The owner and/or operator shall allow the Department to record and document its findings in any reasonable and appropriate manner including, but not limited to notes, photographs, photocopies, readouts from analytical instruments, videotapes, audio recordings and computer storage systems or other electronic media. When requested by the Department, photocopies of records shall be provided at a reasonable cost.
(Ord. 28F, passed 10-31-00; Am. Ord. 60-2007, passed 8-14-07)