(A) The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the village 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.
(B) This authority shall also allow the Superintendent or his or her representatives to inspect and copy all industrial wastewater discharge records which the industry is required to keep to be in conformance with federal, state or local regulations.
(C) The Superintendent or his or her representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
(D) If the results of the aforementioned monitoring efforts indicate that a person has committed a violation, the village shall reserve the right to hire an independent laboratory, certified and/or approved by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and/or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to secure and analyze samples of wastewater.
(E) The samples shall be secured and analyzed for the purpose of confirming or negating the violation. If the results of the analyses substantiate a violation, the costs shall be borne by the violator; if, however, the results indicate that a violation has not occurred, the costs shall be borne by the village.
(Prior Code, § 3-8-1)