(A) (1) The Superintendent or his or her authorized representative, or agent, shall have a right to enter any user's premises to carry out the objectives of this chapter, including, but not limited to inspection, measuring and sampling, and records examination and copying. Any user may be subject to periodic and random inspections by the City for the purpose of determining compliance with permit limitations, solvent management plans or spill prevention plans, identifying dilution streams or to categorize regulated processes. These inspections may consist of monitoring waste streams, inspection of the premises, inspection and/or copying of production records, pretreatment operating records and other records or data deemed necessary by the inspector for the purposes stated above.
(2) The Superintendent 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.
(3) The Superintendent 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 at least once per year to ensure their accuracy.
(B) All wastewater samples must be representative of the user's discharge. Control manholes and or flow measurement installations shall be properly operated, kept clean, and maintained in good working order at all times. The failure of a user to keep such facilities in good working order shall not be grounds for the user to claim that sample and or flow results are unrepresentative if its discharge. The installation, operation and maintenance of the sampling facilities shall be the responsibility of the user discharging the wastes and shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent. Access to the sampling facilities shall be granted, at all times, to the Superintendent.
(C) (1) Where any user's operations have security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry onto user's property is granted, such user shall make the necessary arrangements with their security personnel that upon showing of proper identification personnel from the City shall be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purpose of observing or monitoring of wastes being discharged at a given point or points or that user shall install suitable control manholes outside of the security area or areas, which at all times will be immediately available to City personnel.
(2) Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the user at the written or verbal request of the Superintendent and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the user.
(3) Unreasonable delays in allowing the Superintendent access to the user's premises shall be a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. G-5-18, passed 3-13-18) Penalty, see § 51.999