(A) The City Engineer shall have the right to inspect the facilities of any user to ascertain whether the purpose of this subchapter is being met and all requirements are being complied with. Persons or occupants of premises where wastewater is created or discharged shall allow the City Engineer ready access at all reasonable times to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling or records examination, or in the performance of any of their duties. The City Engineer, MPCA and EPA shall have the right to set up on the user’s property those devices as are necessary to conduct sampling, inspection, compliance monitoring or metering operations. Where a user has security measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance before entry into the premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with any security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, the City Engineer, MPCA and EPA will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities.
(B) Representative samples of a user’s industrial wastewater shall be collected on normal operating days and in accordance with guidelines as established from time to time. Industrial users subject to general pretreatment regulations shall sample in accordance with the general pretreatment regulations. Self-monitoring facilities for industrial users who are not subject to the general pretreatment regulations shall be at a location before wastewater is mixed with other discharges or at a point where waste can be adequately monitored.
(C) Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants for permit applications and routine self-monitoring shall conform to the guidelines established in 40 C.F.R. part 136 and 40 C.F.R. part 403, “General Pretreatment Regulations”.
(2004 Code, § 53.078) (Ord. 727, passed 12-12-1985)