Right of entry: inspection and sampling.
A. The Director, upon presentation of credentials, shall have the right of entry to, upon, or through the facilities of any user to determine whether the user is complying with all requirements of this chapter and any individual wastewater discharge permits, other permit, or order. Users shall allow the Director ready access to all parts of the facilities for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying, and the performance of any additional duties.
B. Where a user has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its facilities, the user shall make necessary arrangements with its staff so that, upon presentation of credentials, the Director shall be permitted to enter for the purposes for exercising all inspection and review authorities under this chapter.
C. The Director shall have the right to set up on the user's property, and/or require the user to permit installation of the city equipment at the user's expense, of such devices as determined necessary by the Director to conduct sampling and/or metering of the user's operations.
D. The Director may require the user to install monitoring equipment on the user's property as determined necessary by the Director, at the user's expense. The facility's sampling and monitoring equipment shall always be maintained in a safe and proper operating condition as specified by the manufacturer. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be calibrated per manufacturer specifications to ensure their accuracy. Proof of the current calibrations shall be maintained by the user and provided to the city when requested.
E. User shall maintain their facilities to ensure the city staff have safe and easy access and ample room in or near the monitoring facility to perform independent monitoring activities and allow for accurate sampling and preparation of samples and inspection. 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 Director and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the user.
F. Unreasonable delays in allowing the Director access to the user's premises shall be a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 24-1330, § 1, passed 4-23-2024)