The City Administrator shall inspect the facilities of any user to ascertain whether the purpose of §§ 53.01 through 53.06 and 53.20 through 53.26 of this chapter 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 Administrator ready access at all reasonable times to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination or in the performance of any of their duties. The
City Administrator, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and EPA shall have the right to set up on the user’s property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling, inspection, compliance monitoring and/or metering operations. Where a user has security measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance before entry into his, her, their or its premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with any security guards so that upon presentation of suitable identification, duly authorized city employees, the state’s Pollution Control Agency employees and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, record, examination, observation and performance of their specific responsibilities.
(Prior Code, § 3.21)