(A) Any industrial waste discharged into the public sewers shall be subject to periodic inspection and determination of volume, character and concentration. The examination shall be made as often as the Superintendent deems it necessary and may include the use of suitable continuous monitoring instruments in appropriate cases. Samples shall be collected either manually or by approved mechanical devices.
(B) The installation, operation and maintenance of the flow measuring and sampling facilities shall be the responsibility of the person discharging the wastes and shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
(C) The Superintendent, Inspector and other duly authorized employees of the town, state water pollution control employees and EPA employees 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. The Superintendent or his or her representatives, the state water pollution control employees and EPA employees shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond the point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
(D) It shall be the duty of such industrial user to provide all necessary clearance before entry by the Superintendent and not to unreasonably delay or hinder the Superintendent in his or her inspection and testing of any industrial or commercial establishment that discharges industrial (process) wastewater to the publicly-owned treatment works.
(E) The Superintendent, Sewer Inspector and other duly authorized employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the town holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurements, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. 17-1989, passed 12-5-1989)