(a) The department may inspect at any reasonable time and in a reasonable manner any equipment, apparatus, or fuel that affects or may affect the emission of an air contaminant including but not limited to the premises where the equipment, apparatus, or fuel is used, or where the fuel is stored, purchased, sold, or offered for sale for use in the city of New York.
(b) The department may inspect at any reasonable time and in a reasonable manner any record relating to a use of equipment or apparatus that affects or may affect the emission of an air contaminant, or relating to the use of fuel, or the distribution, storage or transportation of fuel for use in the city of New York.
(c) The department may, at any reasonable time and in a reasonable manner, obtain a sample of an air contaminant or any other substance used in a process that affects or may affect the emission of an air contaminant.
(d) If an authorized employee of the department obtains a sample of an air contaminant or any other substance used in a process that affects or may affect the emission of an air contaminant during the course of an inspection, he or she shall give to the owner of the equipment or fuel, prior to leaving the premises, a receipt for the sample obtained.
(e) No person shall refuse entry or access into a place of business or into the public areas of a multiple dwelling to an authorized employee of the department who presents appropriate credentials nor shall any person refuse entry or access into any other portion of a premises to an authorized employee of the department who presents appropriate credentials and a search warrant.
(f) The owner of every building, other than a one- or two-family dwelling, shall make the area where the heating system is located readily accessible to members of the department pursuant to the requirements of section 27-2033 of the code.
(Am. L.L. 2015/038, 5/6/2015, eff. 5/6/2016)