Routine or area inspections shall be based upon such reasonable selection process as may be deemed necessary to carry out the objects of this chapter, including but not limited to random sampling and/or sampling in areas with evidence of stormwater contamination, evidence of the discharge of non-stormwater to the stormwater system, or similar factors. Such inspections may also be done in conjunction with routine or scheduled inspections conducted by other public agencies or special district, including but not limited to the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, County Environmental Health Department, the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District, or the Regional Water Quality Control Board.
A. Authority to Sample and Establish Sampling Devices. With the consent of the owner or occupant or pursuant to a search or inspection warrant, any Authorized Enforcement Officer may establish on any property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling or metering operations. During all inspections as provided herein, the Authorized Enforcement Officer may take any samples deemed necessary to aid in the pursuit of the inquiry or in the recordation of the activities onsite.
B. Notification of Spills. All persons in charge of a facility or responsible for emergency response for a facility have a responsibility to train facility personnel and maintain notification procedures to assure immediate notification is provided to the City of any suspected, confirmed or unconfirmed release of material, pollutants or waste creating a risk of non-stormwater discharge into the City stormwater system.
As soon as any person in charge of a facility or responsible for emergency response for a facility or has knowledge of any suspected, confirmed or unconfirmed release of non-stormwater discharge entering the city stormwater system, such person shall take all necessary steps to ensure the discovery and containment and cleanup such release and shall notify the city of the occurrences by telephoning the city engineer. This notification requirement is in addition to and not in lieu of other required notifications.
C. Requirement to Test or Monitor. Any Authorized Enforcement Officer may require that any person engaged in any activity or owning or operating any facility which may cause or contribute to non-stormwater discharges, undertake such monitoring activities and/or analysis and furnish such reports as the officer may specify. The burden, including costs, of these activities, analysis and reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the monitoring, analysis and reports and the benefits to be obtained. The recipient of such request shall undertake and provide the monitoring, analysis and reports required. (Ord. 2004-16 § 1(part), 2004).