The director or the duly authorized representatives shall have the right to enter the premises of any user to determine whether the user is complying with all requirements of this division and any wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder. All users shall allow the director or the duly authorized representatives ready access to all parts of the premises for the purpose of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying, and/or in the performance of any of its duties.
A. Identification shall be provided by the director for all inspectors or other authorized personnel and these personnel shall identify themselves when entering any property for inspection purposes or when inspecting the work of any contractor.
B. The POTW or other authorized regulatory agencies shall have the right to set upon the user's property or any other representative location such devices as are deemed necessary to conduct sampling inspection, compliance monitoring and/or metering of the user's operations.
C. Where a user has security measures in force prior arrangements will be made with their security guards so that upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel from the POTW, city, county, state and EPA will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities.
D. Unreasonable delays in allowing the director access to the user's premises shall be a violation of this division. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)