(A) Right of entry. The superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing pertinent to discharge to the community system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) Authority to obtain information; exception. The town or other duly authorized employees are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. The industry may withhold information considered confidential. The industry must establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to competitors.
(C) Observation of safety rules; town indemnify company against loss or damage.
(1) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in division (A) above, the superintendent or duly authorized employees of the town shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company.
(2) The town shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by town employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in § 9-2-5(H).
(D) Use of easements. The superintendent 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, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the wastewater facilities lying within the easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Prior Code, § 9-2-6)