(A) The Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator and the control authority’s sampling technicians shall have the right to enter the premises of any user to determine whether the user is complying with all requirements of this chapter and any wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder, at any time or frequency deemed necessary by the Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator. (For purposes of §§ 53.120 through 53.122, the term INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT COORDINATOR shall mean and include the control authority’s Pretreatment Coordinator, its sampling technicians and any other personnel and/or consultants designated by the Pretreatment Coordinator.)
(B) Users shall allow the Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying, and the performance of any additional duties required under this chapter. A user shall not obstruct, block or otherwise interfere with access to the sampling point(s).
(1) Where a user has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, the Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator shall be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing specific responsibilities.
(2) The Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator shall have the right to set up on the user’s property, or require installation of such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the user’s operations.
(3) The Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator may require the user to install monitoring equipment as necessary. This sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the user at its own expense. These devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be calibrated at least semi-annually to ensure their accuracy.
(4) Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the user at the written request of the Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator and shall not be replaced without approval of the Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the user.
(5) Unreasonable delay in allowing the Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator access to the user’s premises shall be a violation of this chapter.
(Res. 1998-10-18-A, passed 10-19-1998; Ord. 180, passed 12-21-1998; Ord. 233-2008, passed 3-3-2008) Penalty, see § 53.999