Sec. 24-47(1). Inspection of every facility that is involved directly or indirectly with the discharge of wastewater to the utility's sewage system may be made by departmental inspectors as deemed necessary by the director. These facilities shall include but not be limited to: sewers; sewage pumping plants; pollution control plants; all industrial processes; industrial wastewater generation, conveyance and pretreatment facilities, devices and connection sewers; and all similar sewerage facilities. Inspections may be made to determine that such facilities are maintained and operated properly and are adequate to meet the provisions of this article.
Sec. 24-47(2). Adequate identification shall be provided by the director for all inspectors and other authorized personnel, and these persons shall identify themselves when entering any property for inspection purposes, or when inspecting the work of any contractor.
Sec. 24-47(3). Access to all of the above facilities or to other facilities directly or indirectly connected to the public sewerage systems shall be given to authorized personnel of the department of water and sewers at all reasonable times, including those occasioned by emergency conditions. Any permanent or temporary obstruction to easy access to the sewerage facility to be inspected shall promptly be removed by the facility user or owner at the request of the director, and shall not be replaced.
Sec. 24-47(4). No person shall interfere with; delay, resist or refuse entrance to an authorized inspector attempting to inspect any wastewater generation, conveyance or treatment facility connected directly or indirectly to the public sewerage system.
Sec. 24-47(5). Any trade secrets obtained through the permit process or in the course of implementation or enforcement of this article shall not be made public except to that extent necessary to enforce this article.
(Ord. No. 4672, § 5, 6-20-77)