§ 5-6.603. Inspection and Sampling Conditions.

(a)

The City may inspect and sample the wastewater generating and disposal facilities of any user to ascertain whether the intent of this chapter is being satisfied and the user is complying with all requirements.

(b)

The City shall have the right to set up on the user's property or any other locations as determined by the City, such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling or metering operations. Where a user has security measures in force, the user shall make necessary arrangements so that personnel from the City will be permitted to enter without delay for the purpose of performing their specific responsibilities.

(c)

In order for the City to determine the wastewater characteristics of the discharger for purposes of determining compliance with permit requirements, the user is required to make available for inspection and copying by the City all notices, self-monitoring reports, waste manifests, and records including, but not limited to, those required in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, without restriction but subject to the confidentiality provision set forth in Section 5-6.109 herein. All records are to be kept a minimum of three (3) years.

(d)

All samples shall be taken, preserved, and analyzed in accordance with the procedures presented in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 136 (Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants) or the most recent accepted edition of Standard Methods for the Analysis of Wastewater. Unless approved otherwise by the City, all analyses shall be performed by a laboratory(ies) certified by the State to perform analysis for the specific pollutant in wastewater.

(Added by Ord. 3137-C.S., § 1, effective 6-17-99)