§ 18-241. Inspection and sampling.

The City of Ennis, Texas personnel shall have the right to enter the facilities of any industrial user to ascertain whether the purpose of this article, and any permit or order issued hereunder, is being met and whether the industrial user is complying with all requirements thereof. Industrial users shall allow the director of utilities or his representative ready access to all parts of the premises for the purpose of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying, and the performance of any additional duties.

(1)

Where an industrial user has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the industrial user shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel from the City of Ennis, Texas, state, and EPA will be permitted to enter without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities.

(2)

The City of Ennis, Texas, state, and EPA shall have the right to set up on the industrial user's property, or require installation of, devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the user's operations.

(3)

The City of Ennis, Texas may require the industrial user to install monitoring equipment as necessary. The facility's sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the industrial user at its own expense. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be calibrated periodically to ensure their accuracy.

(4)

Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the industrial facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the industrial user at the written or verbal request of the director of utilities and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be born by the industrial use.

(5)

Unreasonable delays in allowing the City of Ennis, Texas personnel access to the industrial user's premises shall be a violation of this article.

(6)

A minimum of two (2) City of Ennis, Texas employees or designated representatives shall inspect, and collect representative samples, of any user to ascertain whether the purpose of this article is being met and all requirements are being complied with. The minimum inspection frequency of all users issued a wastewater discharge permit is one (1) each calendar year. The minimum frequency of sample collection of all users issued a wastewater discharge permit is two (2), (one (1) each six (6) months), each calendar year. Inspections and samplings may or may not be in conjunction with each other.

(Ord. No. 10-03-01, 3-15-2010)