Paso Robles Municipal Code Art. VIII Compliance Monitoring

The director, through a program of inspection and sampling, shall ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the IU's wastewater discharge permit, and all applicable federal and state laws and regulations. The city may inspect the facilities of any person to ascertain whether the purpose of this chapter is being met and all prohibitions, limitations, and requirements are being complied with. Upon presentation of proper identification, persons or occupants of premises where waste or wastewater is created or discharged shall allow the city ready access, at all reasonable times, to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination, evidence gathering, or in the performance of any of its other duties. In addition, the city may enter an IU's property at any hour under emergency circumstances involving the city's wastewater system.

1. During inspection and compliance monitoring activities, the city shall observe all reasonable security, safety, and sanitation measures. In addition, the city shall observe reasonable precautionary measures specified by the IU. Where an IU has security measures in force, which would require proper identification and clearance before entry onto the IU's premises, the IU shall make necessary arrangements with its security personnel so that upon presentation of suitable identification, city personnel will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities.

2. The city may sample the wastewater from any IU or require the IU to sample the wastewater at the IU's own expense to ascertain whether the intent of this chapter is being met and that the IU is complying with all requirements.

3. The city shall have the right to set up on the IU's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling, inspection, compliance monitoring, and/or metering operations.

4. The director may require the IU to furnish and install, at the IU's own expense, a control manhole in the building sewer or monitoring equipment as necessary and of a design and location approved by the city to facilitate inspection, sampling, and flow measurements. The facility's sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the IU at its own expense. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be calibrated at the frequency described in the industrial wastewater discharge permit to ensure their accuracy. The IU shall provide the city with unrestricted access to the sampling station at all times.

5. If the city requires or the IU chooses to install monitoring equipment, the equipment shall be calibrated as recommended by the manufacturer and approved by the city. This must be done by qualified personnel. A photocopy of the calibration results and/or certificate shall be sent to the city.

6. Where pretreatment or monitoring facilities are required before wastewater may be discharged to the sewerage system, detailed plans showing the pretreatment facility and operating procedures shall be submitted to the city for review and shall be approved by the city before the facility is constructed. All such plans and construction shall be done at the IU's expense. The review and approval of such plans and operating procedures will in no way relieve the IU from the responsibility of modifying the facility as necessary to produce an effluent acceptable to the city under the provisions of this chapter, and the IU shall remain responsible for compliance with all applicable ordinances, codes, regulations, and orders of any governmental authority. Any subsequent proposed changes in the pretreatment facilities or methods of operation shall be reported to, and be approved by, the city prior to the IU's implementation of the changes.

7. Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility that is to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the IU at the written or verbal request of the director and shall not be replaced. The IU shall bear the costs of clearing such access.

8. Unreasonable delays in allowing the director access to the IU's premises shall be a violation of this section.

(Ord. No. 1105 N.S., § 2 (Exh. A), 12-1-2020)