San Luis Obispo Municipal Code Art. IV Compliance Monitoring

When required by the director, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and flow measurement of the discharge. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the director. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times. (Ord. 1598 § 1, 2014)

A. All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of water and wastes shall be determined by the testing procedures specified in 40 CFR Part 136. When required by the director, the industrial user shall provide safe and secure access to the proper sampling point for the determination of compliance with federal categorical standards and/or local discharge limits. This may require the installation of a control manhole as described in Section 13.08.120. All testing shall be performed by an accredited laboratory and conducted at the expense of the discharger.

B. When requested by the director, a user must submit information on the nature and characteristics of its wastewater within thirty days of the request. The director is authorized to prepare a form for this purpose and may periodically require users to update this information. (Ord. 1734 § 8, 2024; Ord. 1598 § 1, 2014)

A. Inspection of Premises. The director or other duly authorized employees or representatives of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be readily permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, record examination and copying, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter at all reasonable times. If the director, health officer, or other duly authorized employee or representative of the city or the health department has reasonable cause to believe that wastewater discharge conditions on or emanating from a facility are so hazardous, unsafe or dangerous as to require immediate inspection to safeguard public health or safety or the integrity of the POTW, they shall have the right to immediately enter and inspect the property and may use any reasonable means required to effect such entry and make such inspection.

B. The director shall have the right to set up on the user’s property, or require installation of, such devices as necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the user’s operations. The director may require the 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 user at its own expense. Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be removed by the user at the written or verbal request of the director and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the user. Unreasonable delays in allowing access to the user’s premises shall be a violation of this chapter.

C. Cost of Inspection. Each discharger shall pay a reasonable inspection fee sufficient to cover the costs of the inspection and regulation of discharge. Such costs may be incorporated in the industrial user wastewater discharge permit fee.

D. Rights of City Entry. The director or other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the city holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the POTW. (Ord. 1734 § 8, 2024; Ord. 1598 § 1, 2014)