Shasta County Municipal Code Div. IV Inspection and Monitoring

A. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any provision of this chapter, or whenever the Resource management or public works director has cause to believe that there exists, or potentially exists, in or upon any premises any condition which constitutes a violation of this chapter, the resource management or public works director may enter such premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same and to inspect records related to storm water management compliance. In the event the owner or occupant refuses entry after a request to enter and inspect has been made, the county is hereby empowered to seek assistance from any court of competent jurisdiction in obtaining such entry.

B. Routine or area inspections shall be based upon such reasonable selection processes as may be deemed necessary to carry out the objectives of this chapter including, but not limited to, compliance with requirements of the MS4 permit, visual evidence, complaints received, knowledge or physical evidence of industrial activities or other pollutant sources, random sampling, sampling in areas with evidence of storm water contamination, illicit connections, and discharge of non-storm water to the county storm water conveyance system or similar factors.

C. The resource management or public works director may conduct inspections pursuant to this chapter on private or public property. The resource management of public works director may enter upon private property to investigate the source of any discharge to any public street, inlet, gutter, the county storm water conveyance system, or receiving waters.

D. For purposes of verifying compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the resource management or public works director may inspect any vehicle, truck, trailer, tank truck or other mobile equipment, or any stationary equipment, which may reasonably be believed to be sources of pollutants or non-storm water discharges.

(Ord. No. 2016-03, § I, 4-26-2016)

A. During any inspection as provided herein, the resource management or public works director may take any samples and perform any testing deemed necessary to aid in the pursuit of the inquiry or to record site activities.

B. The resource management or public works director may erect and maintain monitoring and sampling devices for the purpose of measuring any discharge or potential source of discharge to the county storm water conveyance system or receiving waters.

C. The resource management or public works director may investigate the integrity and layout of all storm drain and sanitary sewer system or other pipelines on the premises using appropriate tests, including, but not limited to, smoke or dye tests or video surveys.

D. The resource management or public works director may conduct any necessary surveys, take photographs or video tape, make measurements or drawings, and create any other record reasonably necessary to document conditions on the premises.

(Ord. No. 2016-03, § I, 4-26-2016)

The resource management or public works director may require by written notice that any person engaged in any activity and/or owning or operating any facility which may cause or contribute to storm water pollution, illicit discharges, and/or non-storm water discharges to the county storm water conveyance system or receiving waters, to undertake at said person's expense such monitoring and analyses and furnish such reports to the county as deemed necessary to determine compliance with this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2016-03, § I, 4-26-2016)

A. Information and data on a discharger or potential discharger obtained from inspections reports, questionnaires, applications, permits, monitoring programs, records, or any other form of submittal to the county shall be available to the public or other governmental agency without notification unless the discharger or potential discharger specifically requests confidentiality as to any portion thereof and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the resource management or public works director that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets of the discharger or potential discharger.

B. Storm water and non-storm water constituents and characteristics will not be recognized as confidential information, and effluent data shall be available to the public without restriction.

(Ord. No. 2299, 10-11-17)

The resource management or public works director shall collect such fees as may be established by the board of supervisors to provide for the recovery of costs associated with implementing this chapter. Any such fees shall be established by resolution of the board of supervisors. Failure to pay required fees within the time period set in policy established by the resource management or public works director shall be a violation of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2016-03, § I, 4-26-2016)