A. The director shall have the right to enter the facilities of any user to ascertain whether the purpose of this chapter, and any wastewater discharge permit or order issued under this chapter or by the Department, is being met and whether the user is complying with all requirements thereof.

B. The director shall have the right to set up on any user’s property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling, compliance monitoring, and/or metering of a user’s operations. It shall be the policy of the director to inform the Department of such activities where users hold a state waste discharge permit in order to make the results of such sampling available to the Department.

C. Users shall allow the director ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying, and the performance of any additional duties.

D. Where a user has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, the director, their agents or assigns, and representatives of state and federal authority will be allowed to enter without delay for the purposes of performing their respective duties.

E. Entry to a Washington State Department of Correction Facility (DOC) shall comply with security procedures incorporated in an interlocal agreement between the DOC and the city.

F. Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe, ready, and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly 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.

G. Unreasonable delays or failure to allow the director access to any area to perform functions authorized under this chapter shall be grounds for termination of wastewater treatment services and enforcement as authorized by this chapter. (Ord. 016/2021 § 2; Ord. 011/2004)