§ 17-0829 — Inspection and entry

New York § 17-0829

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law ENV: Environmental Conservation
• Title 8: State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
• Art. 17: Water Pollution Control

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§ 17-0829. Inspection and entry.\n (a) To carry out the purposes of this Act or any rule, regulation,\norder, or permit, issued thereunder, the department or its authorized\nrepresentative, upon presentation of his credentials:\n (1) shall have a right of entry to, upon, or through any premises in\nwhich any effluent source is located or in which any records are\nrequired to be maintained;\n (2) may at reasonable times have access to and copy any records\nrequired to be maintained;\n (3) may inspect any monitoring equipment or method which is required;\nand\n (4) may have access to and sample any discharges or pollutants to\nwaters or to publicly owned treatment works resulting directly or\nindirectly from activities or operations of the owner or operator of the\npremises in which the effluent source is located.\n (b) For the purposes of this section the term "effluent source" shall\nmean:\n (1) a point source of the discharge of pollutants or\n (2) a source of introduction of pollutants into publicly owned\ntreatment works by an industrial user.\n