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The City may inspect the equipment and facilities of any user at any time during normal business hours to ascertain whether they are in compliance with applicable ordinances, rules and regulations. In the case of emergency the City may cause such inspection to occur at any time. Occupants of premises where wastewater is created or discharged shall allow the City or its representative entry for purpose of inspection, sampling, records examination or the performance of any other rights or responsibilities under this chapter. The City, State and EPA shall have the right to set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling inspection, compliance monitoring, or metering operations. Where a user has security measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance before entry into their premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with their security force/system so that upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel from the Ci ty, State and EPA will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specified responsibilities. In the event a duly authorized officer or agent of the City is refused admission for any purpose, the City may cause sewer service to the premises in question to be discontinued until the City's officer or agent has been afforded reasonable access to the premises and sewer system to accomplish the inspection or sampling. All measurements, tests and analysis of the characteristics of wastewater to which reference is made herein shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods or, where not addressed in Standard Methods, in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to Section 304(h) of the Act [33 U.S.C. Section 1314(h)], or with any other test procedures approved by the EPA Administrator. In the event that no special facility has been required, the point of inspection shall be the downstream manhole in the POTW sewer nearest to the point at which the building sewer is connected to the public sewer. All measurements, tests, and analysis, and all sampling shall be at the expense of the user. 13.32.090 Pretreatment Users shall provide necessary wastewater treatment as required to comply herewith. Any equipment and facilities required to pretreated wastewater to a level in compliance with this ordinance shall be provided, operated and maintained at the user's expense. Detailed plans showing the pretreatment facilities and operating procedures shall be submitted to the City for review, and shall be approved in writing by the City before construction of the facility. The review of such plans and operating procedures will in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying the facility as necessary to produce wastewater :Ln compliance with the provisions of this ordinance. Any subsequent ehanges in the pretreatment facilities or method of operation shall be reported to the City and approved prior to the user's initiation of the changes. 13.32.100 List of Non-Complying Users The City may annually publish in one or more newspapers a list of users which were not in compliance with any applicable requirements or standards at least once during the twelve previous months. Such notification shall also summarize any enforcement actions taken against such users during the same twelve months. All records relating to compliance with applicable standards or requirements shall be made available to officials of the EPA or Approval Authority upon request, subject to any limitations contained in State Statutes. Information and data on a user obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, permits and monitoring programs and from inspections shall be available to the public or other governmental agency without restriction unless the user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City -.14-