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"DIVISION 2. ADMINISTRATION "Sec. 34-71. Administration by environmental services supervisor. "Except as otherwise provided in this article, the duly authorized representative of the City, shall be the environmental services supervisor, who shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this article. (Ord. No. 92-029, § 1, 7-13-92) "Sec. 34-72. Inspection, sampling and right of entry. "The City may inspect the facilities at least annually of every user to ascertain whether the requirements of this article are being met according to the purposes herein stated. All significant industrial users shall be inspected at least annually. Persons or occupants of premises where wastewater is created or discharged shall allow the City or their authorized representative(s) ready access at any and all reasonable times to all parts of the premises necessary for the purpose of inspection, sampling, records, examination or the performance of any of their official duties. The City, TCEQ and the EPA shall have the right to set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling, inspection, compliance monitoring and/or metering operations. If a user has in force security measures requiring proper identification and clearance prior to entry into their premises, the user shall make any necessary arrangements with their security service(s) so that personnel from the City presenting suitable identification (or such personnel from state or federal agencies) will be allowed to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities. In no case shall there be a delay greater than ten (10) minutes for access to control points or control manholes and thirty (30) minutes for access to records or facility inspection. Sampling shall be done on a twenty-four-hour composite, flow-weighted basis when possible. No part of this article shall be interpreted to prevent non-flow-weighted composite or grab sampling whenever necessary or required to monitor or check any user for compliance with this article. All sampling and analysis shall be in accordance with the methods described in 40 CFR Part 136. (Ord. No. 92-029, § 1, 7-13-92) "Sec. 34-73. Sample analysis. "(a) Wastewater and waste samples will be collected and tests performed by city personnel at the City's discretion. The laboratory procedures to be used in the examination of industrial or other wastes or wastewater will be those set forth in 40 CFR 136. All significant industrial users shall be sampled at least once every six (6) months. Sampling may be required at a greater frequency if a violation is found. Users subject to categorical pretreatment standards shall be sampled a minimum of once a month for substances limited in appropriate standards until a one-year history of compliant sampling is established. They shall thereafter be sampled twice annually unless a violation is found. When a violation is found, sampling shall be of a frequency to identify the magnitude of the violation and continued at the discretion of the City until compliance is achieved and the City is satisfied that the reason for 16