§342D-8  Inspection of premises.  (a) The director, in accordance with law, may enter and inspect any building orplace to:

(1)  Investigate an actual or suspected source ofwater pollution;

(2)  Investigate actual or suspected managementpractices for domestic sewage, sewage sludge, and recycled water, whether ornot the practices cause water pollution;

(3)  Ascertain compliance or noncompliance with thischapter, any rule or standard adopted by the department pursuant to thischapter, or any permit or other approval granted by the department pursuant tothis chapter; and

(4)  Make reasonable tests in connection therewith.

(b)  The director may require any permittee orholder of a variance or person subject to pretreatment requirements to permitthe director or the director’s authorized representative upon the presentationof the director’s or representative’s credentials:

(1)  To enter upon permittee’s or variance holder’spremises or premises of a person subject to pretreatment requirements in whichan effluent source is located or in which any records are required to be keptunder the terms and conditions of the permit or variance or pretreatmentrequirements;

(2)  To inspect any monitoring equipment or methodrequired in the permit or variance or by pretreatment requirements; and

(3)  To sample any discharge of water pollutants oreffluent.

(c)  No confidential information securedpursuant to this section by any official or employee of the department withinthe scope and course of the official’s or employee’s employment in theprevention, control, or abatement of water pollution shall be disclosed by theofficial or employee except as it relates directly to water pollution and then,only in connection with the official’s or employee’s official duties and withinthe scope and course of the official’s or employee’s employment. [L 1989, c212, pt of §2; am L 1995, c 180, §8; am L 1999, c 193, §5]