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Rhode Island General Laws Title 46. Waters and Navigation § 46-25-25.1. Inspection powers

Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) The commission is authorized to carry out all inspection, surveillance, and monitoring procedures necessary to determine, independent of information supplied by any person who discharges into the facilities of the project, compliance or noncompliance by the person with the pretreatment requirements prescribed by the commission.

(b) The commission or the duly authorized employees and agents of the commission, upon presenting identification and appropriate credentials, are authorized:

(1) To enter, without delay and at reasonable times, those premises (public or private) of any person or class of user, either receiving services from the commission or applying to services from the commission, in which a discharge source or treatment system is located or in which records required to be maintained pursuant to § 46-25-25, are kept;

(2) During regular working hours and at other reasonable times, and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, to have access to and to copy any records, inspect any monitoring equipment or method required pursuant to § 46-25-25, and sample any effluents which the owner or operator of the discharge source is required to sample under § 46-25-25, and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(c) Any person obstructing, hindering, or in any way causing to be obstructed or hindered the commission or any of its employees or agents in the performance of their duties, or who shall refuse to permit the commission or any of its employees or agents entrance into any premises, buildings, plant, or equipment, or other places belonging to or controlled by the person, in the performance of his or her duties as such, shall be subject to the civil and criminal penalties set forth in §§ 46-25-25.2 and 46-25-25.3.

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