The Sewer Inspector and other duly authorized
employees or representatives of the municipality, and of any contracting
municipality, bearing proper credentials and identification shall
be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with
the provisions of the law, all the foregoing not to be carried out
beyond a point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge
to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment. The
foregoing shall also apply for the purposes of but not limited to
inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance
of any portion of the sewage works lying within any duly negotiated
easements between the municipality and any private property owner.
NYSDEC and USEPA officials shall have the same powers and authority
of inspection enjoyed by the Sewer Inspector or other duly authorized
employees or representatives of the municipality as pertains to commercial
or industrial discharges to the system.