The Superintendent and other duly authorized agents or employees of the town 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 this Part 1. The Superintendent or his representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries, beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
Employees of the USEPA and NYSDEC shall have the same powers of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing as the Superintendent.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Article VII, § 72-36 above, the Superintendent or duly authorized agents or employees of the town shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company, and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to town agents or employees, and the town shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by town agents or employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Article V, § 72-32.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized agents or employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the town holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of but not limited to inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
