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516 (c) Authority. The determination of the character and concentration of the industrial wastes by the Director or his duly appointed representatives shall be binding as a basis for charges. (d) Cost. Total costs incident to the supervision, inspection, sampling and analyzing of wastes shall be included in the surcharge made to persons discharging wastes into the County's sanitary sewers. Section VII - Protection From Damage No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Section VIII - Control of Prohibited Wastes (a) Regulatory Actions. If wastewaters containing any substance described in Section II of this Ordinance are discharged or proposed to be discharged into the sewer system of the County or to any sewer system tributary thereto, the County Manager may take any action necessary to: (1) Prohibit the discharge of such wastewater. (2) Require a discharger to demonstrate that in-plant modifications will reduce or eliminate the discharge of such substances in conformity with this Ordinance. (3) Require pretreatment, including storage facilities, or flow equalization necessary to redUce or eliminate the objectionable characteristics or substances so that the discharge will not Violate these rules and regulations or those of the City, State and Federal having jurisdiction. (4) Require the person making, causing or allowing the discharge to pay any additional cost or expense incurred by the Board or City for handling and treating excess loads imposed on the treatment system. (5) Take such other remedial action as may be deemed to be desirable or necessary to achieve the purpose of this Ordinance. (b) Submission of Plans. Where pretreatment or equalization of wastewater flows prior to discharge into any part of the wastewater treatment system is required, plans, specifications and other pertinent data or information relating to such pretreatment or flow-control facilities shall first be submitted to the Director for review and approval. Such approval shall not exempt the discharge of such facilities from compliance with any applicable code, ordinance, rule, regulation or order of any governmental authority. Any subsequent alterations or additions to such pretreatment or flow-control facilities shall not be made without due notice to and prior approval of the County Manager. (c) Pretreatment Facilities Operations. If pretreatment or control of waste flows is required, such facilities shall be maintained in good working order and operated as efficiently as possible by the owner or operator at his own cost and expense, subject to the requirements of these rules and regulations and all other applicable codes, ordinances, and laws. (d) Admission to Property. Whenever it shall be necessary for the purposes of these rules and regulations, the County Manager and/or Director, upon the presentation of credentials, may enter upon any property or premises at reasonable times for the purpose of (1). copying any records required to be kept under the provisions .of this Ordinance, (2) inspecting any monitoring equipment or method, and (3) sampling any discharge of wastewater to the treatment works. The County Manager and/or Director may enter upon the property at any hour under emergency circumstances. (e) Protection from Accidental Discharge. Each industrial user shall provide protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other wastes regulated by this Ordinance and the City Sewer Ordinance. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained at the owner or operator's own cost and expense. Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted to the Director for review, and shall be approved by him before construction of the facility. Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures shall not relieve the industrial user from the responsibility to modify his facility as necessary to meet the requirements of this Ordinance and the City Sewer Ordinance.