Section 602.108  Right of Inspection

The permittee must allow the Agency and its duly authorized representatives to perform inspections as authorized by the Act, including:

a)         entering at reasonable times the permittee's premises where treatment or distribution facilities are located or where any activity is to be conducted under a permit;

b)         having access to and copying at reasonable times any records required to be kept under the terms and conditions of a permit;

c)         inspecting at reasonable times, including during any hours of operation:

1)         equipment constructed or operated under the permit;

2)         equipment or monitoring methodology; or

3)         equipment required to be kept, used, operated, calibrated, and maintained under the permit;

d)         obtaining and removing at reasonable times samples of any raw or finished water or any discharge or emission of pollutants; and

e)         entering at reasonable times to use any photographic, recording, testing, monitoring, or other equipment to preserve, test, monitor, or record any raw or finished water or any activity, discharge, or emission authorized by a permit.

(Source:  Amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 7449, effective May 16, 2023)