15.14.059 Recordkeeping.
A. Users subject to the reporting requirements of this chapter shall retain for three years, and make available for inspection and copying upon city request, all records of information obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities required by this chapter and any additional records of information obtained pursuant to monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent of such requirements. Records include, but are not limited to, data reports and the chain of custody and quality control information associated with all sampling events.
B. Records shall include at a minimum:
1. The date, time and exact place of monitoring;
2. The name of the person(s) taking the samples;
3. The dates analyses were performed; who performed the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods used;
4. The results of such analyses.
C. Users are encouraged to retain quality control information provided by the laboratory as it is of value in the event that the sample data is called into question.
D. Users shall also retain records of BMP compliance (if applicable to the user’s discharge approval), including procedural review, inspection, analysis results and/or maintenance records as required by the discharge approval.
E. Records shall remain available for a period of at least three years. This period shall be automatically extended for the duration of any litigation concerning the user or POTW, or where the user has been specifically notified of a longer retention period by the director. [Ord. 2020-07-016 § 1; Ord. 2019-11-032 § 1].