A.    The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of Vernal City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing pertinent to discharge to the community system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

    B.    The Superintendent or other duly authorized employees are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. The industry may withhold information considered confidential. The industry may establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to competitors.

    C.    While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in subsection A of this section, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of Vernal City 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 the Vernal City employees, and Vernal City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by Vernal City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Section 13.28.180(H).

    D.    The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of Vernal City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which Vernal City 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 wastewater facilities lying within the easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved. (Ord. 79-10, Art. VII)