The authorized representative of the department, upon presentation of the representative's credentials, may at reasonable times enter upon any public or private property to:

1. (1) investigate conditions relating to pollution of state waters or violations of permit conditions;
2. (2) have access to and copy any records required under this chapter;
3. (3) inspect any monitoring equipment or method required under 75-5-602(3); and
4. (4) sample any effluents that the owner or operator of the source is required to sample under 75-5-602(4).

History: En. 69-4809.2 by Sec. 4, Ch. 506, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 455, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4809.2(2); amd. Sec. 2495, Ch. 56, L. 2009.