Access to records; access for inspections, monitoring, and sampling; record retention

Access to records; access for inspections, monitoring, and sampling; record retention. (1) No person may deny information or access to records required to be kept to an authorized representative of the department. (2) No person may deny entry or access at any reasonable time to an authorized representative of the department for the purposes of inspection of facilities, equipment, including monitoring and air pollution control equipment, practices or operations regulated or required by the department, or at any time when an air pollution episode condition exists or is believed imminent. No person may obstruct, hamper or interfere with any inspection. The department, if requested, shall furnish to the owner or operator of the premises a report setting forth all facts found which relate to compliance status. (3) The department may, for the purpose of determining a source’s compliance with applicable requirements, sample or monitor at reasonable times production materials or other substances or operational parameters. (4) The owner or operator of a source shall retain records of all required monitoring data and supporting information for a period of at least 5 years from the date of the monitoring sample, measurement, report, or application, unless a longer retention period is specified by the department. Supporting information includes all calibration and maintenance records and all original strip-chart recordings for continuous monitoring instrumentation or equivalent data output, and copies of all reports required by the department.