§ 115.10. INSPECTIONS AND MONITORING.  


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  • (A) Inspections by officials. In order to ensure compliance with the license granted in this division, and as a condition for the issuance of the license granted under this division, the applicant shall allow inspections at reasonable and appropriate times by officials of the city or such consultants as the city deems appropriate to retain.
    (B) Monitoring wells. The Council may require that any licensee construct and maintain, at the licensee's expense, ground water monitoring wells on the premises of his or her motor vehicle salvage facility and/or junkyard and conduct tests to determine the impact the facility is having on the city's ground water. Where appropriate, soil sampling may be requited in place of or in addition to ground water monitoring. In determining whether to require monitoring wells, the Council shall:
    (1) Evaluate the condition of site, hazardous waste storage and disposal practices, evidence of spills or vehicle fluid drainage problems;
    (2) Consider the specific geographic, topographical and other features of the operation as they pertain to the facilities' potential to contaminating the city's ground water;
    (3) Consider the professional recommendation of the City Engineer, or other qualified individual or firm as to the necessity or desirability of constructing monitoring wells and the frequency of required tests at the facility.
    (C) It is the duty of every person to notify the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency of any spill or discharge of a substance in accordance with M.S. § 115.061, as it may be amended from time to time. Any person holding a motor vehicle salvage facility and/or junkyard license from the city shall also report to the city, in writing, the time, date, location, cause, and method of cleanup of any hazardous material spill reported to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.