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17. No statement contained in this Article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City of Pequot Lakes and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to payment therefore by the industrial concern, providing that National Categorical Pretreatment Standards and the City's NPDES and/or State Disposal System Permit limitations are not violated. Section 15-1.9. TAMPERING WITH EQUIPMENT No person(s) shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is part of the wastewater facilities. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under the charge of a misdemeanor. Section 15-1.10. USER RATE SCHEDULE FOR CHARGES Each user of sewer service shall pay the charge(s)applicable to the type of service, and in accordance with the provisions set forth in the fee schedule approved by the City Council as adopted by ordinance. Section 15-1.11. POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF INSPECTORS 1. The Public Works Supervisor or other duly authorized employees of the City, bearing proper credentials and identifications, shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observations, measurement, sampling, and testing pertinent to the discharges to the City's sewer system in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. 2. The Public Works Supervisor or other duly authorized employees are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the type and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. An industry may withhold information considered confidential however, the industry must establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question, might result in an advantage to competitors. 3. While performing necessary work on private properties, the Public Works Supervisor or duly authorized employees of the 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 City employees and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in this Chapter.