§ 26.50.320. Records retention.

A.

Except as provided in paragraph B, all users subject to this chapter shall retain, preserve, and make available for inspection and copying, for no less than three years, any records, books, documents, memoranda, reports, correspondence and any and all summaries thereof, related to monitoring, sampling and chemical analyses made by or on behalf of a user in connection with its regulated discharge. This period of retention shall be extended when requested by the EPA Regional Administrator. Records shall include the date, exact place, method, and time of sampling and the name of the person(s) taking the samples; the dates analyses were performed; who performed the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods used; and the results of such analyses.

B.

All records that pertain to matters that are the subject of administrative orders or any other enforcement or litigation activities regarding the user or the utility shall be retained and preserved by the user and the utility until all enforcement activities have concluded and all periods of limitation with respect to any and all appeals have expired, or where the user has been notified of a longer retention period by the utility.

(AO No. 2000-129(S), § 20, 11-21-00; AO No. 2012-77, § 21, 8-7-12)