1. Any duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the department may enter and inspect any property, premise, or place on or at which an air contaminant source is located or is being constructed, installed, or established at any reasonable time for the purpose of ascertaining the state of compliance with this chapter and related rules. If requested, the owner or operator of the premises must receive a report setting forth all facts found which relate to compliance status. 2. The department may conduct tests and take samples of air contaminants, fuel, process material, and other materials that may affect emission of air contaminants from any source, and may have access to and copy any records required by department rules to be maintained, and may inspect monitoring equipment located on the premises. Upon request of the department, the person responsible for the source to be tested shall provide necessary holes in stacks or ducts and other safe and proper sampling, and testing facilities exclusive of instruments and sensing devices necessary for proper determination of the emission of air contaminants. If an authorized representative of the department, during the course of an inspection, obtains a sample of air contaminant, fuel, process material, or other material, the representative shall issue a receipt for the sample obtained to the owner or operator of, or person responsible for, the source tested. 3. To ascertain the state of compliance with this chapter and any applicable rules, a duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the department may enter and inspect, at any reasonable time, any property, premises, or place on or at which a lead -based paint remediation activity is ongoing. If requested, the department shall provide to the owner or operator of the premises a report that sets forth all facts found which relate to compliance status.
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