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File Numben 55999 Page 22 of 26 Pages SECTION C. MONITORING AND REcoRDS ' Representative Sampling Sampling and measurements taken as i'equired herein shall be representative of the volume and nature of the monitored discharge: All samples shall be taken at.the monitoring points specified in thi~ permit and shall · be taken, unless otherwise specified, before the'effluent joins or. is diluted by any other.'waste stream, body of water, or substance. Monitoring points shall not be changed without notification to and the approval of the Director. 2. Flow Measurements Appropriate flow measurement devices and methods.consistent.with accepted Scientific practices shall, be ..... : selected and used.to ensure the accuracy and reliability of-measurements of the volume of monitored · discharges. The devices shall be installed, calibrated and maintained.to insure that the accuracy of the · me.asfirements is consistent with the accepted eapabiI-i.ty, of that. type of device. Devices selected shall be · capable of measuring flows with a maximum deviation oflessthan ~. 10'percent from tree discharge rates throughout the range of expected discharge volumes. 3. Monitoring Procedures .. Monitoring must be conducted according to test procedures approv, ed.unde, r 40 CFR Part 136, unless other test procedures hav. e been specified in'this permit. 4. Penalties of Tampering The Clean Water Act provides that any person who falsifies, tampers with, o.r knowingly renders inadcurate, any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under this permit shaH, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 per violation, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by both. Ifa conviction cfa person is for a violation committed atter a first conviction of such'person, punishment is a fine not more than $20,000 per day ofviolation, or bY imprisonment of not more than four years or both. 5. Reporting of Monitoring Results Moni/oring results shall be summarized each month on a Discharge Monitoring Keport form approved by the Department. The reports shall be submitted monthly and are to be mailed, delivered or otherwise transmitted by the 15th day of the following month unless specifically approved otherwise in Schedule B of Additional Monitoring by the permittee If the permit~ee monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by this permit, using test procedures approved under 40 CFK 136 or as specified in this permit, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the calculation and reporting of the data submitted in the Discharge Monitoring Keport. Such increased frequency shall also be indicat~xi. For a pollutant parameter that may be sampled more than once per day · (e.g., Total Chlorine Kesidual), only the average daily value shall be recorded unless othen~ise specified in this permit. 7. Avera~in~ of Measurements Calculations for all limitations which require averaging of measurements shall utilize an arithmetic mean, except for bacteria which shall be averaged as SpeCified in this permit. 4-46