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® r STANDARD PROVISIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS -2- Waste Discharge to Land A. General Provisions (continued) 5. Except for material determined to be confidential in accordance with California law and regulations, all reports prepared in accordance with terms of this Order shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the Board. Data on waste discharges, water quality, geology, and hydrogeology shall not be considered confidential. 6. The discharger shall take all reasonable steps to minimize any adverse impact to the waters of the state resulting from noncompliance with this Order. Such steps shall include accelerated or additional monitoring as necessary to determine the nature and impact of the noncompliance. 7. The discharger shall maintain in good working order and operate as efficiently as possible any facility, control system, or monitoring device installed to achieve compliance with the waste discharge requirements. 8. The discharger shall permit representatives of the Regional Board (hereafter Board) and the State Water Resources Control Board, upon presentation of credentials, to: a. Enter premises where wastes are treated, stored, or disposed of and facilities in which any records are kept, b. Copy any records required to be kept under terms and conditions of this Order, c. Inspect at reasonable hours, monitoring equipment required by this Order, and d. Sample, photograph and video tape any discharge, waste, waste management unit or monitoring device. 9. For any electrically operated equipment at the site, the failure of which could cause loss of control or containment of waste materials, or violation of this Order, the discharger shall employ safeguards to prevent loss of control over wastes. Such safeguards may include alternate power sources, standby generators, retention capacity, operating procedures, or other means. 10. The fact that it would have been necessary to halt or reduce the permitted activity in Order to maintain compliance with this Order shall not be a defense for the discharger's violations of the Order. 11. Neither the treatment nor the discharge shall create a condition of nuisance or pollution as defined by the California Water Code, Section 13050.