Inspections, monitoring, and entry

(a) In general For the purpose of determining whether a person is in violation of this title or for the purposes of carrying out any provision of this title— (1) the Administrator may require any manufacturer, user, person who manufactures equipment for a manufacturer or user, person who the Administrator believes may have information necessary for the purposes described in this paragraph, or person who is subject to the requirements of this title, on a 1-time, periodic, or continuous basis— (A) to install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment, and use such audit procedures or methods, as the Administrator may require; (B) to sample such releases (in accordance with such procedures or methods, at such locations, at such intervals, during such periods, and in such manner as determined by the Administrator) as the Administrator may require; (C) to keep such records on control equipment parameters, production variables, or other equivalent indirect data as the Administrator may require when direct monitoring of releases is impractical; (D) to provide such other information as the Administrator may require; and (E) to provide records and reports within 30 days of the date of a request by the Administrator for that record or report; and (2) the Administrator (including an authorized representative of the Administrator), on presentation of the credentials of the Administrator (or authorized representative of the Administrator) shall— (A) have a right of entry to, on, or through any premises of the person or any premises in which any records required to be maintained under paragraph (1) are located; and (B) at reasonable times, have a right to access and copy any records, to inspect any monitoring equipment or method required under paragraph (1), and to sample any releases that the person is required to sample under that paragraph. (b) Public availability Any record, report, or information obtained by the Administrator under subsection (a) shall, subject to section 14 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2613), be made available to the public as soon as reasonably practicable.