Following completion of Chapter 4, students should be able to:

1. Schedule inspections of pretreatment facilities.
2. Prepare for an inspection.
3. Meet and deal with various types of industrial contacts.
4. Enter an industry for an inspection.
5. Inspect an industrial pretreatment facility, including the outfall, effluent treatment equipment and in-plant wastewater control equipment.
6. Discuss violations and complaints with industrial representatives.
7. Write reports describing results of inspections.
8. Conduct an inspection following approved safety procedures.

The main purpose of this chapter is to teach inspectors how to approach an industry when appearing at an industrial site to conduct an inspection. The chapter discusses how to schedule, prepare for, and conduct an inspection, and how to meet with industry contacts, enter a facility and discuss the inspector's findings.

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