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Attachment 4 standards, guidelines, codes, ordinances, and policies, including any special site-specific requirements that may be identified. 14.06.040 Responsibilities of customers. Customers shall comply with all of the provisions of Chapters 14.06 and 14.20 relative to the use of recycled water during the entire time that recycled water is delivered to the customer. In addition, customers shall comply with all applicable provisions contained in the city's Recycled Water Use Guidelines and Recycled Water Standards and Specifications, permit conditions, and other laws, regulations, agreements, orders, guidelines, and/or standards, any amending or superseding requirements thereof. The customer shall bear all costs incurred to remedy the noncompliance with any such provisions, and shall pay any monetary penalties or fines imposed for the violation of or noncompliance with such provisions. The omissions or acts by the city shall not relieve the customer of responsibility to comply with the provisions of this section. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, customers shall comply with the following requirements: A. Customer-Owned Facilities. Customers shall design and construct customer-owned recycled water facilities in accordance with city-approved standards. Customers shall maintain such facilities in good working order as to achieve compliance with all city requirements applicable to use of recycled water. Any proposed changes to the customer-owned recycled water facilities shall be submitted for approval by the city in advance of making such modifications. B. Use of Recycled Water. Customers shall be responsible for application of recycled water on their use areas and the associated operations and maintenance of the customer-owned facilities. C. Disclosure. Customers shall be responsible for informing persons to whom they have delegated responsibility for applying recycled water of the requirements of the city. Customers shall provide employee training to those employees who may be exposed to recycled water to assure proper operation of recycled water facilities and worker protection. Customers shall assure that all above-ground equipment, including pumps, piping, storage reservoirs, valves, etc., which may at any time contain recycled water, shall be adequately and clearly identified with appropriate warning signs and shall make necessary provisions to inform the public that recycled water, which is unfit for human consumption, is being used. D. Monitoring. Customers shall regularly monitor customer-owned facilities and submit accurate monitoring reports to the city on a timely basis in accordance with the reporting requirements outlined in the recycled water use permit issued by the city to the customer. The customer shall notify the city immediately if any unauthorized use or discharge of recycled water occurs, or if other conditions occur, which impact or threaten to impact the public health. E. Access to Customer Site. All recycled water customers shall permit the officers, employees, and agents of the city, the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), the Division of Drinking Water, Alameda County, and other entities with jurisdiction over recycled water or public health, access to the site where recycled water supplied by the city is used, or where records relative to recycled water use are kept, for the purposes of: (1) inspection, testing, and repair of facilities, equipment, practices or operations regulated pursuant to the city's general water reuse requirements, and other laws; and (2) sampling or monitoring to assure compliance with the general water reuse requirements and other laws. In addition, customers shall supply access to, or copies of, records relative to recycled water use to representatives of the above-named entities upon request. F. Operation and Maintenance by Qualified Persons. Recycled water facilities shall be operated only by natural persons who hold a current certificate issued by the city establishing 4