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12/./ /J -3- unannounced times. sampling will be conducted at intervals of not less than one-year and not more than two-years. A sample shall consist of a composite of a minimum of four samples collected at approximately equal intervals during the operating period (the posted opening time until one-hour after the posted closing time). A duplicate sample will be provided to the user, if requested, for delivery to a laboratory of the user's choice for analysis. The analytical results from the laboratory selected by the user, including a copy of the chain-of-custody form, must be sent by the laboratory directly to the Director of Public Works within 10 days of date of sampling. The submittal from the user's laboratory must include a copy of the laboratory Quality Assurance Plan and a copy of the most recent Quality Assurance Inspection Report of the Texas Natural Resources Conservation commission for the laboratory operations. 3. Provided that the user's laboratory analytical result for COD is within ten percent of the city's laboratory result, the lower reading of the two sample resul ts will be used i for surcharge determination. If the difference in analytical results between the two samples exceeds ten percent, a portion of the original sample will be submitted by the city to a third laboratory and the result obtained will be used for surcharge calculation. 4. A request for re-sampling shall be submitted by a user in writing to the Director of Public Works. Only one re-sampling will be performed during the calendar year. The user shall be charged a $200.00 fee for re-sampling. Re-sampling will only be performed if the user has modified or installed new, permanent pretreatment facilities; or if the user has made a significant change in process operations as described in the request for resampling. In addition to any surcharge applicable to a user under the formula described in (b) above, a minimum testing fee for surcharge program participants is set at $24.00 per sampling port. SECTION 4. That, pursuant to Section 30-99 of the San Marcos Code of Ordinances, the following provisions shall apply to billing procedures for waste surcharges and sampling fees. (a) Calculations of sewer surcharges on users served by metered water shall be based on water usage, while surcharge 'calculations for users not served by metered water shall be based upon wastewater volume discharged to the sewer system. (b) New users shall not be subject to surcharge fees until both the issuance of a certificate of occupancy and a minimum period of six months water usage has occurred. (c) That person paying the water bill, or the wastewater bill for entities not served by the municipal water system, shall be responsible for payment of sewer surcharges. (d) The due date for all bills shall be the fifteenth day following the date of issuance. The penalty date shall be the twentieth day following the date of issuance.