§ 47-7. Duties of Director.  


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  • Under this chapter, the Director shall have jurisdiction over those places or persons handling waste oil. He shall:
    A. 
    Permit licenses to be issued by the Town Clerk where required and suspend or revoke the same when necessary.
    B. 
    Inspect places where waste oil or vehicles used for transportation are stored, housed or kept.
    C. 
    Inspect vehicles which are intended to be used or are used for the transportation of waste oil and which are subject to licensing by the Director.
    D. 
    Prescribe forms for applications or licenses under this chapter and for all reports which he deems necessary to be made by any applicant or licensee.
    E. 
    Adopt reasonable rules and regulations.
    F. 
    Hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony and compel the production of books, papers, records or documents deemed pertinent to the subject of the investigation or charges related to the hearing.
    G. 
    Vary requirements of this chapter where subsurface conditions, terrain or locations are unsatisfactory for such installation or where an undue hardship would be imposed.
    H. 
    Designate, subject to the approval of the Town Board, various waste oil storage depots throughout the Town of Brookhaven where a resident of the Town may dispose of accumulated waste oil, provided that it is transported thereto in an approved metal screw-top container which is not in excess of five gallons.