96. Any order issued by the Minister, except those contemplated in sections 29 and 32.5, in the second paragraph of section 34 and in sections 35, 49.1, 58, 61 and 120 may be contested by the municipality or person concerned before the Administrative Tribunal of Québec.
The same applies in all cases where the Minister refuses to grant, suspends or revokes an authorization certificate, a certificate, an authorization, an approval, a permission, an attestation or a permit, refuses to renew a permit, approves, with amendments, a rehabilitation plan submitted to the Minister under Division IV.2.1, refuses an amendment requested under section 31.60, requires a change in an application made to him, fixes or apportions costs and expenses other than those contemplated in section 32.5 or 35, refuses to grant emission allowances under subdivision 1 of Division VI, disallows the use of such emission allowances to cover greenhouse gas emissions, suspends, withdraws or cancels such allowances or imposes any other penalty under that subdivision, determines compensation under section 61, notifies a denial of conformity to the proponent of a project, refuses to issue or amends, suspends or revokes a depollution attestation or refuses to amend or to revoke a depollution attestation upon application from the holder thereof.
An operator of an industrial establishment may, where the Minister approves rates with amendments pursuant to section 32.9, contest such decision before the Tribunal.
Any condition, restriction or prohibition imposed by the Minister under section 31.79, 31.80 or 31.81 when issuing, renewing or amending a water withdrawal authorization may also be contested by the municipality or person concerned before the Tribunal.
However, when assessing the facts or the law, the Tribunal may not substitute its assessment of the public interest for that made by the Minister in making a decision under section 31.79 or 31.81.
1972, c. 49, s. 96; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1978, c. 64, s. 31; 1979, c. 49, s. 28; 1980, c. 11, s. 72; 1979, c. 49, s. 33; 1982, c. 25, s. 9; 1984, c. 29, s. 16; 1987, c. 25, s. 9; 1988, c. 49, s. 16; 1990, c. 26, s. 6; 1997, c. 43, s. 537; 1999, c. 75, s. 32; 2002, c. 11, s. 4; 2011, c. 20, s. 12; 2009, c. 33, s. 2; 2009, c. 21, s. 23.