31.20. If an authorization to operate an industrial establishment is being renewed for the first time, the Minister must, in the manner and form prescribed by government regulation, publish a notice announcing a public consultation on the renewal application and make the application record available for a period of at least 30 days.
The notice must state that any group, person or municipality may, within the time and in the manner and form prescribed by government regulation, submit comments to the Minister.
The Minister shall send a copy of the notice to the secretary-treasurer or clerk of the local municipality in whose territory the industrial establishment is located.
The application record must include the authorization proposed by the Minister and any other documents prescribed by government regulation.
1988, c. 49, s. 8; 1991, c. 30, s. 10; 1995, c. 53, s. 1; 2017, c. 42017, c. 4, s. 261.