49.1. In cases where the Minister is of opinion, on the basis of a study or of a recommendation of an international or governmental agency, that a source of contamination of the atmosphere situated in Québec is likely to adversely affect the health or welfare of the citizens of a foreign country or of another province, he may order the persons who are responsible for the source of contamination to cease, permanently or temporarily, or limit, on such conditions as he may impose, the emission of a contaminant into the atmosphere.
The order must be preceded by the prior notice and other formalities provided for in section 115.4.1.
Notice of the intended order shall also be transmitted to the government of the foreign country or of the province concerned, which may intervene at any public hearing ordered in respect of the order.
The Minister may also, where he issues an order under this section, invoke grounds which permit him to issue an order under section 114.
1982, c. 25, s. 6; 1984, c. 29, s. 7; 2017, c. 42017, c. 4, s. 8311.