If there is imminent and substantial danger to the health and welfare of the people of the state, or of any of them, as a result of the pollution of air, land, or water, the commissioner may by emergency order direct the immediate discontinuance or abatement of the pollution without notice and without a hearing or at the request of the commissioner, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state in the appropriate district court for a temporary restraining order to immediately abate or prevent the pollution. The commissioner's order or temporary restraining order is effective until notice, hearing, and determination pursuant to other provisions of law, or, in the interim, as otherwise ordered. A final order of the commissioner in these cases is appealable in accordance with chapter 14.
Minn. Stat. § 116.11
1969 c 1046 s 11; 1973 c 374 s 21; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1983 c 247 s 52