A person intending to extract hot springs from a hot spring source in the course of business may receive the confirmation from the prefectural governor, pursuant to the provisions of the Order of the Ministry of the Environment, that the concentration of flammable natural gas at the site of hot spring extraction does not exceed the standards specified by the Order of the Ministry of the Environment as not requiring measures to prevent disasters caused by flammable natural gas.
The provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the confirmation referred to in the preceding paragraph.
A prefectural governor must revoke the confirmation referred to in paragraph (1) in the following cases:
都道府県知事は、次に掲げる場合には、第一項の確認を取り消さなければならない。
when the person that received the confirmation referred to in paragraph (1) received it by wrongful means; and
第一項の確認を受けた者が不正の手段によりその確認を受けたとき。
when it is found that the concentration of the flammable natural gas at the site of hot spring extraction, as related to the confirmation referred to in paragraph (1), exceeds the standards specified by the Order of the Ministry of the Environment mentioned in the same paragraph.