45-413. Hearing on designation of subsequent active management areas and boundaries; notice; procedures
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A. If the director proposes to designate a subsequent active management area pursuant to section 45-412, subsection A, the director shall hold a public hearing to consider:
1. Whether to issue an order declaring the area an active management area.
2. The boundaries and any sub-basins of the proposed active management area.
B. The director shall give reasonable notice of the hearing under the circumstances which shall include publication once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the proposed active management area is located. Any notice shall contain the time and place of the hearing, the legal description and a map clearly identifying and describing all lands to be included in the proposed active management area and any sub-basins and any other information the director deems necessary.
C. The hearing shall be held at a location within the proposed active management area as soon as practicable but no less than thirty days and no more than sixty days after the first publication of the notice of hearing. At the hearing, the director shall present the factual data in his possession in support of the proposed action. Any person may appear at the hearing, either in person or by representative, and submit oral or documentary evidence for or against the proposed action. In making his determination, the director shall give full consideration to public comment and to recommendations made by local political subdivisions.