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the action it-may take after such public hearing, and may also mail a copy of the notice to 

 any other person or governmental agency who shall request such notice. The Department may 

 provide for other means of giving notice to the end that all persons and governmental agencies ■ 

 having an interest in the subject may reasonably be apprised thereof. Any failure of the De- 

 partment to give notice as provided in this paragraph (b) shall not affect the validity of any 

 action taken by the Department. 



(c) The notice need not contain the entire text, plan, or detail of the proposed action of 

 the Department or of the subject matter of the hearing, but shall reasonably identify the same 

 and state the place at which the same may be examined. Whenever copies of such text, plans, 

 or details may be provided by the Department, the notice shall so state and shall give the post 

 office address to which requests for such data may be sent and the price, if any, charged by 

 the Department therefor. 



5.104 - Hearings 



(a) The Department shall, after notice and at such place or places as it may determine, 

 conduct at least one public hearing, whenever a hearing is required by this act. Any person 

 or governmental agency claiming to have an interest in the subject matter of the proposed ac- 

 tion by the Department shall be entitled to submit data or views at such public hearing. 



(b) The Department in the conduct of hearings may admit and give probative force to evi- 

 dence which possesses probative value commonly accepted by reasonably prudent men in the 

 conduct of their affairs and may take notice of judicially cognizable facts and other general, 

 technical, or scientific facts within its specialized knowledge. 



(c) The Department shall adopt rules and regulations governing hearings, including rules 

 of practice and procedure and may prescribe the form and content of pleadings and other docu- 

 ments that may be filed with the Department. 



(d) Department hearings may be conducted by the Director or such person or persons as 

 the Director may direct. The Director or any person authorized by the Director may administer 

 oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses and receive evidence at a hearing. Any willful 

 false swearing or affirming at a hearing as to any material fact shall be deemed perjury under 

 the low of the State. 



(e) Any final order, decision or action taken after hearing shall be in writing or stated 

 in the record and shall be accompanied by findings of fact and conclusions of law. 



5 . 1 05 - Subpoenas 



The Director or any persons authorized by the Director may issue subpoenas in the name 

 of the Department to compel witnesses to appear and testify or to produce books, records, 

 papers, documents or other tangible forms of evidence relating to any matter within the authority 

 of the Department. 



5.106 — No Review by Board of Review 



The Board of Review of the Department of Natural Resources shall have no power to re- 

 view any order, decision or action taken by the Department. 



