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( 1 ) the requirement is the same as, or more strin- 
gent than, a requirement under section 102(a) ; and 
(2) the requirement is necessary to protect health 
4 or the environment. 
5 A State or political subdivision which submits an applica- 
(3 tion under this subsection shall be given an opportunity for 
7 an oral hearing on such application to be commenced not 
S later than sixty days from the date the application is sub- 
q mitted. The presiding officer at such a hearing shall upon 
10 conclusion of the hearing make a written recommendation to 
11 the Secretary respecting approval of the application upon 
12 which the hearing was held. 
13 (c) Within— 
14 ( 1 ) sixty days of the conclusion of a hearing held 
15 on an application submitted under subsection (b), or 
16 (2) one hundred and twenty days of the date the 
17 application was submitted, 
18 whichever occurs later, the Secretary shall either approve 
19 or disapprove such application. The decision of the Secretary 
20 shall be in writing, shall, if a hearing was held on the appli- 
21 cation, contain the recommendation made by the presiding 
22 officer at such hearing, and shall include a complete state- 
23 meat of the reasons for the decision of the Secretary. 
[Appendix B — 235] 
