2570.47—Other hearings.
        
        (a) 
         In its discretion, the Department may schedule a hearing on its own motion where it determines that issues relevant to the exemption can be most fully or expeditiously explored at a hearing.
    
    
        
        (b) 
         An applicant for an exemption must notify interested persons of any hearing on an exemption scheduled by the Department in the manner described in  § 2570.46(c). In addition, the applicant must submit a statement subscribed as true under penalty of perjury like that required in  § 2570.46(d).