§ 15-72-323 - Notice of public hearings.
15-72-323. Notice of public hearings.
In addition to other notice required by any rule or order of the commission, notice of public hearings before the Oil and Gas Commission as provided for in this subchapter shall be given as follows:
(1) When an application is filed with the commission pursuant to this subchapter, the commission shall give notice of the public hearing to be held upon such application by one (1) publication at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing, but not more than thirty (30) days prior thereto, in a legal newspaper having a general circulation in the county, or in each county, if there shall be more than one (1), in which the lands embraced within the application are situated, except that, as to any public hearing pertaining to a matter of general application throughout the State of Arkansas, the notice shall be published in a legal newspaper having statewide circulation; and
(2) The cost of publication shall be taxed as a cost of the public hearing and shall be paid for by the applicant therein.