(a) Fix a date for hearing the application.
(b) Cause a notice of the hearing to be posted at the place where the county court sessions are held and at three public places in the vicinity of the forest road specified in the application, for at least 30 days immediately prior to the date set for hearing.
(c) Cause notice of the hearing to be published in a newspaper published in the county and having general circulation therein, but if there is no such newspaper published in the county, then in any newspaper having general circulation in the county, for not less than once a week for two weeks immediately prior to the date set for the hearing.
(2) A copy of the notice shall be served personally, by registered mail or by certified mail with return receipt on the Public Utility Commission and on the Department of Transportation at least 15 days prior to the date set for hearing.
(3) Proof that the notice has been posted and served shall be made by affidavit and filed in the proceeding. [Amended by 1991 c.249 §30]