(1) Upon the filing of an application, the department may set a time for hearing on the application in the city or town nearest the proposed site of the livestock market and cause notice of the time and place of the hearing together with a copy of the application to be forwarded by mail, not less than 15 days before the hearing date, to the following:
(a) each licensed livestock market operator within the state; and
(b) each livestock or other interested association or group of persons in the state that has filed written notice with the department requesting receipt of notice of such hearings.
(2) Notice of the hearing shall be published for 14 days before the scheduled hearing date, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for the city or town where the hearing is scheduled.