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(d)  All rules, regulations and orders issued by the Department
shall be in writing, shall be entered in full and indexed in books to
be kept by the Department for that purpose, and shall be public
records open for inspection at all times during reasonable office
hours. A copy of any rule, regulation or order certified by any
member of the Department or the Director of the Department shall
be received in evidence in all courts of this State with the same
effect as the original.

(e)  The Department may act upon its own motion, or upon the
petition of any interested person. On the filing of a petition con-
cerning any matter within the jurisdiction of the Department, the
Department shall promptly fix a date for a hearing thereon and shall
cause notice of the hearing to be given. The hearing shall be held
without undue delay after the filing of the petition. IF THE HEAR-
ING RELATES TO ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT FOR OR WITH
RESPECT TO A SPECIFIC WELL, THE HEARING SHALL BE
HELD IN THE COUNTY OR CITY WHEREIN THE WELL IS
LOCATED. The Department shall enter its order within ten (10)
days after the hearing.

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(b). In case of failure or refusal on the part of any person to
comply with the subpoena issued by the Department or in case of
the refusal of any witness to testify as to any matter regarding
which he may be interrogated, any court in the State, upon the
application of the Department, may issue an attachment for such
person and compel him to comply with such subpoena, and to attend
before the Department and produce such records, books and docu-
ments for examination and to give his testimony. Such court shall
have the power to punish for contempt as in the case of disobedience
to a like subpoena issued by the court or for refusal to testify
therein.

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648AA. Any person adversely affected by any rule, regula-
tion, DETERMINATION or order of the Department may within