requirements for hearing in the geographic area affected by rules and regulations of the administrator

requirements for hearing in the geographic area affected by rules and regulations of the administrator Sec. 105. Section 7(i) (1) is amended by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: “(F) (i) With respect to any rule or regulation of the Administrator the effects of which, except for indirect effects of an inconsequential nature, are confined to— “(I) a single unit of local government or the residents thereof; “(II) a single geographic area within a State or the residents thereof; or “(III) a single State or the residents thereof; the Administrator shall, in any case where he is required by law, or where he determines, to afford’ an opportunity for a hearing or the oral presentation of views, provide procedures for the holding of such hearing or oral presentation within the boundaries of the unit of local government, geographic area, or State described in subclauses (I) through (III), as the case may be. “(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph— “(I) the term ‘unit of local government’ means a county, municipality, town, township, village, or other unit of general government below the State level; and “(II) the term ‘geographic area within a State’ means a special purpose district or other region recognized for governmental purposes within such State which is not a unit of local government. 90 STAT. 1129 “(iii) Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed as requiring a hearing or an oral presentation of views where none is required by law or, in the absence of such a requirement, where the Administrator determines a hearing or oral presentation is not appropriate.”.