After the director, with the advice and assistance of the formulation committee, has formulated the proposed plan, he shall hold one or more public hearings in each proposed pooling area to be affected by the proposed plan for the purposes of considering modification of the proposed boundaries and formulating the pooling plan which will best accomplish the purposes of this chapter. Notice of the public hearings shall be given to each producer, including each member of cooperative marketing associations, who ships fluid milk to a distributor and to each distributor who receives fluid milk from producers. The procedures for the giving of notice and the conducting of the hearings shall be the same as those provided in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 61801) for public hearings on stabilization and marketing plans.