The applicant shall serve a notice of application for such grant upon owner(s) of properties immediately adjoining or adjacent to the project area. Such notice of application shall state the date on which the application will be made to the Commissioner of General Services and shall contain a description of the land underwater applied for, the use of the land underwater applied for, and directions that all objections to such grant shall be filed with the Division of Land Utilization on or before the date such application will be made. All such notices shall be served at least 20 days before the date such application will be made. Affidavits of service of such notice shall be filed with the application. The application shall contain a description of the project area and a reproducible map prepared by a licensed land surveyor and/or professional engineer pursuant to section 7208 of the New York State Education Law showing the proposed easement area. The applicant shall submit with the application an abstract of title or title search of the proposed easement area together with a license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the hydroelectric project.