43 CFR 30.223
§ 30.223 What is a prehearing conference?
United States · 43 CFR — Public Lands: Interior · Status: effective
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- 43 CFR 30.223, § 30.223 What is a prehearing conference?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/209730
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Before a hearing, the judge may order the parties to appear for a conference to:
(a) Simplify or clarify the issues;
(b) Obtain stipulations, admissions, agreements on documents, understandings on matters already of record, or similar agreements that will avoid unnecessary proof;
(c) Limit the number of expert or other witnesses to avoid excessively cumulative evidence;
(d) Facilitate agreements disposing of all or any of the issues in dispute; or
(e) Resolve such other matters as may simplify and shorten the hearing.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.