---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 906.8"
title: "15"
number: "906.8"
heading: "Scheduling and pre-hearing conferences."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/906.8"
---

# §906.8. Scheduling and pre-hearing conferences.

- (a) NAO may convene a scheduling and/or pre-hearing conference if, for example, an appellate officer in his or her discretion finds a conference will materially advance the proceeding.
- (b) NAO shall notify the parties in writing 10 days prior to a conference unless the Chief of NAO orders a shorter period of time for providing notice of conducting a conference. A party may request one change in the scheduled pre-hearing date. In determining whether to grant the request, NAO will consider whether the requesting party has shown good cause for the change in date.
- (c) In exercising his or her discretion whether to hold a scheduling and/or pre-hearing conference, an appellate officer may consider:
  - (1) Settlement, if authorized under applicable law;
  - (2) Clarifying the issues under review;
  - (3) Stipulations;
  - (4) Hearing(s) date, time, and location;
  - (5) Identifying witnesses for the hearing(s);
  - (6) Development of the NAO case record, and;
  - (7) Other matters that may aid in the disposition of the proceedings.
- (d) **Recording.** NAO may record the conference.
- (e) **Format.** At the discretion of the appellate officer, conferences may be conducted by telephone, in person, or by teleconference or similar electronic means.
- (f) NAO may issue a written order showing the matters disposed of in the conference and may include in the order other matters related to the appeal.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1374, 1375 and 1416; 16 U.S.C. 1540; 16 U.S.C. 773f; 16 U.S.C. 973f; 16 U.S.C. 1174; 16 U.S.C. 2437; 16 U.S.C. 4013; 16 U.S.C. 5507; 16 U.S.C. 7009; 16 U.S.C. 3637; 16 U.S.C. 5103 and 5106; 16 U.S.C. 5154 and 5158; 16 U.S.C. 6905, and; 16 U.S.C. 5010.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 7060, Feb. 6, 2014, unless otherwise noted.