§354.11. Prehearing conference.
19 C.F.R. § 354.11
If an administrative hearing has been requested, the presiding official will direct the parties to attend a prehearing conference to consider:
Simplification of issues;
Obtaining stipulations of fact and of documents to avoid unnecessary proof;
Settlement of the matter;
Discovery; and
Such other matters as may expedite the disposition of the proceedings.
Any relevant and significant stipulations or admissions will be incorporated into the initial decision.
If a prehearing conference is impractical, the presiding official will direct the parties to correspond with each other or to confer by telephone or otherwise to achieve the purposes of such a conference.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 19 U.S.C. 1677.
Source
Source: 53 FR 47920, Nov. 28, 1988, unless otherwise noted.