---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 354.11"
title: "19"
number: "354.11"
heading: "Prehearing conference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/354.11"
---

# §354.11. Prehearing conference.

- (a)
  - (1) If an administrative hearing has been requested, the presiding official will direct the parties to attend a prehearing conference to consider:
    - (i) Simplification of issues;
    - (ii) Obtaining stipulations of fact and of documents to avoid unnecessary proof;
    - (iii) Settlement of the matter;
    - (iv) Discovery; and
    - (v) Such other matters as may expedite the disposition of the proceedings.
  - (2) Any relevant and significant stipulations or admissions will be incorporated into the initial decision.
- (b) 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

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 19 U.S.C. 1677.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 47920, Nov. 28, 1988, unless otherwise noted.