---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 179.85"
title: "40"
number: "179.85"
heading: "Purpose of preliminary conference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/179.85"
---

# §179.85. Purpose of preliminary conference.


The presiding officer will conduct one or more preliminary conferences for the following purposes:

- (a) **To determine the areas of factual disagreement to be considered at the hearing.**
- (b) To establish any necessary procedural rules to control the course of the hearing and the schedule for the hearing.
- (c) To group parties with substantially similar interests, for purposes of presenting evidence, making objections, cross-examination, and presenting oral argument.
- (d) **To obtain stipulations and admissions of facts.**
- (e) To take other action that may expedite the hearing.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a, 371(a); Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1970.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 50293, Dec. 5, 1990, unless otherwise noted.