---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 209.319"
title: "49"
number: "209.319"
heading: "Prehearing conference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/209.319"
---

# §209.319. Prehearing conference.

- (a) The parties shall confer with the presiding officer, either in person or by telephone, for a conference at least 10 days before the hearing to consider:
  - (1) Formulation and simplification of the issues;
  - (2) Stipulations, admissions of fact, and admissions of the contents and authenticity of documents;
  - (3) Advance rulings from the presiding officer on the admissibility of evidence;
  - (4) Identification of witnesses, including the scope of their testimony, and of hearing exhibits;
  - (5) Possibility of settlement; and
  - (6) Such other matters as the presiding officer deems necessary to expedite the disposition of the proceeding.
- (b) The record shall show the matters disposed of by order and by agreement in such a prehearing conference. The subsequent course of the hearing shall be controlled by such action.
- (c) The prehearing conference shall be held within 150 days after receipt of respondent's request for a hearing under [§ 209.311](/cfr/49/209.311.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 54 FR 42907, Oct. 18, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5123, 5124, 20103, 20107, 20111, 20112, 20114; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 56742, Oct. 28, 1977, unless otherwise noted.