§ 10.41. Prehearing conferences; procedural matters.

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In any proceeding the Administrative Law Judge may direct that one or more conferences be held for the purpose of:

(a)Clarifying issues;

(b)Examining the possibility of obtaining stipulations, admissions of fact and of authenticity or contents of documents;

(c)Determining matters of which official notice may be taken;

(d)Discussing amendments to pleadings;

(e)Limiting the number of witnesses;

(f)Considering objections to the introduction of documentary evidence and the testimony of witnesses identified in prehearing materials filed or otherwise furnished by the parties pursuant to § 10.42;

(g)Discussing adoption of shortened procedures pursuant to § 10.92;

(h)Promoting a fair and expeditious hearing. At or following the conclusion of a prehearing conference, the Administrative Law Judge shall serve a prehearing memorandum containing agreements reached and any procedural determinations made by him, unless the conference shall have been recorded and transcribed in written form and a copy of the transcript has been made available to each party. \[41 FR 2511, Jan. 16, 1976, as amended at 63 FR 55791, Oct. 19, 1998\]