[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR385.502]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 385--RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart E--Hearings
 
Sec. 385.502  Initiation of hearing (Rule 502).

    (a) Notice or order initiating hearing. A hearing under this subpart 
will be initiated by:
    (1) Order of the Commission; or
    (2) Notice by the Secretary at the direction of the Commission or 
under delegated authority.
    (b) Contents of notice or order initiating hearing. Any order or 
notice under paragraph (a) of this section will set forth:
    (1) The authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be 
held;
    (2) The nature of the proceeding;
    (3) The final date for the filing of interventions, if the dates 
were not fixed by an earlier notice;
    (4) The presiding officer, if designated at that time; and
    (5) The date, time, and location of the hearing or prehearing 
conference, if known; and
    (6) Any other appropriate matter.
    (c) Consolidation, severance, and phasing. Any notice or order under 
this section may direct consolidation of proceedings, phasing of a 
proceeding, or severance of proceedings or issues in a proceeding.

[Order 225, 47 FR 19022, May 3, 1982, as amended at Order 492, 53 FR 
16067, May 5, 1988; Order 606, 64 FR 44405, Aug. 16, 1999]