[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 18CFR385.503]

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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. 385.503  Consolidation, severance and extension of close-of-record date by Chief Administrative Law Judge (Rule 503).

    (a) The Chief Administrative Law Judge may, on motion or otherwise, 
order proceedings pending under this subpart consolidated for hearing 
on, or settlement of, any or all matters in issue in the proceedings, or 
order the severance of proceedings or issues in a proceeding. The order 
may be appealed to the Commission pursuant to Rule 715.
    (b) If the Commission orders that the presiding officer close the 
record in any proceeding by a specific date, the Chief Administrative 
Law Judge may, upon motion or otherwise, extend the close-of-record date 
for good cause. This staff action may be appealed to the Commission only 
under Rule 1902.

[Order 225, 47 FR 19022, May 3, 1982, as amended by Order 376, 49 FR 
21705, May 23, 1984; Order 437, 50 FR 48183, Nov. 22, 1985; Order 578, 
60 FR 19505, Apr. 19, 1995]