[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: 18CFR385.509]

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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. 385.509  Admissibility of evidence (Rule 509).

    (a) General standard. The presiding officer should exclude from 
evidence any irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious material. The 
presiding officer may also exclude from evidence any other material 
which the presiding officer determines is not of the kind which would 
affect reasonable and fair-minded persons in the conduct of their daily 
affairs.
    (b) Ruling on evidence. (1) The presiding officer will rule on the 
admissibility of any evidence offered.
    (2) If any participant objects to the admission or exclusion of 
evidence, the participant must state briefly the grounds for the 
objection.
    (3) The presiding officer will not permit formal exceptions to any 
ruling on evidence. This prohibition against formal exceptions does not 
preclude a participant from raising, as an issue, the validity of any 
ruling on evidence later in the proceeding, consistent with Rule 711.

[Order 225, 47 FR 19022, May 3, 1982, as amended by Order 225-A, 47 FR 
35956, Aug. 18, 1982]