[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR2200.51]

[Page 251]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
      CHAPTER XX--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
 
PART 2200--RULES OF PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart D--Prehearing Procedures and Discovery
 
Sec. 2200.51  Prehearing conferences and orders.

    (a) Scheduling conference. (1) The Judge shall consult with all 
attorneys and any unrepresented parties, by a scheduling conference, 
telephone, mail, or other suitable means, and within 30 days after the 
filing of the answer, enter a scheduling order that limits the time:
    (i) To join other parties and to amend the pleadings;
    (ii) To file and hear motions; and
    (iii) To complete discovery.
    (2) The scheduling order also may include:
    (i) The date or dates for conferences before hearing, a final 
prehearing conference, and hearing; and
    (ii) Any other matters appropriate to the circumstances of the case.
    (b) Prehearing conference. In addition to the prehearing procedures 
set forth in Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Judge 
may upon his own initiative or on the motion of a party direct the 
parties to confer among themselves to consider settlement, stipulation 
of facts, or any other matter that may expedite the hearing.

[57 FR 41685, Sept. 11, 1992]