[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: 29CFR2700.53]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
     CHAPTER XXVII--FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
 
PART 2700--PROCEDURAL RULES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart G--Hearings
 
Sec. 2700.53  Prehearing conferences and statements.

    (a) The Judge may require the parties to participate in a prehearing 
conference, either in person or by telephone. The participants at any 
such conference may consider and take action with respect to:
    (1) The formulation and simplification of the issues;
    (2) The possibility of obtaining stipulations, admissions of fact 
and of documents that will avoid unnecessary proof and advance rulings 
from the Judge on the admissibility of evidence;
    (3) The exchange of exhibits and the names of witnesses and a 
synopsis of the testimony expected from each witness;
    (4) The necessity or desirability of amendments to the pleadings and 
the joinder of parties;
    (5) The possibility of agreement disposing of any or all of the 
issues in dispute;
    (6) Such other matters as may aid in the expedition of the hearing 
or the disposition of the case.
    (b) The Judge may also require the parties to submit prehearing 
statements addressing one or more of the matters set forth in paragraph 
(a) of this section.