[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 30CFR44.23]

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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 44--RULES OF PRACTICE FOR PETITIONS FOR MODIFICATION OF MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart C--Hearings
 
Sec. 44.23  Prehearing conferences.

    (a) Convening a conference. Upon his own motion or the motion of a 
party, the administrative law judge may direct the parties or their 
counsel to meet with him for a conference to consider:
    (1) Simplification of issues;
    (2) Necessity or desirability of amendments to documents for 
clarification, simplification, or limitation;
    (3) Stipulations and admissions of facts;
    (4) Limitation of the number of parties and expert witnesses; and
    (5) Such other matters as may tend to expedite the disposition of 
the proceeding and assure a just conclusion thereof.
    (b) Record of conference. The administrative law judge may, where 
appropriate, issue an order which recites the action taken at the 
conference, amendments allowed to any filed documents, and agreements 
made between the parties as to any of the matters considered. The order 
shall limit the issues for hearing to those not disposed of by 
admissions or agreements. Such an order controls the subsequent course 
of the hearing, unless modified at the hearing to prevent manifest 
injustice.