[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR4.111]

[Page 59]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 4--DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart C--Special Rules of Practice Before the Interior Board of 
                            Contract Appeals
 
Sec. 4.111  Prehearing or presubmission conference.

    Whether the case is to be submitted without a hearing, or heard 
pursuant to Secs. 4.118 through 4.123, the Board may upon its own 
initiative or upon the application of either party, call upon the 
parties to appear before a member or hearing officer of the Board for a 
conference to consider:
    (a) The simplification or clarification of the issues;
    (b) The possibility of obtaining stipulations, admissions, 
agreements on documents, understandings on matters already of record, or 
similar agreements which will avoid unnecessary proof;
    (c) The limitation of the number of expert witnesses, or avoidance 
of similar cumulative evidence, if the case is to be heard;
    (d) The possibility of agreement disposing of all or any of the 
issues in dispute; and
    (e) Such other matters as may aid in the disposition of the appeal.

Any conference results that are not reflected in a transcript shall be 
reduced to writing by the Board member or the hearing officer. This 
writing shall thereafter constitute part of the record.