[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1955.31]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1955_PROCEDURES FOR WITHDRAWAL OF APPROVAL OF STATE PLANS
--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart D_Preliminary Conference and Discovery
 
Sec. 1955.31  Preliminary conference.

    (a) Upon his own motion, or the motion of a party, the 
administrative law judge may direct the parties to meet with him for a 
conference or conferences to consider:
    (1) Simplification of the issues;
    (2) The necessity or desirability of amendments to documents for 
purposes of clarification, simplification, or limitation;
    (3) Stipulations of fact, and of the authenticity, of the contents 
of documents;
    (4) Limitations on the number of parties and of witnesses;
    (5) Scope of participation of petitioners under Sec. 1955.17 of 
this part;
    (6) Establishment of dates for discovery; and
    (7) Such other matters as may tend to expedite the disposition of 
the proceedings, and to assure a just conclusion thereof.
    (b) The administrative law judge shall enter an order which recites 
the action taken at the conference, the amendments allowed to any 
documents which have been filed, and the agreements made between the 
parties as to any of the matters considered. Such order shall limit the 
issues for hearing to those not disposed of by admissions or agreements, 
and control the subsequent course of the hearing, unless modified at the 
hearing to prevent manifest injustice.