[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR2.316]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 2_RULES OF PRACTICE FOR DOMESTIC LICENSING PROCEEDINGS AND 
ISSUANCE OF ORDERS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C_Rules of General Applicability: Hearing Requests, Petitions to 
 
Sec. 2.316  Consolidation of parties.

    On motion or on its or his own initiative, the Commission or the 
presiding officer may order any parties in a proceeding who have 
substantially the same interest that may be affected by the proceeding 
and who raise substantially the same questions, to consolidate their 
presentation of evidence, cross-examination, briefs, proposed findings 
of fact, and conclusions of law and argument. However, it may not order 
any consolidation that would prejudice the rights of any party. A 
consolidation under this section may be for all purposes of the 
proceeding, all of the issues of the proceeding, or with respect to any 
one or more issues thereof.

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