[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: 10CFR2.317]

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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. 2.317  Separate hearings; consolidation of proceedings.

    (a) Separate hearings. On motion by the parties or upon request of 
the presiding officer for good cause shown, or on its own initiative, 
the Commission may establish separate hearings in a proceeding if it is 
found that the action will be conducive to the proper dispatch of its 
business and to the ends of justice and will be conducted in accordance 
with the other provisions of this subpart.
    (b) Consolidation of proceedings. On motion and for good cause shown 
or on its own initiative, the Commission or the presiding officers of 
each affected proceeding may consolidate for hearing or for other 
purposes two or more proceedings, or may hold joint hearings with 
interested States and/or other Federal agencies on matters of concurrent 
jurisdiction, if it is found that the action will be conducive to the 
proper dispatch of its business and to the ends of justice and will be 
conducted in accordance with the other provisions of this subpart.