Section 15-121. PRE-HEARING CONFERENCE

 

121.1The Commission, or any presiding officer to whom a case has been assigned for hearing, shall give notice directing all parties to attend a pre-hearing conference.

 

121.2At least five (5) calendar days before the pre-hearing conference, each party shall serve and file a statement of proposed issues and order of procedure with the Commission.

 

121.3The parties to the proceeding, or their representatives, and representatives of the Commission designated by it for the purpose, shall be conferees.

 

121.4The purpose of the pre-hearing conference shall be to do the following:

 

(a)Formulate the issues;

 

(b)Arrange for the exchange of proposed exhibits;

 

(c)Make any necessary amendments to the pleadings;

 

(d)Obtain admissions of fact and of documents which will avoid unnecessary proof;

 

(e)Determine the number of witnesses;

 

(f)Set forth any extraordinary rules of procedure for the conduct of the hearing(s);

 

(g)Adopt a procedural schedule for the proceedings; and

 

(h)Pursue any other matters as may aid in the disposition of the proceeding.

 

121.5Any agreements reached at the conference by the parties shall be promptly reduced to writing by the Commission's designee and submitted to the Commission for approval.

 

121.6Any participant who fails to attend a pre-hearing conference of which the participant had due notice shall, with respect to any matter reasonably encompassed in the notice of the prehearing conference, be deemed to have waived any objections to any agreement reached, or ruling made thereon at the conference.

 

121.7At the conclusion of the pre-hearing conference, the Commission shall issue, as soon thereafter as possible, an Order and Report on Prehearing Conference, designating the parties, setting forth the issues to be decided in the hearing(s), any extraordinary rules or procedure, and the procedural schedule of the proceeding.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 2984, 3000 (July 3, 1981).