Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 37 - Water Resources, Department of
Rule 37.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
Section 37.01.01.510 - PURPOSES OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE

To initiate formal proceedings in a contested case pursuant to Rule 102, the agency will issue a Notice of Prehearing Conference, identifying the presiding officer for the case and setting the date and time for prehearing conference. The prehearing conference shall be convened for purposes of formulating or simplifying the issues, obtaining concessions of fact or identification of documents to avoid unnecessary proof, scheduling discovery (when discovery is allowed), arranging for the exchange of proposed exhibits or prepared testimony, limiting witnesses, discussing settlement offers or making settlement offers, scheduling hearings, establishing procedure at hearings, and addressing other matters that may expedite orderly conduct and disposition of the proceeding or its settlement. (3-18-22)