Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 351 - PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN REVISING WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLANS
Subpart C - PUBLIC HEARINGS
Section 351.305 - Hearing Procedures
Universal Citation: 35 IL Admin Code ยง 351.305
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) All witnesses shall be sworn.
b) A party may cross-examine any witness to promote a full and fair disclosure of the facts, subject to the evidentiary requirements of these rules. The Hearing Officer may also question witnesses within the same limits.
c) The admission of evidence shall be guided by the following provisions:
1) The rules of
evidence and privilege, as applied in civil cases in the circuit courts of
Illinois, shall be followed. However, evidence not admissible under such rules
may be admitted, except where precluded by statute, if the evidence is of the
type commonly relied upon by reasonable persons in the conduct of their
affairs.
2) Irrelevant, immaterial
and unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded.
3) Any part of the evidence may be received
in written form when the hearing will be expedited and the interests of the
parties will not be prejudiced.
4)
Objections to evidentiary offers may be made and shall be noted in the
record.
d) Official notice may be taken of:
1) Matters of which
the circuit courts of Illinois may take judicial notice:
2) Generally recognized technical or
scientific facts within the Agency's specialized knowledge.
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