Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 591 - Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Board, Iowa Comprehensive
Chapter 17 - Appeals-contested Cases
Rule 591-17.17 - Prehearing Conference

Universal Citation: IA Admin Code 591-17.17

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 13, December 25, 2024

(1) Any party may request a prehearing conference. A written request for prehearing conference or an order for prehearing conference on the presiding officer's own motion shall be filed not less than ten days prior to the hearing date. A prehearing conference shall be scheduled not less than three business days prior to the hearing date.

Written notice of the prehearing conference shall be given by the presiding officer to all parties. For good cause, the presiding officer may permit variances from this rule.

(2) Each party shall bring to the prehearing conference:

a. A final list of the witnesses who the party anticipates will testify at hearing. Witnesses not listed may be excluded from testifying unless there was good cause for the failure to include their names; and

b. A final list of exhibits which the party anticipates will be introduced at hearing. Exhibits, other than rebuttal exhibits that are not listed, may be excluded from admission into evidence unless there was good cause for the failure to include them.

c. Witness or exhibit lists may be amended subsequent to the prehearing conference within the time limits established by the presiding officer at the prehearing conference. Any such amendments must be served on all parties.

(3) In addition to the requirements of subrule 17.15(2), the parties at a prehearing conference may:

a. Enter into stipulations of law or fact;

b. Enter into stipulations on the admissibility of exhibits;

c. Identify matters which the parties intend to request be officially noticed;

d. Enter into stipulations for waiver of any provision of law; and

e. Consider any additional matters which will expedite the hearing.

(4) Prehearing conferences may be conducted by telephone unless otherwise ordered. Parties shall exchange and receive witness and exhibit lists in advance of a prehearing conference.

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