Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0008 - Practice and Procedure
Chapter 2 - CONTESTED CASE HEARINGS
Section 2-12 - Setting Hearings and Other Proceedings
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) The hearing officer or Chair of the Council, as applicable, shall assign a docket number to each contested case. All papers, pleadings, motions, and orders filed thereafter shall contain:
(b) The hearing officer shall set the course of proceedings through the issuance of a scheduling order. This may include, but is not limited to, pre-hearing conferences, confidentiality issues, summary disposition deadlines, motion practice, settlement conferences, and the evidentiary hearing.
(c) Prehearing conferences may be held at the discretion of the hearing officer. Any party may request a prehearing conference to address issues such as discovery, motion deadlines, scheduling orders, or case status.
(d) At the hearing officer's discretion and unless otherwise provided by the Council, telephone or videoconference calls may be used to conduct any proceeding. At the discretion of the hearing officer, parties or their witnesses may be allowed to participate in any hearing by telephone or videoconference.