La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XIX-3913

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XIX-3913 - Procedure for Conferences

A. At any conference held pursuant to these rules, the applicant shall present the available and appropriate geological, engineering or other bases for his position supported by sufficient data and detail for the conferees to have reasonable opportunity to discuss and attempt to resolve their differences in good faith.

B. Any opponent or party supporting the applicant, who has had an opportunity to study the matter and who has developed the geological, engineering or other bases for his opposition or support, shall present his position in sufficient detail to permit the parties to attempt to resolve the differences in good faith.

C. If, however, any opponent or party supporting the applicant is not prepared to discuss the geological, engineering or other bases for his opposition or support at the conference, he shall later comply with the provisions of §3915 or §3917 and §3921 hereof.

D. At any conference held pursuant to these rules, any participant proposing to create or revise a unit or units shall exhibit a map or plat, reasonably prepared in sufficient size and detail to enable affected parties to determine the location of their lands.

E. Conferences held pursuant to these rules are designed to promote an open exchange of views among the parties; therefore, any reference to discussions among the parties as to geological, engineering, or other bases for a party's position at said conferences shall not be admissible in evidence at any hearing. Tape recordings and transcriptions made at any such conference also shall not be admissible in evidence.

F. Conference reports prepared pursuant to §3915 shall be limited to a statement of whether or not there is disagreement among the parties and shall contain no reference to individual geological, engineering or other opinions expressed at said conferences, but they shall indicate the issues that are likely to be controverted and the number of parties likely to present opposing plans.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XIX-3913

Adopted by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, October 1983, amended and promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 19:761 (June 1993).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4 et seq.