1 Pa. Code § 35.113

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 21, May 25, 2024

Section 35.113 - Initiation of conferences

(a) The agency head or the presiding officer, with or without motion, and after consideration of the probability of beneficial results to be derived therefrom, may direct that a conference be held, and direct the parties to the proceeding, the staff of the agency and staff counsel to appear thereat to consider the matters enumerated in § 35.112 (relating to conferences to expedite hearings). Due notice of the time and place of the conference shall be given to all parties to the proceeding, the staff of the agency and staff counsel.

(b) Parties will be expected to come to the conference fully prepared for a useful discussion of problems involved in the proceeding, both procedural and substantive, and fully authorized to make commitments with respect thereto. The preparation should include, among other things, advance study of relevant material, and advance informal communication between the participants, including requests for additional data and information, to the extent it appears feasible and desirable. Failure of a participant to attend the conference, after being served with due notice of the time and place thereof, shall constitute a waiver of all objections to the agreements reached, if any, and any order or ruling with respect thereto.

1 Pa. Code § 35.113

This section cited in 4 Pa. Code § 105.14d (relating to prehearing conferences); 7 Pa. Code § 179.60 (relating to prehearing and other conferences); 10 Pa. Code § 3.10 (relating to prehearing conferences); 16 Pa. Code § 42.75 (relating to conciliation meetings and prehearing conferences); 22 Pa. Code § 121.191 (relating to approved lending institutions in Federal Stafford Loan, Federal PLUS Loan and Federal Consolidation Loan Programs); 25 Pa. Code § 1021.105 (relating to prehearing conferences); 34 Pa. Code § 131.53a (relating to consolidated hearing procedure); 34 Pa. Code § 131.57 (relating to compromise and release agreements); 34 Pa. Code § 131.58 (relating to informal conferences); 34 Pa. Code § 131.59 (relating to mediation); 34 Pa. Code § 131.59a (relating to voluntary mediation); 34 Pa. Code § 131.59b (relating to mandatory mediation); 34 Pa. Code § 131.60 (relating to resolution hearings); 34 Pa. Code § 131.203 (relating to hearing procedures); 34 Pa. Code § 131.204 (relating to UEGF subpoenas and interrogatories); 37 Pa. Code § 171.61 (relating to conciliation conference); 37 Pa. Code § 171.81 (relating to prehearing conference); 37 Pa. Code § 197.46 (relating to prehearing conference); 37 Pa. Code § 197.88 (relating to prehearing conference); 40 Pa. Code § 15.43 (relating to prehearing memoranda or conferences); 52 Pa. Code § 5.222 (relating to initiation of prehearing conferences in nonrate proceedings); 52 Pa. Code § 1005.91 (relating to conferences generally); 58 Pa. Code § 491a.9 (relating to prehearing and other conferences); and 61 Pa. Code § 703.21 (relating to prehearing conference).