Section NR 2.12 - Informal conferences, prehearing conferences and motions(1) CALL AND PURPOSE. The department or the administrative law judge may call an informal conference or prehearing conference at any time prior to or during the course of a hearing, and may require the attendance of all persons who are or wish to be parties to the proceeding, under s. NR 2.08. The purposes of the conferences shall be to consider, insofar as applicable: (a) Clarification of issues.(b) Amendments to the pleadings.(c) Admissibility of evidence.(d) The possibility of obtaining admissions or stipulations of fact and of documents which will avoid unnecessary proof.(e) The identification of witnesses and limitation of the number of witnesses.(f) The identification of all parties to the proceeding.(g) The scope and conduct of prehearing discovery.(h) The exchange of exhibits by all parties prior to the hearing.(i) Filing of prehearing motions.(j) Other matters as may aid in the disposition of the matter.(2) RECORDING STIPULATIONS. The administrative law judge shall record any stipulations made at the conference, which the judge intends shall bind the parties in the proceedings.(3) PREHEARING MOTIONS. All motions, notices of motions, and any supporting papers which can reasonably be made prior to the hearing shall be served upon all parties and filed with the administrative law judge at least 7 days prior to the date on which the hearing is scheduled to begin, unless otherwise ordered by the department or the administrative law judge.(4) DECISION ON BRIEFS. If an informal conference is held and the parties agree that there is no material dispute of fact raised by the pleadings, the administrative law judge or department may cancel the hearing and may decide the matter on the basis of briefs submitted by the parties.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 2.12
Cr. Register, March, 1973, No. 207, eff. 4-1-73; am. (1) and cr. (3), Register, March, 1984, No. 339, eff. 4-1-84; CR 02-046: am. (1) and (2), renum. and am. (3) to be (4), cr. (3) Register September 2004 No. 585, eff. 10-1-04.