33 CFR § 403.9 - Prehearings. [Rule 9]
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s403.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 403.9 - Prehearings. [Rule 9]"
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "403.9"
section_name: "Prehearings. [Rule 9]"
chapter_name: "GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "403"
part_name: "RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE JOINT TOLLS REVIEW BOARD"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "68 Stat. 92-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990; Agreement between the Governments of United States and of Canada dated March 9, 1959, 10 U.S.T. 323, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "24 FR 9307, Nov. 18, 1959; 24 FR 10445, Dec. 23, 1959, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "403"
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# 403.9 Prehearings. [Rule 9]
The Board may direct, orally or in writing, parties or their representatives to appear before the Board or a member of the Board at a specified time and place for a conference prior to or during the course of a hearing or, in lieu of personally appearing, to submit suggestions in writing, for the purpose of formulating issues and considering:
(a) The simplification of issues;
(b) The procedure at the hearing;
(c) The necessity or desirability of amending the application, answer or reply for the purpose of clarification, amplification or limitation;
(d) The mutual exchange among the parties of documents and exhibits proposed to be submitted at the hearing; and
(e) Such other matters as may aid in the simplification of the evidence and disposition of the proceeding. [Rule 9]
[24 FR 9307, Nov. 18, 1959; 24 FR 10445, Dec. 23, 1959. Redesignated at 47 FR 13805, Apr. 1, 1982]