50 CFR § 221.24 - Can a hearing process be stayed to allow for settlement discussions?

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title: "50 CFR § 221.24 - Can a hearing process be stayed to allow for settlement discussions?"
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "221.24"
section_name: "Can a hearing process be stayed to allow for settlement discussions?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MARINE MAMMALS"
part_number: "221"
part_name: "CONDITIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS IN FERC HYDROPOWER LICENSES"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 797(e), 811, 823d."
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# 221.24 Can a hearing process be stayed to allow for settlement discussions?

(a) Prior to referral to the ALJ, the hearing requester and NOAA may by agreement stay the hearing process under this subpart for a period not to exceed 120 days to allow for settlement discussions, if the stay period and any subsequent hearing process (if required) can be accommodated within the time frame established for the license proceeding.

(b) Any stay of the hearing process will not affect the deadline for filing a notice of intervention and response, if any, pursuant to § 221.22(a)(1)(ii).