50 CFR § 221.50 - When and where will the hearing be held?

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title: "50 CFR § 221.50 - When and where will the hearing be held?"
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "221.50"
section_name: "When and where will the hearing be held?"
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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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 797(e), 811, 823d."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 17207, Mar. 31, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
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# 221.50 When and where will the hearing be held?

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the hearing will be held at the time and place set at the initial prehearing conference under § 221.40, generally within 25 days after the date set for completion of discovery.

(b) On motion by a party or on the ALJ's initiative, the ALJ may change the date, time, or place of the hearing if he or she finds:

(1) That there is good cause for the change; and

(2) That the change will not unduly prejudice the parties and witnesses.