43 C.F.R. § 4.452-5 Conduct of hearing.
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
So far as not inconsistent with a prehearing order, the administrative law judge may seek to obtain stipulations as to material facts and the issues involved and may state any other issues on which he may wish to have evidence presented. He may exclude irrelevant issues. The contestant will then present his case following which the other parties (and in private contests the Bureau, if it intervenes) will present their cases.
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 4—DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES
Subpart E—Special Rules Applicable to Public Land Hearings and Appeals
hearings on appeals involving questions of fact
§ 4.452-5 Conduct of hearing.
