Code of Federal Regulations Title 43. Public Lands:  Interior § 43.30.223 What is a prehearing conference?

(a) Simplify or clarify the issues;

(b) Obtain stipulations, admissions, agreements on documents, understandings on matters already of record, or similar agreements that will avoid unnecessary proof;

(c) Limit the number of expert or other witnesses to avoid excessively cumulative evidence;

(d) Facilitate agreements disposing of all or any of the issues in dispute;  or

(e) Resolve such other matters as may simplify and shorten the hearing.