2206.1 Hearings on applications for exemption shall be held at such times and places as the Presiding Officer shall designate.

2206.2 A quorum of the Board shall be present for the Board to hold a hearing.

2206.3 The Presiding Officer shall have authority to do the following:

1. (a) Give notice of public hearings and hold public hearings;
2. (b) Regulate the course of hearings;
3. (c) Impose reasonable limitations upon the length of testimony;
4. (d) Assign exhibit numbers for all written, documentary and other tangible matters offered into evidence;
5. (e) Rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant evidence;
6. (f) Call, examine and cross-examine witnesses and introduce into the record documentary or other evidence;
7. (g) Request the applicant or other party, at any time during the hearing, to state his or her position about any issue in the proceeding;
8. (h) Take any other action authorized by this chapter or necessary under this chapter; and
9. (i) Grant a waiver to the applicant after the thirty (30) day notice to the public regarding nature of application to the Board.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 5101, 5105 (July 1, 1988).