1. (1) A jurisdiction, organization, group, or individual may request that the RPC staff or other neutral party perform a situation assessment at any time, before or after initiation of the process.
2. (2) The situation assessment may involve examination of documents, interviews and/or assessement meetings, and shall recommend issues to be addressed, parties that may participate, appropriate resolution procedures and a proposed schedule.
3. (3) The situation assessment is intended to examine the nature of the dispute; identify affected and potential parties; and assist the parties to evaluate appropriate dispute resolution procedures.
4. (4) The situation assessment shall be performed by Council staff, unless the Council is a named party. In those cases where the Council is a named party, the situation assessment will be performed by a neutral agreeable to all the named parties.

Specific Authority 186.509 FS. Law Implemented 186.509 FS. History–New 7-5-94.