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5.53(B) On or before five working days before the prehearing conference, each Party shall file <br />a prehearing statement with the Board. A prehearing statement shall identify all exhibits, <br />engineering data, biological data and reports or other information that the Party will rely upon at <br />the hearing and shall contain: <br />i) A specific statement of the factual and legal claims asserted (issues to be resolved) <br />and the legal basis upon which the Party will rely; <br />ii) Copies of all exhibits to be introduced at the hearing; <br />iii) A list of witnesses to be called and a brief description of their testimony; <br />iv) Any alternative proposal to the proposed instream flow; <br />v) All written testimony to be offered into evidence at the hearing; and <br />vi) Any legal memoranda. <br />Each Party shall deliver a copy of its prehearing statement to all other Parties, Contested Hearing <br />Participants, the Hearing Officer and directly to the Assistant Attorneys General representing Staff and <br />the Board. The Board will not consider information, other than rebuttal statements, submitted by the <br />Parties after this deadline except for good cause shown. <br />5.53(C) Any Contested Hearing Participant may also submit written comments 5 days prior to <br />the prehearing conference. Contested Hearing Participants who submit written comments for the <br />Board's consideration shall provide a copy to all other Contested Hearing Participants, Parties, <br />the Hearing Officer and the Assistant Attorneys General representing Staff and Board. <br />5.53(D) The prehearing conference will afford the Parties the opportunity to address such issues <br />as time available for each Party at the hearing, avoiding presentation of duplicative information, <br />consolidation of concerns, etc. The Parties may formulate stipulations respecting the issues to <br />be raised, witnesses and exhibits to be presented, and/or any other matters which may be <br />agreed to or admitted by the Parties. At the preheating conference, the Parties shall make <br />known any objections to the procedures or evidence that they may raise at the hearing unless <br />such objections could not have been reasonably determined at that time. <br />5.53(E) August 15 is the last day for submission of written rebuttal statements, including <br />testimony, legal memoranda, and exhibits. Except for such rebuttal, the Board will not accept <br />any statements or related documentation or exhibits submitted by any Party after the prehearing <br />conference, except for good cause shown or as agreed upon by the Parties. The scope of <br />rebuttal is limited to issues and evidence presented in the preheating statements. <br />10 <br />