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5.53(F) Any documentation to be submitted pursuant to subsection (E) of this Rule shall be <br />delivered to the Board and mailed to all Parties and Contested Hearing Participants by August <br />15 unless the Parties agree otherwise. <br />5.54 Notice of Hearings on Contested Staff Recommendations <br />5.54(A) Staff shall mail notice of any prehearing conference any hearing on a contested Staff <br />ISF recommendation to all of the names on the Contested Hearing Mailing List for the particular <br />proposed appropriation. The notice shall specify the time, place, nature of the prehearing <br />conference hearing, and any requirements with respect to special procedures that the Board <br />deems appropriate for that proceeding. <br />5.54(B) The Board may postpone a hearing to another date by issuing written notice of the <br />postponement no later than 7 days prior to the original hearing date. <br />5.55 Conduct of Hearings <br />5.55(A) In conducting any hearing, the Board shall have authority to: administer oaths and <br />affirmations; regulate the course of the hearing; set the time and place for continued hearing; limit <br />the number of technical witnesses; issue appropriate orders controlling the subsequent course of <br />the proceedings; and take any other action authorized by these Rules. <br />5.55(B) At the hearing, the Board shall hear arguments, concerns or rebuttals from Parties, <br />Contested Hearing Participants and interested members of the public. The Board, in its <br />discretion, may limit testimony at the hearing. Without good cause, the Board will not permit <br />Parties or Contested Hearing Participants to introduce written material at the hearing not <br />previously submitted pursuant to these Rules. The Board, in making its determinations, need not <br />consider any written material not timely presented. <br />5.55(C) Only the Board may question witnesses at the hearing except where the Board <br />determines that for good cause shown allowing the parties to question witnesses may materially <br />aid the Board in reaching its decision or where such questioning by the Parties relates to the <br />statutory findings required by § 37- 92- 102(3)(c), C.R.S. (1999). The Board may terminate <br />questioning where the Board determines that such questioning is irrelevant or redundant or may <br />terminate such questioning for other good cause. <br />11 <br />