Section 885. Consolidated hearings

1. Any applicant for permits required
  for a business undertaking, project, or activity, or  any  state  agency
  having  jurisdiction  of the required permits, may request the office to
  coordinate any public hearings. The office may consolidate such hearings
  insofar as may be feasible.
    2. A consolidated hearing shall be conducted in  a  manner  consistent
  with  the  state  administrative  procedure  act.    The director or his
  designee shall be the presiding officer and shall  establish  an  agenda
  for,  and  regulate, the course of the hearing. A representative of each
  state agency within whose jurisdiction a specific application lies shall
  conduct that portion of the hearing  pertaining  to  the  submission  of
  information  and  data relating to such application.  The hearing may be
  continued by  the  presiding  officer  when  appropriate  and  shall  be
  recorded in a suitable manner.
    3.  The  office,  with the consent of the state agencies having permit
  jurisdiction, may provide for a pre-hearing conference to assist in  the
  disposition  of  the  type, time, place, and parties of the consolidated
  hearing, the simplification of the issues, the stipulations as to agreed
  facts and necessary documents, and any other relevant matters.
    * NB Authority of office terminated per § 893 December 31, 1995