CFR > Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior > PART 4—DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES > SUBPART L—Special Rules Applicable to Surface Coal Mining Hearings and Appeals (§4.1100 to §4.1394) > 4.1131—Time for discovery.

4.1131—Time for discovery.

Following the initiation of a proceeding, the parties may initiate discovery at any time as long as it does not interfere with the conduct of the hearing.