{"data":{"id":"us/10-cfr-2.316","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 CFR 2.316","heading":"Consolidation of parties.","body":"On motion or on its own initiative, the Commission or the presiding officer may order any parties in a proceeding who have substantially the same interest that may be affected by the proceeding and who raise substantially the same questions, to consolidate their presentation of evidence, cross-examination, briefs, proposed findings of fact, and conclusions of law and argument. However, it may not order any consolidation that would prejudice the rights of any party. A consolidation under this section may be for all purposes of the proceeding, all of the issues of the proceeding, or with respect to any one or more issues thereof.","path":["Title 10—Energy","CHAPTER I—NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","PART 2—AGENCY RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE","Subpart C—Rules of General Applicability: Hearing Requests, Petitions To Intervene, Availability of Documents, Selection of Specific Hearing Procedures, Presiding Officer Powers, and General Hearing Management for NRC Adjudicatory Hearings"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-10.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:09Z","sha256":"4ccd2f7f2a9d0aa1807db75e4b60aecfc90004718736bb5fef8806400aa18ce2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-cfr-2.315","next":"us/10-cfr-2.317"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}