# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 01 — General Provisions

### Chapter 02 — Procedures for Contested Case Hearings Before the Secretary of the Environment

#### Regulation .36 Consolidation.

*COMAR 26.01.02.36*

When proceedings involving a common question of law or fact are pending before the hearing examiner or before the final decision maker, the proceedings may be consolidated. If the proceedings consolidated involve different parties or burdens of going forward or persuasion, procedures may be imposed which will assure an expeditious and just proceeding.