# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 20 — Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Under Federally Approved Program

### Chapter 35 — Discovery During Adjudicatory Hearings

#### Regulation .04 Sequence and Timing of Discovery.

*COMAR 26.20.35.04*

Unless the hearing officer, upon motion, for the convenience of parties and witnesses and in the interests of justice, orders otherwise, methods of discovery may be used in any sequence and the fact that a party is conducting discovery, whether by deposition or otherwise, may not operate to delay any other party's discovery.