(a) With respect to any proceedings before it, the Board may upon
its own initative or upon request of any interested party direct the
interested parties to appear before the Board or its designee at a
specified time and place in order to simplify the issues persented or to
take up any other matters which may tend to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of the proceeding.
(b) In its discretion, the Board or a single presiding member may
permit oral argument in any proceeding. The Board or the presiding
member shall prescribe the time and place for argument and the time
allocated for argument. A petitioner wishing to make oral argument
should make the request therefore in the petition.
