Office of Adjudications

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• Mediation Fact Sheet

  Mediation is an informal, cooperative, problem-solving process. Its goal is to assist participants in moving forward in pending permit or compliance matters.

• Mediation Services

  In addition to its role as the department’s adjudicatory body, the Adjudications office is also prepared to offer mediation services or otherwise facilitate settlement discussions in a confidential setting at any time during the hearing process.

• Rules of Practice

  The Rules of Practice govern practice in all Department proceedings including contested cases, licensing, declaratory rulings, regulation-making and hearings.

• Hearing Officer Reports

  Hearing Officer Reports Hearing Officer Reports are not final decisions of the Office of Adjudications. The reports summarize an Informational Public Hearing that was held on an application. For additional information on the matters listed below, the public is encouraged to contact the Applicant or DEEP staff identified in the Report.