Update image Q: Can we still walk through DOR’s for approval at the local boards?
Yes. The district offices may continue to set conferences via walk-through DOR’s. The original language allowing walk-through DOR’s was taken out of the regulations in anticipation of the parties being able to schedule their conferences (MSC or otherwise) via e-form DOR, which allows the filer to pick a hearing date within the range of dates returned by the system. Since a relatively small number have that capability, it was felt best to continue to allow the walk-through DOR system that was in effect since January 2003. That procedure allows the filer to go to the district offices with their DOR’s (up to five DOR’s) and have those hearings set, with the filer then serving notice of the hearing to the parties to the case. The district offices have been advised that this means the hearings would have to be manually scheduled.
