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ATTACHMENT 1, EXHIBIT B <br />RULES FOR CONDUCTING ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING FOR <br />COMCAST OF MINNESOTA, INC., FRANCHISE RENEWAL <br />Section 1. The Commission hereby establishes procedural guidelines for purpose of <br />the administrative hearing under the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 as follows: <br />A. The Commission shall appoint an administrative law judge ("hearing <br />officer") to conduct the administrative hearing and issue recommended findings of fact <br />for consideration by the Commission. Comcast and the Commission will jointly <br />determine the process for selecting an administrative law judge, if necessary. The <br />administrative hearing will be conducted, to the extent practicable and consistent with the <br />requirements of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, pursuant to the <br />provisions for administrative hearings in the Minnesota Administrative Procedures Act. <br />The specific requirements for the administrative hearing shall be as follows: <br />B. Pre -hearing Discovery: <br />(1) Each side is permitted limited requests for production of <br />documents and twenty (20) interrogatories. With respect to <br />interrogatories, the following rules apply: <br />(a) Interrogatories are to be answered by any officer or agent <br />of either party, who shall furnish such information as is <br />available to the party; and <br />(b) Each interrogatory is to be answered separately and fully in <br />writing under oath, unless it is objected to, in which event <br />the objecting party shall state the reasons for the objection <br />and answer to the extent that the interrogatory is not <br />objectionable. All objections shall be stated with <br />specificity and any ground for objection which is not stated <br />in a timely manner is waived unless the party's failure is <br />excused by the Commission for good cause shown; and <br />(c) Interrogatories will be answered within the timeframe <br />established by the hearing officer; <br />(2) No depositions shall be permitted. <br />(3) The hearing officer will rule on all discovery disputes which may <br />arise. <br />(4) Discovery shall close fifteen (15) days before the administrative <br />hearing. <br />C. Pre -hearing Disclosures: <br />