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GUIDELINES FOR THE CONDUCT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE BUREAU OF MARINE RESOURCES
1.	At the appointed hour, the Hearing Officer, or the Bureau Director,
will	call	the	meeting to	order.
2.	Cards will	be available at	the	door to all persons desiring to	make
t- ptny statement or offer any proof at the hearing.
3.	The Bureau	Director	of the	Bureau	of Marine	Resources, or his
representative, will describe the	project(s)	in	which all	written objections	were
received.
4.	The Officer conducting the hearing will then call upon the applicant, or his asignee, describe his proposal and offer any proof in oral or documentary form as he feels relevant to the issue of whether or not the application should be granted and the light of the public policy declared in Section 49-27-3 of the 1972 Mississippi Code.
5.	Those who have filed written objections may next make such presentation as may bear upon the issues stated above.
6.	Any other interested persons may present such material or comments
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as will bear upon the issue. These persons will be called in the order in which they indicated a desire to consent.
7.	Strict rules of evidence shall not apply, but the Hearing Officer shall confine the evidence, comments, or documents introduced to those which are material to the permit(s) being requested.
8.	Written comments may be submitted on the issue if received by the Bureau of Marine Resources at least two (2) days prior to the date of submission to the Commission of the Department of Wildlife Conservation, this date being their next regular meeting.