Sec. 1.273  Waiver of initial or recommended decision.

    At the conclusion of the hearing or within 20 days thereafter, all 
parties to

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the proceeding may agree to waive an initial or recommended decision, 
and may request that the Commission issue a final decision or order in 
the case. If the Commission has directed that its review function in the 
case be performed by a commissioner, a panel of commissioners, the 
request shall be directed to the appropriate review authority. The 
Commission or such review authority may in its discretion grant the 
request, in whole or in part, if such action will best conduce to the 
proper dispatch of business and to the ends of justice.
[ 28 FR 12425 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  62 FR 4171 , Jan. 29, 1997]