-----------------------------***----------------------------- >From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C. -----------------------------***----------------------------- Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober today provided a schedule of speakers' appearances and their time allocations for the STB's July 7, 2004 oral argument concerning the case entitled TTX Company, et al.--Application for Approval of Pooling Car Service with Respect to Flatcars, STB Finance Docket No. 27590 (Sub-No. 3). The STB will hold the oral argument at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 7, 2004, in Room 760, the agency's hearing room, on the 7th Floor of the agency's headquarters in theMercury Building, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. The schedule of speakers' appearances and time allocations as published in the Board's order is attached. The STB provided the schedule of speakers in its July 1, 2004 decision in STB Finance Docket No. 27590 (Sub-No. 3). That decision is available for viewing and downloading via the agency's Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov. A printed copy of the Board's decision also is available for a fee by contacting ASAP Document Solutions, 9332 Annapolis Rd., Suite 103, Lanham, MD 20706, telephone (301) 577-2600, or via asapmd@xxxxxxxxxxxx A fact sheet is attached. A live broadcast of the hearing will be accessible via the STB's agency's Web site at "http://www.stb.dot.gov.,"; under "Information Center"/"Webcast "/"Live Audio" on the home page. ### ATTACHMENT _______________ ATTACHMENT SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES The schedule of speakers' appearances are as follows: Party:Speaker [/] Time Allotted Panel I TTX Company: Andrew F. Reardon (President and CEO, TTX Company), David L. Meyer (Covington & Burling) / 45 minutes Note: TTX will open, and may reserve part of its time for rebuttal. TTX may be joined by a representative of one of TTX's participant railroads. Panel II U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command: George Gounley / 20 minutes Panel III First Union Rail Corporation, David J. Joseph Co., and Bombardier Capital Rail Inc.: J.J. Thomas (President, First Union Rail Corporation) / 20 minutes CIT Rail Resources and General Electric Railcar Services Corporation: George W. Mayo, Jr. (Hogan & Hartson LLP) / 20 minutes GATX Rail: Terry Heidkamp (Executive Vice President, GATX Rail) / 5 minutes MATTER AT ISSUE: On January 6, 2004, the TTX Company ("TTX") and certain participating railroads filed an application with the Surface Transportation Board to extend for 15 years TTX's railroad flatcar pooling authority, which the STB's predecessor, the former Interstate Commerce Commission ("ICC"), had originally granted in 1974, extended in 1989, and extended again in 1994. Unless further extended, TTX's current pooling authority under the ICC's 1994 order is due to expire on October 1, 2004. The July 7 oral argument will allow the parties involved in this case to present their positions and to respond to agency questions in a public forum. ### -----------------------------***----------------------------- If you have received this e-mail in error or wish to unsubscribe from STB News, please send an e-mail message to stbnewslistserver@xxxxxxxxxxx and place "unsubscribe stbnews" as the body of the message.
