Public & Media Advisory: Surface Transportation Board Announces Matters & Cases To Be Addressed at August 11 Voting Conference

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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober has announced the matters
and cases to be addressed at the STB's open voting conference to begin at
10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 11, 2004, in Room 760, the agency's hearing
room, on the 7th Floor of the agency's headquarters in the Mercury
Building, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

At the conference, the Members will discuss publicly among themselves, and
vote on, the cases listed below.  While the conference is open for public
observation, no public participation is permitted.

THE CONFERENCE ITEMS ARE:

-CF Industries, Inc. v. Kaneb Pipe Line Partners, L.P. and Kaneb Pipe Line
Operating Partnership, L.P., STB Docket No. 42084.  At issue in this case
is CF Industries' complaint concerning the rates charged by Kaneb for its
interstate pipeline transportation of anhydrous ammonia.

-North America Freight Car Association--Protest and Petition for
Investigation--Tariff
Publications of The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, STB
Docket No. 42060.  (This case embraces North America Freight Car
Association v. The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, STB
Docket No. 42060 (Sub-No. 1).  At issue are the North America Freight Car
Association's (NAFCA) challenge to private tank car storage and diversion
charges assessed by Burlington Northern, and the Burlington Northern's
motion to dismiss a separate complaint filed by the NAFCA against storage
and demurrage charges assessed by Burlington Northern on all private car
types.

-City of Lincoln--Petition for Declaratory Order, STB Finance Docket No.
34425.  At issue is the City's petition for an STB declaratory order (in
which the agency issues a written decision stating its position on a matter
of dispute) concerning the City's proposed acquisition of a strip of the
Lincoln Lumber Company's railroad right-of-way.

-Town of Milford, MA--Petition for Declaratory Order, STB Finance Docket
No. 34444.  At issue is the Town's petition for an STB declaratory order on
whether certain activity proposed by the Boston Railway Terminal Company on
land owned by the Grafton and Upton Railroad Company is subject to state
and local laws and regulations.

-Railroad Revenue Adequacy--2003 Determination, STB Ex Parte No. 552
(Sub-No. 8).  This proceeding concerns the agency's annual determination of
whether the Nation's railroads are revenue adequate by comparing the
railroads' return-on-net-investment to the rail industry's cost of capital
(the cost to railroads of financing operations through borrowed funds) for
the calendar year 2003.

-Chelsea Property Owners--Abandonment--Portion of the Consolidated Rail
Corporation's West 30th Street Secondary Track in New York, NY, Docket No.
AB-167 (Sub-No 1094)A.  At issue is whether the STB should grant a request
to extend the period during which Offers of Financial Assistance will be
accepted concerning the proposed abandonment of a rail line in New York
City, and whether to hold the proceeding in abeyance for continuation of
negotiations to resolve some of the matters at issue.

-A & R Line, Inc.--Abandonment Exemption--in Cass and Pulaski Counties, IN,
STB Docket No. AB-855 (Sub-No. 1X).  At issue is whether, in a situation
where a rail line authorized for abandonment is rail banked for trail use,
the railroad or trail user should be required to post a performance bond or
to escrow funds to cover potential future costs.

The STB's decision announcing the voting-conference agenda, in Meetings of
the Board, STB Ex Parte No. 333, 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

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