-----------------------------***----------------------------- >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 October 27, 2004 oral argument concerning whether the STB should grant nationwide collective ratemaking authority to the Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc., which currently operates on a regional basis, in the case entitled Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc., STB Section 5a Application No. 46 (Sub-No. 20). The oral argument will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 27, 2004, in Room 760, the STB's hearing room, on the 7th Floor of the agency's headquarters in theMercury Building, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. The STB officially announced the oral argument in STB Section 5a Application No. 46 (Sub-No. 20) in a decision issued to the public on October 1, 2004. The schedule of speakers' appearances and time allocations, as published today, October 22, 2004, in this case is attached. 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 (202) 306-4004, or via asapdc@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 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD ORAL ARGUMENT Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc. STB Section 5a Application No. 46 (Sub-No. 20) SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES Party / Speaker / Time Allotted PANEL I Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc. (SMCRC) Speaker: John R. Bagileo 30 minutes (Note: SMCRC may reserve part of its time for rebuttal) PANEL II U.S. Department of Transportation Speaker: Paul Samuel Smith 10 minutes PANEL III Rocky Mountain Tariff Bureau, Inc., and EC-MAC Motor Carriers Service Association, Inc. Speaker: David H. Coburn 10 minutes National Small Shipments Traffic Conference, Inc. Speaker: John M. Cutler, Jr. 10 minutes National Industrial Transportation League Speaker: Jeffrey O. Moreno 10 minutes ### -----------------------------***----------------------------- 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.
