-----------------------------***----------------------------- >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 19, 2005 public hearing in the proceeding entitled The 25th Anniversary of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980: A Review and Look Ahead, STB Ex Parte No. 658. The public hearing marking the 25th anniversary of the Staggers Act will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 19, in Room 760, the STB's hearing room, on the 7th Floor of the agency's headquarters in the Mercury Building, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. The October 19th hearing is designed to provide a forum for the expression of the views of interested persons and parties, including large and small railroad customers, rail employee representatives, large and small railroads, and governmental officials on the impact, effectiveness, and future of the Act. The hearing is not intended to offer a forum for discussion of pending cases, but will provide an opportunity for participants to address broader issues regarding the Act generally. The Board requests that all persons attending the hearing use the Mercury Building's main entrance at 1925 K Street (on the northeast corner of the intersection of 20th and K Streets). There will be no reserved seating. Please plan to arrive early enough to be seated no later than 8:45 a.m. for the morning session, and no later than 12:45 p.m. for the afternoon session. For security reasons, all persons should be prepared to produce photo identification (such as a driver's license), pass through a metal detector, and submit to an inspection of all briefcases, handbags, and any other bags. Visitors must be cleared through security in the Board's Suite 100 (on the 1st Floor, at the top of the ramp to the left of the main lobby) prior to being escorted to the hearing room. The schedule of speakers' appearances and time allocations was provided in a decision issued to the public today, October 14, 2005, in STB Ex Parte No. 658. 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 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 The list of speakers is attached. A live broadcast of the audio portion 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 Public Hearing THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE STAGGERS RAIL ACT OF 1980:A REVIEW AND LOOK AHEAD STB Ex Parte No. 658 SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES OCTOBER 19, 2005 MORNING SESSION: 9:00 A.M. Party / Speaker /Time Allotted Panel I: Government Entities U.S. Department of Transportation/Paul Samuel Smith/5 minutes Panel II-A: Shippers The National Industrial Transportation League/Curt Warfel, John Ficker/10 minutes American Chemistry Council/Charles W. Van Vlack/5 minutes National Grain and Feed Association/Kendell Keith/10 minutes Transportation, Elevator, and Grain Merchants Association/Chuck Elsea/5 minutes United Parcel Service/Tom Jensen/5 minutes Graniterock /Dan Slavin/5 minutes Panel II-B: Shippers Edison Electric Institute/Michael F. McBride, Charles Linderman/10 minutes Western Coal Traffic League/Duane L. Richards, Thomas D. Crowley/10 minutes Concerned Captive Coal Shippers/C. Michael Loftus/5 minutes National Rural Electric Cooperative Association/Glenn English/5 minutes Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation/Michael A. Nelson/5 minutes Panel III: Labor United Transportation Union/James Brunkenhoefer, James Stem, Daniel R. Elliott, III/ 10 minutes Transportation Communications International Union/Mitchell M. Kraus/10 minutes Panel IV: Financial Analysts Merrill Lynch/Ken Hoexter/5 minutes J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc./Thomas Wadewitz/5 minutes Morgan Stanley/James Valentine/5 minutes SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES OCTOBER 19, 2005 AFTERNOON SESSION: 1:00 P.M. Party / Speaker /Time Allotted Panel V-A: Larger Railroads CSX Transportation, Inc./Les Passa/10 minutes BNSF Railway Company/John P. Lanigan/10 minutes Union Pacific Railroad Company/James R. Young/10 minutes Norfolk Southern Railway Company/Stephen C. Tobias/10 minutes The Kansas City Southern Railway Company/Ronald G. Russ/10 minutes Canadian Pacific Railway Company/Michael Waites/10 minutes Canadian National Railway Company/Gordon T. Trafton/10 minutes Panel V-B: Smaller Railroads and Related Interests Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company/Larry R. Parsons/5 minutes Columbus & Greenville Railroad/Roger D. Bell/5 minutes Genesee & Wyoming, Inc./Charles Marshall/5 minutes Rail Industry Working Group/J. Reilly McCarren/5 minutes RailAmerica, Inc./Charles Swinburn/5 minutes Panel VI: Other Interested Parties Snavely King Majoros O'Connor & Lee, Inc./Thomas O'Connor/5 minutes HIGHROAD Consulting, Ltd./Sandra J. Dearden/5 minutes University of Maryland, Smith School of Business/Curtis M. Grimm/5 minutes Northwest Container Services/Art Scheunemann/5 minutes Strategic Rail Finance/Michael Sussman/5 minutes Paul A. London/5 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.
