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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD VOTES TO NAME VICE CHAIRMAN BUTTREY
AS CHAIRMAN UPON DEPARTURE OF CHAIRMAN NOBER
The Surface Transportation Board announced today that the Board has voted
unanimously to elect Board Member W. Douglas Buttrey to serve as the
agency’s Chairman, until President George W. Bush designates a Chairman for
the agency, effective upon current Chairman Roger Nober’s departure from
the Board. Chairman Nober has previously announced that he is resigning
and plans to leave the Board on January 3, 2006.
The Board’s action, taken pursuant to Section 701(b)(7) of Title 49, United
States Code [49 U.S.C. 701(b)(7)], which provides that the Board may vote
to designate a member to act as Chairman during any period during which
there is no Chairman designated by the President, was intended to provide
certainty and to avoid any possible ambiguity regarding succession.
The Board also voted unanimously to elect Board Member Francis P. Mulvey to
serve as Vice Chairman, effective upon Chairman Nober’s departure from the
Board.
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