-----------------------------***----------------------------- >From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C. -----------------------------***----------------------------- The Surface Transportation Board today provided a schedule of speakers' appearances and their time allocations for the Board's July 22, 2008 public hearing for the proceeding entitled, Common Carrier Obligation of Railroads—Transportation of Hazardous Materials, STB Ex Parte No. 677 (Sub-No. 1). The Tuesday, July 22 hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. in the Board's Hearing Room on the 1st Floor of the agency's headquarters at Patriots Plaza, 395 E Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. The Board initially announced the public hearing in STB Ex Parte No. 677 (Sub-No. 1), in a decision issued to the public on June 4, 2008 (as modified by a decision issued on June 19, 2008), and established due dates for those wishing to speak at the hearing to advise the agency of their intent to participate, and to request a time allotment. Based on submissions received, the STB has set the hearing's schedule of speakers as shown on the Attachment to this news release. The schedule of speakers' appearances and time allocations was provided in a decision issued to the public today, July 16, 2008, in STB Ex Parte No. 677 (Sub-No. 1)( http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/39206?OpenDocument ) . That schedule is available for viewing and downloading, via the agency's Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov, under "E-Library," then under "Decisions & Notices," beneath the date "7/16/08." A video broadcast of the hearing will be accessible via the Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov, under "Information Center"/"Webcast"/"Live Video" on the home page. ### ATTACHMENT ______________ Attachment Surface Transportation Board Public Hearing COMMON CARRIER OBLIGATION OF RAILROADS— TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS STB Ex Parte No. 677 (Sub-No. 1) July 22, 2008 SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES Party / Time Allotted (minutes) Panel I: Government The Honorable James P. Moran, U.S. House of Representatives / 10 U.S. Department of Transportation, Clifford Eby / 5 The City of Alexandria, Virginia, Redella S. "Del" Pepper / 10 Panel IIA: Shipper Associations The National Industrial Transportation League, Bruce Carlton, Nicholas J. DiMichael /10 Edison Electric Institute, Michael F. McBride / 10 The Chlorine Institute, Paul M. Donovan and Tom O'Connor / 10 Panel IIB: Shipper Associations National Grain and Feed Association, Kendell W. Keith and Andrew P. Goldstein / 10 Agricultural Retailers Association, Dan Weber / 10 The Fertilizer Institute, Ford West and Nicholas J. DiMichael / 10 Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association, Jean Payne / 10 Panel III: Railroad Associations Association of American Railroads, Edward R. Hamberger / 10 American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, Richard F. Timmons / 10 Panel IV: Chemical Shippers Dow Chemical Company, Cindy Elliott and Jeffrey Moreno / 10 PPG Industries, Inc., Sharon Piciacchio and Karyn A. Booth / 10 Occidental Chemical Corporation, Robin A. Burns / 10 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Gary W. Spitzer / 10 Olin Corporation, John McIntosh / 10 Panel V: Freight Railroads Union Pacific Railroad Company, Diane Duren / 10 Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Fred M. Ehlers / 10 CSX Transportation, Inc., Howard R. Elliott / 10 BNSF Railway Company, Dave T. Burr and Richard E. Weicher / 10 Panel VI: Agricultural (Fertilizer) Shippers Terra Industries Inc., Joseph Giesler / 10 CF Industries, Inc., Patrick E. Groomes / 10 The McGregor Company, Alex McGregor / 10 Panel VII: Other Interested Persons CNJ Rail Corporation, Eric S. Strohmeyer / 5 Greenpeace, Rick Hind / 5 ### -----------------------------***----------------------------- 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.
