PUBLIC & MEDIA ADVISORY: SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD PROVIDES SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS' APPEARANCES FOR DECEMBER 4 PUBLIC HEARING IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, ON DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY APPLICATION TO BUILD 300-MILE RAIL LINE IN NEVADA

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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board today provided a schedule of speakers'
appearances and their time allocations for the Board's December 4, 2008
public hearing, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the U.S. Department of Energy's
application for authority to build the proposed "Caliente Line," a 300-mile
rail line that would connect an existing rail line near Caliente, NV, to a
proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV.  The
speakers' list for the hearing is attached.


 The Thursday, December 4 public hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the
 Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Las Vegas Hearing Facility-Pacific
 Enterprise Plaza, Building No. 1, 3250 Pepper Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89120.


 All visitors to the NRC's facility must present a valid form of
 government-issued photo identification and pass security screening before
 being granted access into the building.  Cameras are not permitted in the
 building.


 The NRC's facility is located near several Southern Nevada Regional
 Transportation Commission public-transit lines, and visitors are
 encouraged to use public transportation.  Parking on public streets near
 the building is very limited.


 The Board announced the hearing by a notice issued to the public on
 October 31, 2008, and published in the November 5, 2008 Federal Register
 (73 FR 65922).  The Board's schedule of speakers' appearances and time
 allocations was provided in a decision issued today, November 21, 2008, in
 United States Department of Energy—Rail Construction and
 Operation—Caliente Rail Line in Lincoln, Nye, and Esmeralda Counties, NV,
 STB Finance Docket No. 35106(
 http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/39539?OpenDocument
 )
 .  The decision is available for viewing and downloading on the Board's
 Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov, under "E-LIBRARY," then under "
 Decisions & Notices," beneath the date "11/21/08."


 The hearing will not be webcast via the Board's Web site because of
 technical factors.  However, the hearing will be recorded, archived, and
 at a later date made accessible via the home page of the agency's Web
 site, at http://www.stb.dot.gov, under "Information Center/Past Meetings."


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 ATTACHMENT (speakers' list)
 ______________________
 Attachment

 Surface Transportation Board Public Hearing
 United States Department of Energy—Rail Construction and
 Operation—Caliente Rail Line in Lincoln, Nye, and Esmeralda Counties, NV
 STB Finance Docket No. 35106

 December 4, 2008


 SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES

 Party / Speaker / Time Allotted (minutes)

 Panel I(A):  Government
 The Honorable Shelley Berkley, U.S. House of Representatives / 10


 Panel I(B):  Government
 State of Nevada, Agency for Nuclear Projects
 Robert Halstead, Agency Transportation Advisor / 10

 State of Nevada, Office of the Attorney General
 Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General (or designated representative) /
 10

 State of California
 Susan Durbin, Deputy Attorney General / 10


 Panel I(C):  Government
 Clark County, NV
 Susan Brager, Commissioner / 10

 Nevada Counties of Nye, Churchill, Esmeralda, & Mineral
 Jeffrey D. VanNiel, Counsel for Nye County / 10

 Lincoln County, NV
 Wade Poulson, Vice Chair of Lincoln County Commission / 10

 White Pine County, NV
 Dr. Mike Baughman, Consultant to the White Pine County Nuclear Waste
 Project Office / 10


 Panel I(D):  Government
 City of Caliente, NV
 Kevin Phillips, Mayor of Caliente / 10

 City of Las Vegas, NV
 Larry Brown, Councilman, or Brad Jerbic, City Attorney / 10

 City of Henderson, NV
 James Gibson, Mayor of Henderson, & Gerri Schroder, Councilwoman / 10


 Panel II:  Native American Interests
 Western Shoshone National Council
 Ian Zabarte, Secretary of State for the Western Shoshone National Council
 / 10

 Native Community Action Council
 Margene Bullcreek, President / 10

 Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
 Joe Kennedy, Chairman / 10


 Panel III:  Applicant
 Department of Energy
 Mary Neumayr, Deputy General Counsel for Environment & Nuclear Programs /
 15


 Panel IV:  Nuclear Utilities
 Nuclear Energy Institute
 Paul Seidler, Senior Director, Nevada, & Everett Redmond II, Senior
 Project Manager / 10


 Panel V:  Businesses
 Caliente Hot Springs Resort
 John Huston / 5

 John Uhalde Ranch
 Gracian Uhalde / 5

 Nevada Central Railroad
 Robert Alan Kemp / 5

 Triple Aught
 Gene Kolkman / 5


 Panel VI:  Citizens & Community Groups
 Citizen Alert
 Peggy Maze Johnson / 5

 Dia Art Foundation
 (To be determined) / 5

 9 Group
 Jenna Morton / 5

 Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force
 Judy Treichel, Executive Director / 5

 Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
 Launce Rake / 5

 Rollin Kim Lee / 5

 Moe Truman / 5


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