PUBLIC & MEDIA ADVISORY: SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD TO HOLD APRIL 30 PUBLIC HEARING ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE UNIFORM RAILROAD COSTING SYSTEM

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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it will hold a public
hearing on April 30, 2009 to examine issues related to the Uniform Railroad
Costing System (URCS) used by the Board to determine a railroad's variable
costs in a variety of regulatory proceedings.


 URCS calculates system-average variable costs for each Class I (the
 Nation's largest) railroad based on information annually reported to the
 Board.  The Board believes it is time for a review of URCS to determine
 whether, and to what extent, modifications are needed to account for
 recent changes in agency procedures, to improve system outputs, and to
 further the national rail transportation policy set by Congress.


 Accordingly, the Board is seeking comments and suggestions on changes to
 URCS in a variety of areas.  The Board has identified 13 specific topics
 but welcomes comments on other aspects of URCS that require updating.


 The Thursday, April 30 public hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. in the
 Board's Hearing Room on the 1st Floor of the agency's headquarters at
 Patriot's Plaza, 395 E Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.


 Persons wishing to speak at the hearing should file with the Board a
 combined written notice of intent to participate with their written
 testimony, and should identify the party, the proposed speaker, the time
 requested, and topic(s) to be covered, as soon as possible, but no later
 than April 23, 2009.  Written submissions by interested persons not
 wishing to appear at the hearing also will be due by April 23.  The Board
 will accept comments responsive to the hearing until May 30, 2009.


 The Board's notice announcing the April 30 public hearing was issued to
 the public today, April 6, 2009, in Review of the Surface Transportation
 Board's General Costing System, STB Ex Parte No. 431 (Sub-No. 3)(
 http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/39876?OpenDocument
 )
 .  The notice will be published in the Federal Register and is available
 for viewing and downloading on the agency's Web site, at
 http://www.stb.dot.gov, under "E-LIBRARY" on the home page, then under "
 Decisions & Notices," beneath the date "04/06/09."


 The hearing will be webcast via the agency's site under "Information
 Center" / "Webcast" / "Live Video" on the home page.


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