-----------------------------***----------------------------- >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 April 30, 2009 public hearing 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. 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. The Board announced the hearing by an official notice issued to the public on April 6, 2009, published in the April 10, 2009 Federal Register (74 FR 68), and by a news release issued that day. Today's decision issuing the schedule of speakers' appearances and time allocations in Review of the Surface Transportation Board's General Purpose Costing System, STB Ex Parte No. 431 (Sub-No. 3)( http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/39929?OpenDocument ) , is available for viewing and downloading on the Board's Web site, at http://www.stb.dot.gov, under "E-LIBRARY" on the home page, then under " Decisions & Notices," beneath the date "04/24/09." The hearing will be webcast via the agency's site under "Information Center" / "Webcast" / "Live Video" on the home page. ### ATTACHMENT (speakers' list) __________ Attachment Surface Transportation Board Public Hearing Review of the Surface Transportation Board's General Purpose Costing System, STB Ex Parte No. 431 (Sub-No. 3) SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES Party / Speaker / Time Allotted (minutes) Panel I: Shipper Interests Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation / Steve Sharp / 10 Interested Associations / Tom O'Connor / 15 Wheat and Barley Commissions / Gerald W. Fauth III / 15 Panel II: Freight Railroads Association of American Railroads / Edward R. Hamberger / 10 BNSF Railway Company / Richard E. Weicher / 10 Panel III: Other Interested Persons C. Gregory Breskin / 10 Robert H. Leilich / 10 George Avery Grimes / 10 Highroad Consulting, Ltd. / Sandra J. Dearden / 10 ### -----------------------------***----------------------------- 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.
