-----------------------------***----------------------------- >From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C. -----------------------------***----------------------------- The Surface Transportation Board announced today a schedule of speakers’ appearances and their time allocations for the Board’s July 8, 2009 public hearing to examine the impact, effectiveness, and future of rail banking under Section 8(d) of the National Trails System Act (Trails Act). The Wednesday, July 8 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 agency notice and a news release, both issued to the public on May 21, 2009. Today’s decision issuing the schedule of speakers’ appearances and time allocations in Twenty-five Years of Rail Banking: A Review and Look Ahead, STB Ex Parte No. 690( http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/40067?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 “07/02/09.” 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 Twenty-five Years of Rail Banking: A Review and Look Ahead, STB Ex Parte No. 690 SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES Party / Speaker / Time Allotted (minutes) Panel I: Trail User Interests Rails-to-Trails Conservancy / Marianne Fowler / 15 Madison County Transit / Charles H. Montange / 10 Panel II: Railroad Interests Association of American Railroads / Edward R. Hamberger / 5 CSX Transportation, Inc. / Peter J. Shudtz / 5 CNJ Rail Corporation / Eric S. Strohmeyer / 5 Panel III: Other Interested Parties National Association of Reversionary Property Owners / Kathleen Kauffman / 20 Danaya C. Wright, University of Florida, Levin College of Law / 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.
