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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board announced today a schedule of speakers’
appearances and their time allocations for the Board’s July 29, 2010 public
hearing on a case centering on whether a railroad may deny service to coal
shippers who do not follow the railroad’s rules on coal-dust dispersal.
The Thursday, July 29 hearing will
begin at 9:30 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 decision served
June 10, 2010, and by a news
release dated June 9, 2010.
Today’s decision issuing the
schedule of speakers’ appearances
and time allocations in Arkansas
Electric Cooperative
Corporation—Petition for
Declaratory Order, Docket No. FD
35305
( http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/40892?OpenDocument )
, is available for viewing and
downloading from 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 “
07/21/10.”
The hearing will be webcast via
the agency’s site under “
Information Center” / “Webcast” /
“Live Video” on the home page.
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Attachment (speakers’ list)
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Attachment
Surface Transportation Board
Public Hearing on Arkansas
Electric Cooperative
Corporation—Petition for
Declaratory Order, Docket No. FD
35305 (the “Coal-Dust Issue”)
SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES
Party / Speaker / Time Allotted
(minutes)
Panel I: Government
United States Department of
Transportation / Paul Samuel
Smith / 5
Panel II: Carriers
BNSF Railway Company / Samuel M.
Sipe, Jr., Richard E. Weicher,
Gregory C. Fox / 30
Union Pacific Railroad Company /
Louise Anne Rinn / 15
Panel III: Shipper Interests
Arkansas Electric Cooperative
Corporation / Eric Von Salzen / 30
Western Coal Traffic League / John
H. LeSeur / 10
Concerned Captive Coal Shippers /
C. Michael Loftus / 10
National Coal Transportation
Association / Thomas W. Wilcox /
10
American Public Power Association,
Edison Electric Institute,
National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association / Michael
F. McBride / 10
Panel IV: Rebuttal
BNSF Railway Company / Samuel M.
Sipe, Jr., Richard E. Weicher,
Gregory C. Fox / 10
Arkansas Electric Cooperative
Corporation / Eric Von Salzen / 10
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