-----------------------------***----------------------------- >From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C. -----------------------------***----------------------------- The Surface Transportation Board today announced a schedule ( http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/41423?OpenDocument ) of speakersâ appearances and their time allocations for the Boardâs February 24, 2010 public hearing to review exemptions from railroad-transportation regulations for certain commodities and for boxcar and intermodal freight. The Thursday, Feb. 24 hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Boardâs Hearing Room on the 1st Floor of the agencyâs headquarters at Patriots Plaza I, 395 E Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. The hearing will be webcast on the agencyâs website, www.stb.dot.gov. SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES Panel I: Federal Government U.S. Department of Transportation, Peter Plocki, 10 minutes Panel II: Railroad Interests American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association, Richard F. Timmons, 10 minutes Association of American Railroads, Edward R. Hamberger and Prof. Robert Willig, 20 minutes Panel III: Shipper Interests Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Jeffrey O. Moreno, 10 minutes American Forest & Paper Association and The Paper and Forest Industry Committee, Bill Lovick, 10 minutes Blue Line Community, Dean Zulger, 10 minutes National Industrial Transportation League, Bruce Carlton, 10 minutes Wisconsin Central Group, John Duncan Varda, 10 minutes Panel IV: Freight Railroads BNSF Railway Company, John P. Lanigan, 10 minutes CSX Transportation, Inc., Clarence Gooden, 10 minutes Kansas City Southern, Patrick J. Ottensmeyer, 10 minutes Norfolk Southern Railway Company, David Lawson, 10 minutes Union Pacific Railroad Company, Eric Butler, Julie Krehbiel, 10 minutes Panel V: Shippers Holcim (US) Inc., Mike Eischer, 10 minutes Packaging Corporation of America, Dina Calabro and Bruce Ridley, 10 minutes Weaver Popcorn Company, Inc., Will Weaver, 10 minutes Panel VI: Intermodal Interests Intermodal Association of North America, Inc., Joanne F. Casey, 10 minutes Panel VII: Other Interests CNJ Rail Corporation, Eric Strohmeyer, 5 minutes Mercury Group, Craig S. Dickman, 5 minutes Ray Tylicki, 5 minutes United Transportation Union-New York State Legislative Board, Gordon MacDougall, 5 minutes ### -----------------------------***----------------------------- 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.
