-----------------------------***----------------------------- >From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C. -----------------------------***----------------------------- The Surface Transportation Board today announced a schedule of speakers' appearances and their time allocations for the Board's March 22, 2012 public hearing ( http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/42260?OpenDocument ) to explore the impact of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.'s (Berkshire) acquisition of the BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) on certain costing determinations. Berkshire paid $43 billion for the 2010 acquisition of BNSF. The Board will look at the effect of this price on its annual Uniform Rail Costing System and revenue-adequacy findings for BNSF. The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Board's Hearing Room on the 1st floor of the agency's headquarters at Patriots Plaza I, 395 E Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. The hearing will be webcast on the agency's website, www.stb.dot.gov. SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES / TIME ALLOTTED Panel I: Members of Congress The Honorable Al Franken (tentative) / as needed Panel II: Shipper Interests Western Coal Traffic League, et al.: Thomas D. Crowley, John W. Wilson, John H. LeSeur / 45 minutes Panel III: Shipper Interests Alliance For Rail Competition, et al.: Terry C. Whiteside, John M. Cutler, Jr. / 10 mins. Consumers United for Rail Equity: Michael F. McBride / 10 mins. National Association of Wheat Growers: Wayne O. Hurst / 5 mins. Panel IV: Freight Railroads BNSF Railway Company: Thomas N. Hund, Richard E. Weicher, Robert M. Jenkins III, Roman L. Weil, Kevin Neels, Michael R. Baranowski / 60 mins. Panel V: Railroad Interests Association of American Railroads: John T. Gray / 10 mins. Panel VI: Rebuttal Western Coal Traffic League, et al.: (to be determined) / 15 mins. ### -----------------------------***----------------------------- 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.
