PUBLIC & MEDIA ADVISORY: SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD PROVIDES SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS' APPEARANCES, ATTENDANCE INSTRUCTIONS FOR DECEMBER 4 PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING RAIL INDUSTRY'S "COST OF CAPITAL"

STBNews@xxxxxxxxxxx · Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:31:22 -0500

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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board today provided a schedule of speakers'
appearances and their time allocations for the Board's December 4, 2007
public hearing in the proceeding entitled Methodology To Be Employed in
Determining the Railroad Industry's Cost of Capital, STB Ex Parte No. 664.

 The Tuesday, December 4 hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. in the STB's
 Hearing Room on the 1st Floor of the agency's headquarters at Patriots
 Plaza, 395 E Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

 The STB announced the December 4 hearing in STB Ex Parte No. 664 in a
 decision issued to the public on October 24, 2007.  That decision
 established due dates for those wishing to speak at the hearing to advise
 the agency of their intent to participate and to request a time allotment,
 and for the submission of written testimony.  Based on submissions
 received, the STB has set the hearing's schedule of speakers as shown on
 the Attachment to this news release.

 Attendance instructions.  The STB requests that all persons attending the
 hearing use the Patriots Plaza Building's main entrance at 395 E Street,
 S.W. (closest to the northeast corner of the intersection of 4th and E
 Streets).  There will be no reserved seating, except for witnesses.  The
 building will be open to the public at 7:00 a.m. and participants are
 encouraged to arrive early.  There is no public parking in the building.
 Upon arrival, check in at the 1st Floor security desk in the main lobby.
 Be prepared to produce valid photographic identification (driver's license
 or local, state, or federal-government identification); sign-in at the
 security desk; receive a hearing-room pass (to be displayed at all times);
 submit to an inspection of all briefcases, handbags, etc.; then pass
 through a metal detector.  Upon entering the hearing room, witnesses
 should check in with the Board Secretary.  Persons choosing to exit the
 building during the course of the hearing must surrender their
 hearing-room passes to security personnel and will be subject to the above
 security procedures if they choose to re-enter the building.  Hearing-room
 passes likewise will be collected from those exiting the hearing upon its
 conclusion.

 Quiet laptops and tape recorders may be brought into the hearing room, but
 no provision will be made for the connection of personal computers to
 agency telephone lines.  Cellular telephone use is not permitted in the
 hearing room; cell phones may be used quietly in the corridor surrounding
 the hearing room, or in the building's main lobby.

 The Board's hearing room complies with the Americans With Disabilities Act
 , and persons needing such accommodations should telephone (202) 245-0245
 by the close of business on December 3, 2007.

 If a party wishes to enhance its presentation by using projector-adaptable
 visual displays and/or handouts, it may do so.  Agency staff will be
 available to demonstrate the hearing room's projection system on December
 3, 2007, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Please telephone (202) 245-0245 to
 make arrangements.

 The schedule of speakers' appearances and time allocations was provided in
 a Decision issued today, November 27, 2007 in STB Ex Parte No. 664(
 http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/38573?OpenDocument
 )
 .  That schedule is available for viewing and downloading via the agency's
 Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.  A printed copy of the STB's decision
 also is available by contacting ASAP Document Solutions, 9332 Annapolis
 Rd., Suite 103, Lanham, MD 20706, telephone (202) 306-4004, or via
 asapdc@xxxxxxxxxxxx

 A video broadcast of the hearing will be accessible via the STB's Web site
 at http://www.stb.dot.gov, under "Information Center"/"Webcast"/"Live
 Video" on the home page.

 ATTACHMENT (speakers' list)
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                                 Attachment

                          SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES

 December 4, 2007

 Party      /  Time Allotted

 Panel I:  Federal Government
 U.S. Department of Transportation
 Federal Railroad Administration
      Clifford C. Eby / 5 minutes

 Panel II:  Consultants
 Association of American Railroads
 Stewart C. Myers and Bruce E. Stangle / 30 minutes

 Western Coal Traffic League
 Thomas D. Crowley and James E. Hodder /  30 minutes

 Panel III:  Freight Railroads
 Union Pacific Railroad Company
      James R. Young / 5 minutes

 BNSF Railway Company
      Thomas N. Hund / 5 minutes

 CSX Transportation, Inc.
      David A. Boor / 5 minutes

 Kansas City Southern Railway Company
      Michael K. Borrows / 5 minutes

 Norfolk Southern Railway Company
      William J. Romig / 5 minutes

 Panel IV:  Other Interests
 Atticus Capital LLP
      Heath Watkin / 5 minutes

 Panel V:  Associations
 Association of American Railroads
 G. Paul Moates / 10 minutes

 National Industrial Transportation League
      Nicholas J. DiMichael / 5 minutes

 Western Coal Traffic League
      Robert D. Rosenberg / 10 minutes

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