PUBLIC & MEDIA ADVISORY: SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD PROVIDES SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS' APPEARANCES FOR APRIL 30 PUBLIC HEARING ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE UNIFORM RAILROAD COSTING SYSTEM

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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 April 30, 2009
public hearing to examine issues related to the Uniform Railroad Costing
System (URCS) used by the Board to determine a railroad's variable costs in
a variety of regulatory proceedings.


 The Thursday, April 30 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 notice issued to the public
 on April 6, 2009, published in the April 10, 2009 Federal Register (74 FR
 68), and by a news release issued that day.  Today's decision issuing the
 schedule of speakers' appearances and time allocations in Review of the
 Surface Transportation Board's General Purpose Costing System, STB Ex
 Parte No. 431 (Sub-No. 3)(
 http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/39929?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 "04/24/09."


 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
 Review of the Surface Transportation Board's General Purpose Costing
 System,
 STB Ex Parte No. 431 (Sub-No. 3)


 SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES
 Party / Speaker / Time Allotted (minutes)


 Panel I:  Shipper Interests
 Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation / Steve Sharp / 10

 Interested Associations / Tom O'Connor / 15

 Wheat and Barley Commissions / Gerald W. Fauth III / 15


 Panel II:  Freight Railroads
 Association of American Railroads / Edward R. Hamberger / 10

 BNSF Railway Company / Richard E. Weicher / 10


 Panel III:  Other Interested Persons
 C. Gregory Breskin / 10

 Robert H. Leilich / 10

 George Avery Grimes / 10

 Highroad Consulting, Ltd. / Sandra J. Dearden / 10


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