FOR RELEASE
Contact: Dennis Watson
08/03/2004 (Tuesday)
(202) 565-1596
No. 04-31
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www.stb.gov
Surface Transportation Board Postpones August 11 Public Hearing on "Small Railroad Abandonments;" Reschedules for August 31
Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober today announced that the public hearing originally scheduled to be held on
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
, at the STB's headquarters, has been postponed. The hearing in the "small railroad abandonments" proceeding,
Class Exemption for Expedited Abandonment Procedure for Class II and Class III Railroads
, STB Ex Parte No. 647, has been rescheduled for
Tuesday, August 31, 2004, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
The STB
postponed the hearing in a decision issued to the public today
. That decision is available for viewing and downloading via the agency's Web site at
http://www.stb.dot.gov
.
A printed copy of the Board's decision also is available for a fee by contacting
ASAP Document Solutions, 9332 Annapolis Rd., Suite 103, Lanham, MD 20706, telephone (301) 577-2600
, or via
asapmd@verizon.net.
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