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Contact: Dennis Watson
09/28/2004 (Tuesday)
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No. 04-42
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Public & Media Advisory: Surface Transportation Board Provides Schedule of Appearances, Time Allocations for Public & Media Attendance at September 29 Oral Argument in "Arizona Public Service & PacifiCorp" v. "Burlington Northern" Rail Rate-Complaint Case
Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober today provided a schedule of speakers' appearances and their time allocations for the STB's
September 29, 2004
oral argument concerning the railroad rate-complaint case entitled
Arizona Public Service Company & PacifiCorp v. The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company
, Docket No. 41185.
The oral argument will begin at
10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 29, 2004, in Room 760
, the STB's hearing room, on the
7th Floor
of the agency's headquarters in the
Mercury Building, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
The STB officially announced the oral argument
in Docket No. 41185 in a decision issued to the public on September 9, 2004
. The schedule of speakers' appearances and time allocations, as published in the agency's
decision of September 27, 2004, in Docket No. 41185
, is attached. 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
asapdc@verizon.net.
A fact sheet is attached.
A live broadcast of the hearing will be accessible via the STB's agency's Web site at "
http://www.stb.dot.gov
.
," under "
Information Center
"/"
Webcast
"/"
Live Audio
" on the home page.
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ATTACHMENT
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ATTACHMENT
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD ORAL ARGUMENT
Arizona Public Service Company & PacifiCorp v. The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company
, Docket No. 41185
SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES
Party / Speaker / Time Allotted
Complainant
Arizona Public Service Company and PacifiCorp (Arizona)
Speaker: C. Michael Loftus / 30 minutes
(Note: Arizona will open and may reserve part of its time for rebuttal)
Defendant
The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF)
Speaker: Samuel M. Sipe, Jr., Richard E. Weicher / 30 minutes
(Note: BNSF may divide its time between Messrs. Sipe and Weicher)
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