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Contact: Janie Sheng (202) 245-0221
07/15/2015 (Wednesday)
Janie Sheng
No. 15-12


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ANNOUNCES SPEAKERS’ LIST FOR JULY 22-23 PUBLIC HEARING ON RAILROAD REVENUE ADEQUACY AND COST OF EQUITY CAPITAL


The Surface Transportation Board today announced the speakers, their affiliations, and their allotted speaking times for the Board’s July 22-23, 2015 public hearing to further examine issues raised in Railroad Revenue Adequacy, Docket No. EP 722 related to railroad revenue adequacy, and issues raised in Petition of the Western Coal Traffic League to Institute a Rulemaking Proceeding to Abolish the Use of the Multi-Stage Discounted Cash Flow Model in Determining the Railroad Industry’s Cost of Equity Capital, Docket No. EP 664 (Sub-No. 2) on how the Board calculates the railroad industry’s cost of equity capital.


As announced on May 8, 2015, the July 22-23 hearing will commence at 9:30 a.m. on both days in the 1st floor hearing room at the Board’s Washington, D.C. headquarters in the Patriots Plaza I building, 395 E Street, S.W. (entrance on E Street closest to the intersection of 4th and E Streets, S.W.).


The Board’s decision today in Docket Nos. EP 722 and EP 664 (Sub-No. 2) announcing the hearing’s speakers, providing instructions to speakers intending to make computer presentations, and providing public-attendance instructions (concerning hearing-room access, security screening, and hearing-room passes) may be viewed and downloaded at the Board’s website, www.stb.dot.gov, under “E-LIBRARY / Decisions & Notices / 07/15/2015.” A live video broadcast of the hearing will be available via the Board’s website, under “Information Center: / Webcast / Live Video” on the home page.


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