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12/19/2006 (Tuesday)
No. 06-21


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD TO HOLD JANUARY 31 PUBLIC HEARING ON SIMPLIFIED STANDARDS FOR RAIL RATE CASES


The Surface Transportation Board announced today that the agency will hold a January 31, 2007 public hearing regarding proposed changes to its procedures for determining the reasonableness of challenged railroad rates in those cases in which a full stand-alone cost (SAC) presentation is too costly. The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 31, 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 scheduled the January 31 hearing in a Decision in the proceeding entitled Simplified Standards for Rail Rate Cases, STB Ex Parte No. 646 (Sub-No. 1), issued today, Tuesday, December 19, 2006. 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 STB's decision also is available for a fee by contacting ASAP Document Solutions, 9332 Annapolis Rd., Suite 103, Lanham, MD 20706, telephone (202) 306-4004, or via asapdc@verizon.net.



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