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For Immediate Release October 19th, 2007

COMMERCE COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE STB’S COMMERCIAL REGULATION OF RAILROADS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces a Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee Oversight Hearing on the Surface Transportation Board and Regulation Related to Railroads. This hearing will examine the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) recent and ongoing efforts related to the commercial regulation of railroads, including rulemakings and recent cases. Witnesses will provide their perspectives on the STB and its effectiveness in balancing the commercial needs of railroads and their customers and will provide an update on the Government Accountability Office 2006 report reviewing the freight railroad industry. Oversight Hearing on the Surface Transportation Board and Regulation Related to Railroads Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Room 253, Russell Senate Office Building Witnesses: See below Panel I The Honorable Charles Nottingham, Chairman, Surface Transportation Board Ms. JayEtta Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Team, Government Accountability Office Panel II Mr. C. Wick Moorman, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Norfolk Southern Corporation Mr. David J. McGregor, Senior Vice President, NAFTA Logistics, BASF Corporation Mr. John Ficker, President, the National Industrial Transportation League Mr. Robert Carlson, President, North Dakota Farmers Union Mr. Bill Matheson, President, Schneider Intermodal Services The Honorable Glenn English, Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association ###