[Federal Register: July 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 135)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34342]
Kansas City Southern--Control--The Kansas City Southern Railway
Company, Gateway Eastern Railway Company, and The Texas Mexican Railway
Company
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.
ACTION: Decision No. 3 in STB Finance Docket No. 34342; Notice of
Public Hearing.
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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board (Board) will hold a public
hearing in this case on Thursday, July 31, 2003, in Washington, DC. The
hearing will provide a forum for interested persons to express their
views on the matters at issue in this proceeding. Persons wishing to
speak at the hearing should notify the Board in writing.
DATES: The public hearing will take place on Thursday, July 31, 2003.
Persons wishing to speak at the hearing should file with the Board a
written notice of intent to speak (and should indicate a requested time
allotment) as soon as possible but no later than July 23, 2003. Written
statements by persons speaking at the hearing may be submitted prior to
the hearing but are not required. Persons wishing to submit written
statements should do so by July 25, 2003.
ADDRESSES: An original and 10 copies of all notices of intent to speak
and any written statements should refer to STB Finance Docket No. 34342
and should be sent to: Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20423-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia M. Farr, (202) 565-1655.
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Kansas City Southern (KCS), which is a
holding company and not a railroad, now controls two U.S. railroads:
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company and Gateway Eastern Railway
Company. By application filed with the Board on May 14, 2003, KCS seeks
the approval of the Board to control a third U.S. railroad: The Texas
Mexican Railway Company (Tex Mex or TM). In a decision (Decision No. 2)
which was served on June 9, 2003, and which was published in the
Federal Register on June 13, 2003 (at 68 FR 35474), the Board accepted
the ``KCS/TM'' application and set a procedural schedule for the
processing of that application. That schedule provides, among other
things, that the Board's final decision on the KCS/TM application will
be served on October 17, 2003 (if no environmental review is required
and no oral argument is held).
The Board said in Decision No. 2 that a public hearing at which
members of the public could voice their views regarding the KCS/TM
application would be held in July 2003. The Board noted in Decision No.
2 that, whereas an oral argument is a formal affair at which lawyers
representing parties are expected to express ``legal'' views regarding
disputed matters, a public hearing is somewhat informal and the views
expressed at a public hearing are not expected to be ``legal''
arguments. The Board is interested in hearing what members of the
public have to say about any matter connected with the KCS/TM
application.
Date/Time/Place of Hearing
The hearing will be held on Thursday, July 31, 2003, beginning at
10 a.m., in Room 760, the Board's hearing room, on the 7th Floor at the
Board's headquarters in the Mercury Building, 1925 K Street, NW (on the
northeast corner of the intersection of 20th St., NW, and K Street,
NW), Washington, DC
Notice of Intent To Speak
Persons wishing to speak at the hearing should file with the Board
a written notice of intent to speak, and should indicate a requested
time
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allotment, as soon as possible but no later than July 23, 2003.
Written Statements
Persons wishing to submit written statements should do so by July
25, 2003.
Paper Copies
Persons intending to speak at the hearing and/or to submit written
statements prior to the hearing should submit an original and 10 paper
copies, respectively, of their notices and/or written statements.
Board Releases Available Via the Internet
Decisions and notices of the Board, including this notice, are
available on the Board's Web site at ``http://www.stb.dot.gov.''
This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the
human environment or the conservation of energy resources.
Dated: July 9, 2003.
By the Board, Vernon A. Williams, Secretary.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-17839 Filed 7-14-03; 8:45 am]
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