[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41857-41858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17839]


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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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