[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 8835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3332]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Ex Parte No. 668]


Surface Transportation Board--2007 Office Relocation Business 
Plan

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board is scheduled to relocate over 
the period of February 28-March 4, 2007. The Board is giving notice of 
pre-relocation and post-relocation procedures. The Board's new address 
will be: Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20423-0001.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 565-1609 
[after March 4, 2007, (202) 245-0395]. [Assistance for the hearing 
impaired is available through the Federal Information Relay Service 
(FIRS) at: (800) 877-8339.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board is issuing this notice to advise 
the public of its new location, effective March 5, 2007. The Board is 
scheduled to relocate its offices beginning at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 
February 28, 2007. STB offices will be closed on March 1 and March 2, 
2007, and will reopen for normal business operations at the new 
location beginning March 5, 2007. Its new address will be: Surface 
Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In 
addition, the Board is also giving the public advance notice that 
normal service to the public, including normal case intake and 
processing, will not occur during the immediate relocation dates of 
February 28, 2007, through March 4, 2007, due to necessary equipment 
relocation and other disruptions anticipated during the relocation.
    Therefore, by this notice, the Board is announcing that mail will 
not be received and decisions will not be served on Thursday, March 1, 
2007, and Friday, March 2, 2007. In particular, the Board will not: 
accept case filings or recordations; receive general mail; process 
cases; or issue decisions on these 2 days. Mail delivery and acceptance 
of filings and recordations will resume on March 5 at the new location. 
The Board will, for the duration of the period between March 1 and 
March 4, toll the time period for calculating the effective date of all 
Board decisions and notices that would otherwise be scheduled to take 
effect between March 1 and March 4, 2007. Because of the number of 
time-sensitive matters handled by the Board, the Board is providing 
advance notice that case filings that would begin a proceeding and 
trigger a deadline for processing or for effectiveness will not be 
accepted during the days needed to accomplish the agency's relocation. 
Likewise, the STB will suspend its processing of recordations during 
the days involved in its relocation. The effectiveness of previously 
issued decisions, or previously filed self-executing notices that would 
otherwise be scheduled to take effect between March 1 and March 4, 
2007, will be delayed one day for every calendar day during the March 
1-4 interval. This should alleviate any problems that could otherwise 
be presented for those persons who wish to seek a stay of effectiveness 
or problems that might otherwise occur in connection with processing of 
offers of financial assistance to continue rail service following Board 
approval of a rail line abandonment or discontinuance.
    The Board's libraries will operate under the following schedule. 
The main library will be inaccessible from February 23 through March 5, 
2007. The microfiche unit will be inaccessible from noon on February 28 
through March 5, 2007. The tariff library will be inaccessible from 
February 28 through March 5, 2007. Recordations indexes will be 
inaccessible from February 23 through March 5, 2007. All Board library 
resources will reopen at the new location at the start of business on 
Tuesday, March 6, 2007.
    Following the Board's move, the agency's information line will be 
202-245-0245. To access the agency's new direct dial telephone numbers, 
either: (1) Dial any agency phone number now in use to listen to a 
recording advising of the new phone number replacing it; or (2) access 
the Board's Web site, at http://www.stb.dot.gov; click ``Contact Us'' 
at the bottom of the home page; then, when the new page appears, click 
either the ``Key Contacts List'' or the ``Ready Reference List'' found 
at the bottom of the new page.
    On March 1 and 2, 2007, should an emergency situation arise, an STB 
staff member will monitor calls placed to the agency at 202-565-1573 
and 202-565-9011 (fax). In addition, the STB's Office of Compliance and 
Consumer Assistance will monitor messages left at its toll free line 1-
866-254-1792. Routine calls placed to the agency during its move will 
be returned beginning at the start of business at the new location on 
Monday, March 5, 2007.
    This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the 
human environment or the conservation of energy resources.

    Decided: February 21, 2007.

    By the Board, Chairman Nottingham. Vice Chairman Buttrey, and 
Commissioner Mulvey.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-3332 Filed 2-26-07; 8:45 am]
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