[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32786-32787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12943]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Ex Parte No. 519 (Sub-No. 4)]


Notice of National Grain Car Council Meeting

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of National Grain Car Council meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Grain Car 
Council (NGCC), pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, Pub. L. No. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 25, 2008, beginning 
at 10:30 a.m. and is expected to conclude at 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the headquarters of the Surface 
Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., in Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mel Clemens at (202) 245-0241 or Tom

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Brugman at (202) 245-0281. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is 
available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at: 
(800) 877-8339].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NGCC arose from a proceeding instituted 
by the Surface Transportation Board's (Board) predecessor agency, the 
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), in National Grain Car Supply--
Conference of Interested Parties, Ex Parte No. 519. The NGCC was formed 
as a working group to facilitate private-sector solutions and 
recommendations to the ICC (and now the Board) on matters affecting 
grain transportation.
    The general purpose of this meeting is to discuss rail carrier 
preparedness to transport the 2008 Fall grain harvest. Agenda items 
include the following: Remarks by Board Chairman Charles D. Nottingham, 
Vice Chairman Francis P. Mulvey (who serves as Co-Chairman of the 
NGCC), and Commissioner W. Douglas Buttrey; a presentation and 
discussion regarding the new centralized database (OT-5 TAG), developed 
by carriers to facilitate shipper requests to load and store private 
rail cars on carrier track; reports by rail carriers and shippers on 
grain-service related issues; a report by rail car manufacturers and 
lessors on current and future availability of various grain-car types; 
and an open forum on the impact of current Federal regulation on grain 
car supply.
    The meeting, which is open to the public, will be conducted 
pursuant to the NGCC's charter and Board procedures. Further 
communications about this meeting may be announced through 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: June 10, 2008.
Anne K. Quinlan,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-12943 Filed 6-9-08; 8:45 am]
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