[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 7627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02941]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

49 CFR Chapter X

[Docket No. EP 711]


Petition for Rulemaking to Adopt Revised Competitive Switching 
Rules

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of rescheduled public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board (the Board) will hold a 
public hearing to explore further the issues surrounding the petition 
by The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) and the related 
comments filed in this proceeding.

DATES: The hearing will be held on March 25 and 26, 2014, beginning at 
9:30 a.m., in the Hearing Room at the Board's headquarters located at 
395 E Street SW., Washington, DC. The hearing will be open for public 
observation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Quinn at (202) 245-0382. 
Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By decision served on July 25, 2012, the 
Board began a proceeding to consider a proposal submitted by NITL to 
modify the Board's standards for mandatory competitive switching. Under 
the proposal, certain captive shippers located in terminal areas would 
be granted access to a competing railroad if there is a working 
interchange within a reasonable distance (30 miles under NITL's 
proposal). In its decision, the Board sought empirical information 
about the impact of the proposal if it were to be adopted. The Board 
received numerous comments in response to its decision. In order to 
explore further NITL's proposal and the issues raised in the submitted 
comments, the Board scheduled a public hearing for October 22, 2013. 
The Board received numerous notices of intent to participate in that 
hearing. By decision served on October 16, 2013, the Board postponed 
the hearing due to the Government shutdown. The Board is now 
rescheduling the hearing for March 25 and 26, 2014.
    Additional information--including the schedule of appearances and 
time allotments--is contained in the Board's decision, which is 
available on our Web site, http://www.stb.dot.gov. Copies of the 
decision may be purchased by contacting the Office of Public 
Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and Compliance at (202) 245-0238. 
Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through FIRS at (800) 
877-8339.
    This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the 
human environment or the conservation of energy resources.
    It is ordered:
    A public hearing in this proceeding will be held on March 25 and 
26, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., in the Board's Hearing Room, at 395 E Street 
SW., Washington, DC, as described above.

    Decided: February 3, 2014.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-02941 Filed 2-7-14; 8:45 am]
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