[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53099-53100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21282]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. EP 519 (Sub-No. 4)]


National Grain Car Council Meeting

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Grain Car 
Council (NGCC), pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C., app. 2 section 10(a)(2).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, September 11, 2014, 
beginning at 1 p.m. (CDT), and is expected to conclude at 5 p.m. (CDT).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Blu Minneapolis, 35 
South

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7th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402. Phone (866) 460-7456.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Forstall at (202) 245-0241 or 
[email protected]. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is 
available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at: 
(800) 877-8339].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NGCC was established by the Interstate 
Commerce Commission (ICC) as a working group to facilitate private-
sector solutions and recommendations to the ICC (and now the Board) on 
matters affecting rail grain car availability and transportation. Nat'l 
Grain Car Supply--Conference of Interested Parties, EP 519, (ICC served 
Jan. 7, 1994).
    The general purpose of this meeting is to discuss rail carrier 
preparedness to transport the 2014 grain harvest. Agenda items include 
the following: Remarks by Board Chairman Daniel R. Elliott III, Board 
Vice Chairman and NGCC Co-Chairman Deb Miller, and Commissioner Ann D. 
Begeman; a review of the upcoming harvest by Jay O'Neil, Senior 
Agricultural Economist, IGP Institute, Kansas State University; and 
follow-up responses, as well as discussions of related issues, by 
railroad, shipper, and manufacturer/lessor response panels. The full 
agenda, along with other information regarding the NGCC, is posted on 
the Board's Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov/stb/rail/graincar_council.html.
    The meeting, which is open to the public, will be conducted 
pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2; 
Federal Advisory Committee Management, 41 CFR part 102-3; the NGCC 
Charter; and Board procedures.
    Public Comments: Members of the public may submit written comments 
to the NGCC at any time. Comments should be addressed to NGCC, c/o Fred 
Forstall, Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, 
DC 20423-0001 or [email protected]. Any further 
communications about this meeting will be announced through the STB Web 
site.
    This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the 
human environment or the conservation of energy resources.

    Decided: September 2, 2014.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-21282 Filed 9-4-14; 8:45 am]
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