STB to hold July hearing on rail transportation of energy resources

Staff -- Logistics Management, 6/11/2007

WASHINGTON—The Surface Transportation Board (STB) recently announced it will hold a hearing on July 18 for Ex Parte No. 672, which will focus on issues related to the efficiency and reliability of rail transportation of resources critical to the nation’s energy supply, including coal, ethanol,and biofuels.

The hearing will be held in Kansas City, Missouri at the Richard Bolling Federal Building.

The STB said in a statement that it views the “reliability of the nation’s energy supply as crucial to this nation’s economic and national security, and the transportation by rail of coal and other energy resources as a vital link in the energy supply chain.”

The STB added that the objective of this hearing is for interested persons to provide views and information about issues relating to the efficiency and reliability of rail transportation of resources critical to the nation’s energy supply.