WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board has released the list of those scheduled to testify during the public-comment portion of its hearing on Amtrak’s request to start Gulf Coast service, the first stage of which is set for Tuesday, Feb. 15.
Tuesday’s proceeding will be held via Zoom starting at 9:30 a.m. EST, beginning with public comment, and will be carried live for the public at the STB’s YouTube channel. A lengthy list of state and local officials, other local groups, railroad trade associations, shippers, passenger train proponents, and others are slated to take, after which CSX, Norfolk Southern, the Alabama Port Authority, and Amtrak will have the option of responding. A full list of the speakers is available in the decision issued Friday by the STB.
This phase of the hearing will resume on Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 9:30 a.m., if necessary.
The hearing will be recorded and subsequently available at the STB website at the “Meetings and Hearings” portion of the “News and Communications” tab. A transcript will also be available at the same tab, under “Transcripts and Statements.”
This is the first phase of a two-part proceeding. As previously outlined by the board, public comments will be followed by a pre-evidentiary hearing for the parties involved in the case. The hearing itself will be held March 9 and, if necessary, March 10 [see “STB sets details for hearing …,” Trains News Wire, Feb. 2].
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