# Sunshine Act Meeting
**Time & Date:**
9:30 a.m., Friday, March 21, 2003.
**Place:**
The Board's Hearing Room, Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423.
**Status:**
The Board will meet to discuss among themselves the following agenda items. Although the conference is open for public observation, no public participation is permitted.
**Matters to be Discussed:**
STB Docket No. 42054, *PPL Montana, LLC* v. *The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company.*
STB Docket No. 42056, *Texas Municipal Power Agency* v. *The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company.*
STB Docket No. 42069, *Duke Energy Corporation* v. *Norfolk Southern Railway Company.*
STB Docket No. 42070, *Duke Energy Corporation* v. *CSX Transportation, Inc.*
STB Ex Parte No. 589, *Calculation of Variable Costs in Rate Complaint Proceedings Involving Non-Class I Railroads.*
STB Section 5a Application No. 118 (Sub-No. 2), *EC-Mac Motor Carriers Service Association, Inc.,* et al.
**Embraced Cases:**
Section 5a Application No. 22 (Sub-No. 8), *Pacific Inland Tariff Bureau, Inc.—Renewal of Agreement.*
Section 5a Application No. 25 (Sub-No. 9), *The New England Motor Rate Bureau, Inc.*
Section 5a Application No. 34 (Sub-No. 10), *Middlewest Motor Freight,—Renewal of Agreement.*
Section 5a Application No. 45 (Sub-No. 16), *Niagara Frontier Tariff Bureau, Inc.*
Section 5a Application No. 46 (Sub-No. 21), *Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc.*
Section 5a Application No. 55 (Amendment No. 2), *Motor Carriers Traffic Association—Agreement.*
Section 5a Application 58 (Sub-No. 4), *Machinery Haulers Association Inc.—Agreement.*
Section 5a Application 60 (Sub-No. 11), *Rocky Mountain Tariff Bureau, Inc.*
Section 5a Application 63 (Sub-No. 4), *Nationwide Bulk Trucking Association, Inc.—Agreement.*
Section 5a Application No. 70 (Sub-No. 12), *Western Motor Tariff Bureau, Inc.—Agreement.*
STB Section 5a Application Agreement No. 116 (Sub-No. 1), *Willamette Tariff Bureau, Inc.—Renewal of Agreement.*
Section 5a Application No. 61 (Sub-No. 6), *National Classification Committee—Agreement.*
STB Finance Docket No. 34276, *Massachusetts Port Authority-Acquisition Exemption-Certain Assets of Boston and Maine Corporation.*
**Embraced Case:**
STB Docket No. AB-32 (Sub-No. 92), *Boston and Maine Corporation-Abandonment-in Suffolk County, MA.*
STB Finance Docket No. 34210, *Sunflower Rail Company, LLC-Construction and Operation Exemption-Finney County, KS.*
STB Finance Docket No. 34305, *The Burlington Northern and Sante Fe Railway Company-Construction and Operation-Merced County, CA.*
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
A. Dennis Watson, Office of Congressional and Public Services, Telephone: (202)565-1596. FIRS: 1-800-877-8339.
Dated: March 14, 2003.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.