# Notice of National Grain Car Council Meeting
**AGENCY:**
Surface Transportation Board, DOT.
**ACTION:**
Notice of National Grain Car Council meeting.
**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 § 10(a)(2).
**DATES:**
The meeting will be held on Thursday, September 17, 2015, beginning at 1:00 p.m. (CDT), and is expected to conclude at 5:00 p.m. (CDT).
**ADDRESSES:**
The meeting will be held at the Westin Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, Kansas City, MO 64108. Phone (816) 474-4400.
**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 2015 grain harvest. Agenda items include the following: Remarks by Board Chairman Daniel R. Elliott III, Board Vice Chairman and NGCC Co-Chairman Ann D. Begeman, and Commissioner Deb Miller; a review of the upcoming harvest by Bill Hudson, founder of The ProExporter Network®; 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 pt. 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.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Decided: August 27, 2015.
Tia Delano,
Clearance Clerk.