[Federal Register: January 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 9)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2208-2209]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
36 CFR Parts 1190 and 1191
RIN 3014-AA22
Emergency Transportable Housing Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
(Access Board) has established an advisory committee to make
recommendations for possible revisions to the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) and Architectural Barriers Act (ABA)
Accessibility Guidelines to include provisions for emergency
transportable housing. This notice announces the dates, time, and
location of the next committee meeting.
DATES: The meeting is scheduled for January 24 and 25, 2008 from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. on January 24 and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on January 25.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Access Board's offices, 1331
F Street, NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marsha Mazz, Office of Technical and
Information Services, Architectural and Transportation Barriers
Compliance Board, 1331 F Street, NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-
1111. Telephone number (202) 272-0020 (Voice); (202) 272-0082 (TTY).
These are not toll-free numbers. E-mail address: mazz@access-board.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 23, 2007, the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance
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Board (Access Board) established an advisory committee to make
recommendations for possible revisions to the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) and Architectural Barriers Act (ABA)
Accessibility Guidelines to include provisions for emergency
transportable housing. (72 FR 48251; August 23, 2007). The next meeting
of the committee will take place on January 24 and 25, 2008. The
preliminary meeting agenda, along with information about the committee,
is available at the Access Board's Web site (http://www.access-board.gov/eth/index.htm
).
Committee meetings are open to the public and interested persons
can attend the meetings and communicate their views. Members of the
public will have opportunities to address the committee on issues of
interest to them during public comment periods scheduled on each day of
the meeting. Additionally, all interested persons will have the
opportunity to comment when proposed rules regarding emergency
transportable housing accessibility are issued in the Federal Register
by the Access Board.
The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities.
Individuals who require sign language interpreters, real-time
captioning, or materials in alternate formats should contact Marsha
Mazz by January 17. Also, persons wishing to provide handouts or other
written information to the committee are requested to provide
electronic format to Marsha Mazz preferably via e-mail so that
alternate formats such as large print can be distributed to committee
members. Persons attending the meeting are requested to refrain from
using perfume, cologne, and other fragrances for the comfort of other
participants.
Lawrence W. Roffee,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 08-92 Filed 1-11-08; 8:45 am]
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