[Federal Register: September 10, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 175)]
[Notices]
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ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory Committee; Meeting
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) established a Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory
Committee (Committee) to assist the Board in developing a proposed rule
on accessibility guidelines for newly constructed and altered public
rights-of-way covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
and the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968. This document announces the
next meeting of the technical assistance sub-committee of that
Committee, which will be open to the public.
DATES: The meeting of the sub-committee is scheduled for October 7,
2002 beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m..
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Portland, 921 SW.,
Sixth Avenue, Portland, Oregon.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Windley, Office of Technical and
Information Services, Architectural and Transportation Barriers
Compliance
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Board, 1331 F Street, NW., suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1111.
Telephone number (202) 272-5434 extension 125 (Voice); (202) 272-5449
(TTY). E-mail windley@access-board.gov. This document is available in
alternate formats (cassette tape, Braille, large print, or ASCII disk)
upon request. This document is also available on the Board's Internet
Site (http://www.access-board.gov/prowmtg.htm).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 20, 1999, the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) published a
notice appointing members to a Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory
Committee (Committee). 64 FR 56482 (October 20, 1999). The objectives
of the Committee include providing recommendations for developing a
proposed rule addressing accessibility guidelines for newly constructed
and altered public rights-of-way covered by the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968,
recommendations regarding technical assistance issues, and guidance for
best practices for alterations in the public rights-of-way.
On January 10, 2001, the Committee presented its recommendations on
accessible public rights-of-way in a report entitled ``Building a True
Community''. The report is available on the Access Board's website at
http://www.access-board.gov or can be ordered by calling the Access
Board at (800) 872-2253 (voice) or (800) 993-2822 (TTY).
At its October meeting, the technical assistance sub-committee will
continue to address the development and format of technical assistance
materials relating to public rights-of-way. The sub-committee meeting
will be open to the public and interested persons can attend the
meeting and participate on subcommittees of the Committee. All
interested persons will have the opportunity to comment when the
proposed accessibility guidelines for public rights-of-way are issued
in the Federal Register by the Access Board.
Individuals who require sign language interpreters or real-time
captioning systems should contact Scott Windley by September 20, 2002.
Notices of future meetings will be published in the Federal Register.
Lawrence W. Roffee,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 02-22854 Filed 9-9-02; 8:45 am]
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