[Federal Register: February 24, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 36)]
[Notices]               
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ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

 
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) has scheduled its regular business meetings to take 
place in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 9-10, 1999, 
at the times and location noted below.

DATES: The schedule of events is as follows:

Tuesday, March 9, 1999

    1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Technical Programs Committee.
    4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Planning and Budget Committee.

Wednesday, March 10, 1999

    9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Ad Hoc Committee on Electronic and Information 
Technology (Closed Meeting).
    11:00 a.m.-Noon Committee of the Whole Meeting on Acoustics (Closed 
Meeting).
    1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Board Meeting.

ADDRESS: The meetings will be held at: Marriott at Metro Center, 775 
12th Street, NW., Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding the 
meetings, please contact Lawrence W. Roffee, Executive Director, (202) 
272-5434, ext. 14 (voice) and (202) 272-5449 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the Board meeting, the Access Board will 
consider the following agenda items.

Open Meeting

    <bullet> Executive Director's Report.
    <bullet> Approval of the Minutes of the January 13, 1999, Board 
Meeting.
    <bullet> Planning and Budget Committee Report--Agency Goals, Fiscal 
Years 1999 and 2000 Status.
    <bullet> Technical Programs Committee Report--Status Report on 
Projects.
    <bullet> Advisory Committee Reports--Passenger Vessels, Electronic 
and Information Technology, and Outdoor Developed Areas.
    <bullet> Election of Officers.
    <bullet> Other Business--Speaker on Exterior Accessible Surfaces 
Research Project Speaker--Peter Axelson, Director of Research and 
Development, Beneficial Designs, Inc.

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Closed Meeting

    <bullet> Committee of the Whole Report--Acoustics.
    <bullet> Rulemaking Report--ADA/ABA Guidelines, Proposed Rule.
    All meetings are accessible to persons with disabilities. Sign 
language interpreters and an assistive listening system are available 
at all meetings.
James J. Raggio,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-4593 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am]
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