[Federal Register: November 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 221)]
[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; date change.

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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 a 
change in the dates of the first meeting, which will be open to the 
public.

DATES: The first meeting of the Committee is scheduled for December 2 
and 3, 1999, beginning at 9 am and ending at 5 pm each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the 3rd floor training room at 
1331 F Street, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Windley, 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) 272-5434 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/notices/
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) to provide 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. 64 
FR 56482 (October 20, 1999).
    The first meeting of the committee was originally scheduled for 
November 29 and 30, 1999. The Access Board is changing the date of the 
first meeting to accommodate committee members travel schedules.
    Committee meetings will be open to the public and interested 
persons can attend the meetings and communicate their views. Members of 
the public will have an opportunity to address the Committee on issues 
of interest to them and the Committee. Members of groups or individuals 
who are not members of the Committee may also have the opportunity to 
participate with subcommittees of the Committee. Additionally, 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 November 22, 1999. 
Decisions with respect to future meetings will be made at the first 
meeting. Notices of future meetings will be published in the Federal 
Register.

Lawrence W. Roffee,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-30061 Filed 11-16-99; 8:45 am]
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