81 FR 49903 - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Fourth Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 146 (July 29, 2016)

This notice announces the fourth meeting of the Advisory Committee on Accessible Air Transportation (ACCESS Advisory Committee).

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 146 (Friday, July 29, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 49903-49904]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17967]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Part 382

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2015-0246]
RIN 2105-AE12


Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: 
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Fourth Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of fourth public meeting of advisory committee.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the fourth meeting of the Advisory 
Committee on Accessible Air Transportation (ACCESS Advisory Committee).

DATES: The fourth meeting of the ACCESS Advisory Committee will be held 
on August 16 and 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight 
Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Crystal City Marriott at 
Reagan National Airport, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, 
Virginia 22202. Attendance is open to the public up to the room's 
capacity of 150 attendees. Since space is limited, any member of the 
general public who plans to attend this meeting must notify the 
registration contact identified below no later than August 9, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register to attend the meeting, 
please contact Kyle Ilgenfritz ([email protected]; 703-442-4575 
extension 128). For other information, please contact Livaughn Chapman 
or Vinh Nguyen, Office of the Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, by email at [email protected] 
or [email protected] or by telephone at 202-366-9342.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Fourth Public Meeting of the ACCESS Committee

    The fourth meeting of the ACCESS Advisory Committee will be held on 
August 16 and 17, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight 
Time. The meeting will be held at the Crystal City Marriott at Reagan 
National Airport, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, Virginia 
22202. At the meeting, the ACCESS Advisory Committee will continue to 
address whether to require accessible inflight entertainment (IFE) and 
strengthen accessibility requirements for other in-flight 
communications, whether to require an accessible lavatory on new 
single-aisle aircraft over a certain size, and whether to amend the 
definition of ``service animals'' that may accompany passengers with a 
disability on a flight. This meeting will include reports from the 
working groups formed to address the three issues listed above. We 
expect that the working groups may present proposals to amend the 
Department's disability regulation on one or more of these issues. 
Prior to the meeting, the agenda will be available on the ACCESS 
Advisory Committee's Web site, www.transportation.gov/access-advisory-committee. Information on how to access advisory committee documents 
via the FDMC is contained in Section III, below.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Attendance will be limited 
by the size of the meeting room (maximum 150 attendees). Because space 
is limited, we ask that any member of the public who plans to attend 
the meeting notify the registration contact, Kyle Ilgenfritz 
([email protected]; 703-442-4575 extension 128) at Linkvisum, 
no later than August 9, 2016. At the discretion of the facilitator and 
the Committee and time permitting, members of the public are invited to 
contribute to the discussion and provide oral comments.

II. Submitting Written Comments

    Members of the public may submit written comments on the topics to 
be considered during the meeting by August 9, 2016, to FDMC, Docket 
Number DOT-OST-2015-0246. You may submit your comments and material 
online or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only one of 
these means. DOT recommends that you include your name and a mailing 
address, an email address, or a phone number in the body of your 
document so that DOT can contact you if there are questions regarding 
your submission.
    To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
put the docket number, DOT-OST-2015-0246, in the keyword box, and click 
``Search.'' When the new screen appears, click on the ``Comment Now!'' 
button and type your comment into the text box on the following screen. 
Choose whether you are submitting your comment as an individual or on 
behalf of a third party and then submit. If you submit your comments by 
mail or hand delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 
8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing.

III. Viewing Comments and Documents

    To view comments and any documents mentioned in this preamble as 
being available in the docket, go to www.regulations.gov. Enter the 
docket number, DOT-OST-2015-0246, in the keyword box, and click 
``Search.'' Next, click the link to ``Open Docket Folder'' and choose 
the document to review. If you do not have access to the Internet, you 
may view the docket online by visiting the Docket Management Facility 
in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

IV. ACCESS Advisory Committee Charter

    The ACCESS Advisory Committee is established by charter in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 
App. 2. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx approved the ACCESS 
Advisory Committee charter on April 6, 2016. The committee's charter 
sets forth policies for the operation of the advisory committee and is 
available on the Department's Web site at www.transportation.gov/office-general-counsel/negotiated-regulations/charter.

V. Privacy Act

    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 
public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts these 
comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system 
of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
www.dot.gov/privacy.

VI. Future Committee Meetings

    DOT anticipates that the ACCESS Advisory Committee will have two 
additional two-day meetings in Washington, DC The meetings are 
tentatively scheduled for following dates: fifth meeting, September 22-
23, and the sixth and final meeting, October 13-14. Notices of all 
future meetings will be published in the Federal Register at least 15 
calendar days prior to each meeting.
    Notice of this meeting is being provided in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act and the General Services Administration 
regulations covering management of Federal advisory committees. See 41 
CFR part 102-3.

    Issued under the authority of delegation in 49 CFR 1.27(n).

    Dated: July 22, 2016.
Molly J. Moran,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2016-17967 Filed 7-28-16; 8:45 am]
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