81_FR_75690 81 FR 75480 - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Seventh Meeting

81 FR 75480 - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Seventh Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 210 (October 31, 2016)

Page Range75480-75481
FR Document2016-26192

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

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 210 (Monday, October 31, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 210 (Monday, October 31, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75480-75481]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26192]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

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


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

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of seventh public meeting of advisory committee.

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

DATES: The seventh meeting of the ACCESS Advisory Committee will be 
held on November 2, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight 
Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Hilton Arlington, 950 N. 
Stafford St., Arlington, VA 22203. 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 October 
31, 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: 

I. Seventh Public Meeting of the ACCESS Committee

    The seventh meeting of the ACCESS Advisory Committee will be held 
on November 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. The 
meeting will be held at Hilton Arlington, 950 N. Stafford St., 
Arlington, VA 22203. 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. We expect to negotiate and vote on proposals 
to amend the Department's disability regulation regarding this issue. 
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 October 31, 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 October 31, 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''

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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. Federal Advisory Committee Act

    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.

    Dated: October 24, 2016.
Molly J. Moran,
Acting General Counsel.
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Submitting Written Comments vinh.nguyen@dot.gov or by telephone at [Docket No. DOT–OST–2015–0246] 202–366–9342. Members of the public may submit SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: written comments on the topics to be RIN 2105–AE12 considered during the meeting by I. Seventh Public Meeting of the October 31, 2016, to FDMC, Docket Nondiscrimination on the Basis of ACCESS Committee Number DOT–OST–2015–0246. You Disability in Air Travel: Negotiated The seventh meeting of the ACCESS may submit your comments and Rulemaking Committee Seventh Advisory Committee will be held on material online or by fax, mail, or hand Meeting November 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 delivery, but please use only one of AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. The these means. DOT recommends that you Department of Transportation. meeting will be held at Hilton include your name and a mailing ACTION: Notice of seventh public Arlington, 950 N. Stafford St., address, an email address, or a phone meeting of advisory committee. Arlington, VA 22203. At the meeting, number in the body of your document the ACCESS Advisory Committee will so that DOT can contact you if there are SUMMARY: This notice announces the continue to address whether to require questions regarding your submission. seventh meeting of the Advisory accessible inflight entertainment (IFE) To submit your comment online, go to Committee on Accessible Air and strengthen accessibility http://www.regulations.gov, put the Transportation (ACCESS Advisory requirements for other in-flight docket number, DOT–OST–2015–0246, Committee). communications. We expect to negotiate in the keyword box, and click ‘‘Search.’’ DATES: The seventh meeting of the and vote on proposals to amend the When the new screen appears, click on ACCESS Advisory Committee will be Department’s disability regulation the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button and type held on November 2, 2016, from 9:00 regarding this issue. Prior to the your comment into the text box on the a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight meeting, the agenda will be available on following screen. Choose whether you Time. the ACCESS Advisory Committee’s Web are submitting your comment as an site, www.transportation.gov/access- individual or on behalf of a third party ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at advisory-committee. Information on and then submit. If you submit your Hilton Arlington, 950 N. Stafford St., how to access advisory committee comments by mail or hand delivery, Arlington, VA 22203. Attendance is documents via the FDMC is contained submit them in an unbound format, no open to the public up to the room’s in Section III, below. larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for capacity of 150 attendees. Since space is The meeting will be open to the copying and electronic filing. limited, any member of the general public. Attendance will be limited by public who plans to attend this meeting the size of the meeting room (maximum III. Viewing Comments and Documents sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES must notify the registration contact 150 attendees). Because space is limited, To view comments and any identified below no later than October we ask that any member of the public documents mentioned in this preamble 31, 2016. who plans to attend the meeting notify as being available in the docket, go to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To the registration contact, Kyle Ilgenfritz www.regulations.gov. Enter the docket register to attend the meeting, please (kilgenfritz@linkvisum.com; 703–442– number, DOT–OST–2015–0246, in the contact Kyle Ilgenfritz (kilgenfritz@ 4575 extension 128) at Linkvisum, no keyword box, and click ‘‘Search.’’ Next, linkvisum.com; 703–442–4575 later than October 31, 2016. At the click the link to ‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Oct 28, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\31OCN1.SGM 31OCN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 210 / Monday, October 31, 2016 / Notices 75481 and choose the document to review. If SUMMARY: The industry group for travel • Hand Delivery or Courier: West you do not have access to the Internet, sites, a number of its members which Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, you may view the docket online by include online travel booking sites, and 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9:00 visiting the Docket Management Facility certain members of Congress have a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday through in Room W12–140 on the ground floor expressed concerns to the Department of Friday, except Federal holidays. of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Transportation (DOT or Department) • Fax: (202) 493–2251. Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC regarding airline restrictions on the Instructions: You must include the 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., E.T., distribution and display of airline flight agency name and docket number DOT– Monday through Friday, except Federal schedule, fare, and availability OST–2016–0204 at the beginning of holidays. information (‘‘flight information’’). your submission. All submissions Specifically, concerns were raised about received will be posted without change IV. ACCESS Advisory Committee practices by some airlines to restrict the to http://www.regulations.gov, including Charter distribution and/or display of flight any personal information provided. The ACCESS Advisory Committee is information by certain online travel Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search established by charter in accordance agencies (OTAs), metasearch entities the electronic form of all submissions with the Federal Advisory Committee that operate flight search tools, and received in any of our dockets by the Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2. Secretary other stakeholders involved in the name of the individual submitting the of Transportation Anthony Foxx distribution of flight information and document (or signing the submission, if approved the ACCESS Advisory sale of air transportation. Airlines state submitted on behalf of an association, Committee charter on April 6, 2016. The that it is important for them to maintain business, labor union, etc.). You may committee’s charter sets forth policies control over the display and distribution review DOT’s complete Privacy Act for the operation of the advisory of airline flight information while OTAs statement in the Federal Register committee and is available on the and metasearch entities that operate published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR Department’s Web site at flight search tools state that actions 19477–78), or you may visit http:// www.transportation.gov/office-general- taken by airlines to restrict the DocketsInfo.dot.gov. counsel/negotiated-regulations/charter. distribution or display of flight Docket: For access to the docket to information are anticompetitive and read background documents and V. Privacy Act harming consumers. comments received, go to http:// In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), The Department is interested in www.regulations.gov or to the street DOT solicits comments from the public learning more about this issue. Pursuant address listed above. Follow the online to better inform its rulemaking process. to the Department’s aviation consumer instructions for accessing the docket. DOT posts these comments, without protection authority, we are requesting FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: edit, including any personal information information on whether airline Kyle-Etienne Joseph, Trial Attorney, or the commenter provides, to restrictions on the distribution or Kimberly Graber, Chief, Consumer www.regulations.gov, as described in display of airline flight information Protection and Competition Law the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– harm consumers and constitute an Branch, Office of the Assistant General 14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at unfair and deceptive business practice Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and www.dot.gov/privacy. and/or an unfair method of competition. Proceedings, U.S. Department of VI. Federal Advisory Committee Act The Department is also requesting Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. information on whether any entities are SE., Washington, DC 20590, 202–366– Notice of this meeting is being 9342, 202–366–7152 (fax), kyle- blocking access to critical resources provided in accordance with the Federal etienne.joseph@dot.gov or needed for competitive entry into the air Advisory Committee Act and the kimberly.graber@dot.gov (email). transportation industry. Finally, we are General Services Administration requesting information on whether SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: regulations covering management of Department action is unnecessary or Federal advisory committees. See 41 Background whether Department action in these CFR part 102–3. areas would promote a more Various entities have raised concerns Dated: October 24, 2016. competitive air transportation to the Department regarding airlines Molly J. Moran, marketplace or help ensure that restricting the distribution or display of Acting General Counsel. consumers have access to the information on their flights. We initially [FR Doc. 2016–26192 Filed 10–28–16; 8:45 am] information needed to make informed became aware of the issue in connection BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P air transportation choices. with certain airlines placing restrictions Responses should be filed by DATES: on flight information being displayed by December 30, 2016. metasearch sites that operate flight DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION search tools. In a proposed rule, the ADDRESSES: You may file responses Transparency of Airline Ancillary Fees Office of the Secretary identified by the docket number DOT– and Other Consumer Protection Issues OST–2016–0204 by any of the following (‘‘Consumer Rule III NPRM’’), the [Docket No. DOT–OST–2016–0204] methods: Department sought information relating • Federal eRulemaking Portal: go to to a wide variety of distribution issues Exploring Industry Practices on http://www.regulations.gov and follow including information about the sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Distribution and Display of Airline the online instructions for submitting relationships between entities involved Fare, Schedule, and Availability comments. in the distribution of air transportation Information • Mail: Docket Management Facility, information. 79 FR 29974 (May 23, AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 2014). In the Consumer Rule III NPRM, Department of Transportation (DOT). New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building the Department posed questions related Ground Floor, Room W12–140, to airline restrictions on the display of ACTION: Request for Information (RFI). Washington, DC 20590–0001. flight schedule, fare, and availability VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Oct 28, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\31OCN1.SGM 31OCN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of seventh public meeting of advisory committee.
DatesThe seventh meeting of the ACCESS Advisory Committee will be held on November 2, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
ContactTo 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.
FR Citation81 FR 75480 
RIN Number2105-AE12
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