[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2208-2209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-92]


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ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

36 CFR Parts 1190 and 1191

RIN 3014-AA22


Emergency Transportable Housing Advisory Committee

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 established an advisory committee to make 
recommendations for possible revisions to the Americans with 
Disabilities Act (ADA) and Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) 
Accessibility Guidelines to include provisions for emergency 
transportable housing. This notice announces the dates, time, and 
location of the next committee meeting.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for January 24 and 25, 2008 from 10 
a.m. to 5 p.m. on January 24 and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on January 25.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Access Board's offices, 1331 
F Street, NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marsha Mazz, 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) 272-0020 (Voice); (202) 272-0082 (TTY). 
These are not toll-free numbers. E-mail address: board.gov">mazz@access-board.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 23, 2007, the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance

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Board (Access Board) established an advisory committee to make 
recommendations for possible revisions to the Americans with 
Disabilities Act (ADA) and Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) 
Accessibility Guidelines to include provisions for emergency 
transportable housing. (72 FR 48251; August 23, 2007). The next meeting 
of the committee will take place on January 24 and 25, 2008. The 
preliminary meeting agenda, along with information about the committee, 
is available at the Access Board's Web site (http://www.access-board.gov/eth/index.htm).
    Committee meetings are open to the public and interested persons 
can attend the meetings and communicate their views. Members of the 
public will have opportunities to address the committee on issues of 
interest to them during public comment periods scheduled on each day of 
the meeting. Additionally, all interested persons will have the 
opportunity to comment when proposed rules regarding emergency 
transportable housing accessibility are issued in the Federal Register 
by the Access Board.
    The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. 
Individuals who require sign language interpreters, real-time 
captioning, or materials in alternate formats should contact Marsha 
Mazz by January 17. Also, persons wishing to provide handouts or other 
written information to the committee are requested to provide 
electronic format to Marsha Mazz preferably via e-mail so that 
alternate formats such as large print can be distributed to committee 
members. Persons attending the meeting are requested to refrain from 
using perfume, cologne, and other fragrances for the comfort of other 
participants.

Lawrence W. Roffee,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 08-92 Filed 1-11-08; 8:45 am]
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