[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 23, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 23872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09513]


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ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

36 CFR Part 1195

[Docket No. ATBCB-2012-0003]
RIN 3014-AA40


Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Standards Advisory 
Committee

AGENCY: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Standards 
Advisory Committee will hold its sixth meeting. On July 5, 2012, the 
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access 
Board) established the advisory committee to make recommendations to 
the Board on matters associated with comments received and responses to 
questions included in a previously published Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM) on Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility 
Standards.

DATES: The Committee will meet on May 7, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
and on May 8, 2013, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Access Board's Conference 
Room, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004-1111.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rex Pace, 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) 272-0023 (Voice); (202) 272-0052 (TTY). 
Electronic mail address: board.gov">pace@access-board.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 5, 2012, the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) established an 
advisory committee to make recommendations to the Board on matters 
associated with comments received and responses to questions included 
in a previously published NPRM on Medical Diagnostic Equipment 
Accessibility Standards. See 77 FR 6916 (February 9, 2012). The NPRM 
and information related to the proposed standards are available on the 
Access Board's Web site at: http://www.access-board.gov/medical-equipment.htm.
    The advisory committee will hold its sixth meeting on May 7 and 8, 
2013. The agenda includes the following:
     Review of previous committee work;
     review and discussion of subcommittee recommendations;
     review and discussion of committee recommendations;
     review and discussion of the committee's final report;
     consideration of issues proposed by committee members; and
     discussion of administrative issues.
    The preliminary meeting agenda, along with information about the 
committee, is available at the Access Board's Web site (http://www.access-board.gov/medical-equipment.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.
    The meetings will be accessible to persons with disabilities. An 
assistive listening system, Communication Access Realtime Translation 
(CART), and sign language interpreters will be provided. Persons 
attending the meetings are requested to refrain from using perfume, 
cologne, and other fragrances for the comfort of other participants 
(see www.access-board.gov/about/policies/fragrance.htm for more 
information). Also, persons wishing to provide handouts or other 
written information to the committee are requested to provide 
electronic formats to Rex Pace via email prior to the meetings so that 
alternate formats can be distributed to committee members.

David M. Capozzi,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-09513 Filed 4-22-13; 8:45 am]
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