G/TBT/N/USA/1849  
13 April 2022  
(22-3027) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation (DOT) [1881]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the noti fication shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Accessible 
lavatories; Aids for disabled or handicapped persons (ICS code(s): 11.180); Aircraft and 
space vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 49 .020); Passenger and cabin equipment (ICS 
code(s): 49.095)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Accessible 
Lavatories on Single -Aisle Aircraft: Part 2; (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The U.S. Department of 
Transportation (Department or DOT) proposes in this notice of proposed rulemaking 
(NPRM) to require airlines to ensure that at least one lavatory on new single -aisle aircraft 
with 125 or more passenger seats is large eno ugh to permit a passenger with a disability 
(with the help of an assistant, if necessary) to approach, enter, and manoeuvre within 
the aircraft lavatory, as necessary, to use all lavatory facilities and leave by means of the 
aircraft's on -board wheelchair.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/USA/1849  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 17215, 28 March 2022; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 382:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-03-28/html/2022 -05869.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-03-28/pdf/2022 -05869.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number DOT -OST-2021-
0137. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/DOT -OST-2021-0137/document  and provides 
access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents 
are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO 
Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 27 May 2022. Comments received by the USA 
TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stak eholders will be shared with the 
regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within 
the comment period.  
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking publis hed 2 January 2020 , "Accessible Lavatories on 
Single -Aisle Aircraft: Part 1", identified by Docket Number DOT -OST-2019-0180. The 
Docket Folder is available on Regulations .gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/document/DOT -OST-2019-0180-0001 and provides access 
to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  27 May 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_2829_00_e.pdf