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following website: https://

www.fs.usda.gov/main/cnnf/working

together/advisorycommittees. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

April 27, 2022, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., 

Central Daylight Time. 

All RAC meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of the meeting 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Felts, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), by phone at 715–362–1335 or 

email at adam.felts@usda.gov or Penny 

McLaughlin, RAC Coordinator, at 715– 

362–1322 or email at 

penny.mclaughlin@usda.gov. 

Individuals who use 

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1. Hear from Title II project proponents 

and discuss Title II project proposals; 

2. Make funding recommendations on 

Title II projects; and 

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recommendations of the RAC have 

taken into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by the 

Department, membership shall include, 

to the extent practicable, individuals 

with demonstrated ability to represent 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities. 

The USDA prohibits discrimination in 

all of its programs and activities on the 

basis of race, color, national origin, 

religion, sex, gender identity (including 

gender expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

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derived from a public assistance 

program, or reprisal or retaliation for 

prior civil rights activity in any program 

or activity conducted or funded by 

USDA (not all bases apply to all 

programs). 

Dated: April 5, 2022. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

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ARCHITECTURAL AND 

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 

COMPLIANCE BOARD 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board (Access Board or Board) is 

hosting a virtual public meeting to 

obtain further information on the 

appropriate low-height specification for 

transfer surfaces for medical diagnostic 

equipment. 

DATES: The public meeting will take 

place May 12, 2022, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The virtual meeting will be 

open to the public and held via the 

Zoom Webinar Platform (https://

www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/ 

WN_GFoTS44-R7qWdh6GF0xLPg). 

Requests to speak during the meeting 

must be submitted via email to Rose 

Marie Bunales at bunales@accessboard.gov by May 11, 2022. Please type 

‘‘Request to Speak’’ in the email subject 

line. Speakers will be limited to three 

minutes during the virtual meeting. 

Written comments may be submitted 

until May 27, 2022. Submit written 

comments via email to mde@accessboard.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

register to attend this virtual meeting, 

visit: https://www.zoomgov.com/ 

webinar/register/WN_GFoTS44- 

R7qWdh6GF0xLPg. For further 

information, contact Bobby Stinnette of 

the Access Board by email at stinnette@

access-board.gov or by phone at 202– 

272–0021. Communication access via 

real-time translation and sign language 

interpretation will be provided. To 

request additional reasonable 

accommodations for the virtual meeting 

please contact Bobby Stinnette by May 

5, 2022. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 510 of the Rehabilitation Act 

charges the Access Board with 

developing and maintaining 

accessibility standards for medical 

equipment used by health care 

providers for diagnostic purposes, 

including examination tables and 

chairs, weight scales, and imaging 

equipment. 29 U.S.C. 794f. In January 

2017, the Board issued a final rule 

establishing accessibility standards for 

medical diagnostic equipment (MDE 

Standards). 82 FR 2810 (codified at 36 

CFR part 1195). The MDE Standards set 

forth minimum technical criteria to 

ensure that medical diagnostic 

equipment in physician’s offices, 

clinics, emergency rooms, hospitals, and 

other medical settings is independently 

accessible to, and usable by, individuals 

with disabilities. 

The MDE Standards address the 

height and adjustability of MDE 

equipment that patients who use 

wheelchairs must transfer onto, 

including examination tables and 

chairs, procedure tables, and imaging 

equipment with tables. It is important 

that the height of these transfer surfaces 

align with a patient’s wheelchair seat 

height to facilitate a safe transfer 

between diagnostic equipment and 

mobility devices. Transfer surfaces that 

align with the seat heights of mobility 

devices reduce the effort needed by 

patients to transfer since they do not 

have to lift their body weight to make 

up the difference between the two 

surfaces. 

In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

for the MDE Standards, the Board 

sought public comment on whether the 


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height of transfer surfaces should be 

adjustable within a range of 17 inches 

minimum and 25 inches maximum. 77 

FR 6916, 6922 (Feb. 9, 2012). These 

dimensions were based on findings from 

a major study on the human measures 

of people who use wheeled mobility 

devices in the United States conducted 

by the University of Buffalo Center for 

Inclusive Design and Environmental 

Access (IDeA Center) with funding from 

the Access Board and the National 

Institute for Disability, Independent 

Living, and Rehabilitation Research. 

Completed in 2010, the Anthropometry 

of Wheeled Mobility Project collected 

anthropometric data on 495 subjects 

who use wheelchairs, power chairs, and 

scooters. Researchers measured 

wheelchair seat height, occupied length, 

turning radii, reach ranges, and other 

dimensions (Steinfeld, E., Paquet, V., 

D’Souza, C., Joseph, C., and Maisel, J. 

‘‘Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility: 

Final Report’’ (2010), available at http:// 

idea.ap.buffalo.edu/wp-content/ 

uploads/sites/110/2020/01/ 

AnthropometryofWheeled

MobilityProject_FinalReport.pdf). 

Findings from this project indicated 

that the occupied seat heights for people 

who use wheeled mobility devices vary 

considerably. Seat heights ranged from 

16.3 inches to 23.9 inches for manual 

wheelchair users, 16.2 inches to 28.9 

inches for power wheelchair users, and 

18.8 inches to 25.3 inches for scooter 

users. Based on this data, researchers 

concluded that a transfer surface that is 

adjustable from a height of 17 inches 

minimum to 25 inches maximum would 

accommodate the 5th to the 95th 

percentile range of those who used 

wheeled mobility aids (Id., Section 

4.3.2, p. 89). 

In an analysis of the data on seat 

height, researchers further determined 

that a low transfer height of 17 inches 

would exclude 6% of manual 

wheelchairs in the project database. 

According to this analysis, ‘‘[i]ncreasing 

the minimum above 17 in. even two 

inches . . . would exclude a significant 

proportion of the manual wheelchair 

group, in particular, over 30% of the 

females in the sample.’’ D’Souza, C., 

Steinfeld, E., ‘‘Analysis of Seat Height 

for Wheeled Mobility Devices’’ (July 19, 

2011), available at http://idea.ap.

buffalo.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/ 

110/2019/08/23.pdf. 

In the Notice for Proposed 

Rulemaking, the Board sought comment 

on the height and adjustability of 

transfer surfaces and whether transfer 

surface heights should be adjustable 

from a low transfer position of 17 inches 

to a high transfer position of 25 inches. 

77 FR at 6922–6933. Most commenters 

supported a requirement for 

adjustability and a high transfer surface 

height of 25 inches but disagreed on 

what the low transfer height should be. 

Id. 

On July 5, 2012, the Access Board 

organized an advisory committee 

representing stakeholders to provide 

recommendations on how the MDE 

Standards should be finalized based on 

the public comments received. 77 FR 

39656. The MDE Accessibility 

Standards Advisory Committee, like the 

public commenters, was divided on the 

low transfer surface height and was 

unable to reach consensus regarding a 

minimum low transfer surface height 

specification. MDE Accessibility 

Standards Advisory Committee Report, 

70, available at https://

www.regulations.gov/document/ATBCB2013-0009-0001. Advisory committee 

members submitted minority reports 

supporting their views. 

Minority reports submitted by the 

disability advocates and academics 

supported a minimum low height of 17 

inches to ensure as many independent 

transfers as possible. They noted that a 

17-inch low height provides the greatest 

number of individuals the opportunity 

to transfer independently. See Minority 

Reports from Boston Center for 

Independent Living Inc., National 

Network for ADA Centers, and Medical 

Diagnostic Equipment Advisory 

Committee. Id. 

The minority reports submitted by 

manufacturers supported a minimum 

low height of 19 inches. They asserted 

that examination tables and chairs that 

can meet the 19-inch height are 

available but that there were no 

products on the market that met the 17- 

inch height. See Minority Reports from 

the Brewer Company, LLC, Hologic, 

Inc., Midmark Corporation, MITA 

Advisory Committee Members, and 

Recommendation of 19-inch Lower 

Adjustable Height as the Minimum 

Accessibility Standard (Joint Report). 

Manufacturers also expressed concern 

about the potential impacts of a 17-inch 

low height on diagnostic imaging 

medical equipment with tables, such as 

x-ray scanners, CTs, PETs and MRIs. A 

reduction in the low transfer surface 

height of a few inches may involve 

significant re-engineering and require 

FDA retesting and recertification 

according to these reports. See Minority 

Report of GE Healthcare, Phillips 

Healthcare, Siemens Healthcare, and 

Hologic, Inc. Id. 

On January 9, 2017, the Access Board 

issued the MDE final rule, in which the 

Board specified that transfer surfaces be 

adjustable from a low transfer position 

at a height of 17–19 inches to a high 

transfer position at a height of 25 

inches. It also required that the transfer 

surface be adjustable to four unspecified 

heights between the high and low 

transfer height separated by a minimum 

of one inch. 36 CFR part 1195, 

Appendix, M301.2.1 & M302.2.2. The 

17–19 inch low transfer height was set 

as a temporary range with a five-year 

sunset provision. Id. As explained in the 

preamble to the final rule, the Board 

took this approach because ‘‘there was 

insufficient information to designate a 

single minimum low height requirement 

at this time. Specifically, there [was] 

insufficient data on the extent to which 

and how many individuals would 

benefit from a transfer height lower than 

19 inches.’’ 82 FR at 2816. 

During the five-year sunset period, the 

Board said it would further study this 

issue and collect additional information. 

Id. On February 3, 2022, the Board 

issued a direct final rule to extend the 

sunset provision until January 10, 2025, 

to provide additional time to complete 

its research and the required rulemaking 

processes to establish a final 

specification for the low transfer surface 

height. 87 FR 6037. 

In 2021, the Board commissioned a 

secondary analysis of the 

Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility 

database and wheelchair seat height. 

This analysis was undertaken because 

some segments of the population in the 

Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility 

Project test sample were over- or underrepresented. Specifically, the test 

population was younger in age and 

included more men than women 

compared to the estimated U.S. 

population. In addition, the researchers 

intentionally oversampled powered 

wheelchair users, which tend to have 

seat heights higher than manual 

wheelchairs, in order to capture the 

sizes and space requirements of this 

group. (‘‘Anthropometry of Wheeled 

Mobility: Final Report,’’ Section 3.1, pp. 

36–37). 

In this 2021 study, researchers 

statistically resampled data on occupied 

seat heights for manual and powered 

wheelchair users to create virtual 

samples that were proportionally 

representative of the total population of 

wheelchair users in the United States in 

terms of device type (manual 

wheelchairs or powered wheelchairs), 

gender, and age category (18 to 64 years 

or 65 years and older). Based on 

demographically representative 

sampling, the study estimates that 4.5% 

of wheelchair users have a seat height 

equal to or less than 17 inches, 21% had 

a seat height equal to or less than 18 

inches, and 42% had a seat height equal 

to or less than 19 inches. (D’Souza, C., 


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(January 28, 2022), ‘‘Analysis of Low 

Wheelchair Seat Heights and Transfer 

Surfaces for Medical Diagnostic 

Equipment: Final Report’’ available at 

https://www.access-board.gov/research/ 

human/wheelchair-seat-height/). 

Announcement of Public Meeting 

In light of these latest findings from 

the resampling analysis, the Access 

Board has decided to hold a public 

hearing to gather additional information 

on the low transfer height for MDE 

transfer surfaces from disability 

advocates, manufacturers of MDE, 

researchers and other stakeholders and 

interested parties. The Board is 

particularly interested in information on 

what the low height is for adjustable 

MDE products that are currently on the 

market and any changes or innovations 

in their design and engineering that may 

have occurred since the Board issued 

the MDE standards in 2017. The Board 

is aware of at least some examination 

tables and chairs that can adjust to a 

height of 17 inches or less. The Board 

is also interested in updated 

information on the incremental costs for 

the design or redesign and manufacture 

of examination tables and chairs and 

diagnostic imaging medical equipment 

with tables that can provide a low 

transfer height of 17 inches. 

Christopher Kuczynski, 

General Counsel, U.S. Access Board. 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Wyoming Advisory Committee to the 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of virtual 

business meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, that 

the Wyoming Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights will hold a virtual business 

meeting via Webex at 1 p.m. MT on 

Monday, May 9, 2022, to discuss civil 

rights concerns in the state. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Monday, May 9, 2022, from 1 p.m.–2:30 

p.m. MT. 

Link to Join (Audio/Visual): https://

tinyurl.com/2p92mtv3 

Telephone (Audio Only): Dial (800) 

360–9505 USA Toll Free; Access 

Code: 2760 040 0750 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kayla Fajota, DFO, at kfajota@usccr.gov 

or (434) 515–2395. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Committee meetings are available to the 

public through the conference link 

above. Any interested member of the 

public may listen to the meeting. An 

open comment period will be provided 

to allow members of the public to make 

a statement as time allows. If joining via 

phone, callers can expect to incur 

regular charges for calls they initiate 

over wireless lines, according to their 

wireless plan. The Commission will not 

refund any incurred charges. 

Individuals who are deaf, deafblind, and 

hard of hearing may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at (800) 877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference details found through 

registering at the web link above. To 

request additional accommodations, 

please email kfajota@usccr.gov at least 

ten (10) days prior to the meeting. 

Members of the public are also 

entitled to submit written comments; 

the comments must be received in the 

regional office within 30 days following 

the meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to Liliana Schiller at lschiller@

usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit at 

(312) 353–8311. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Records of 

the meeting will be available via 

www.facadatabase.gov under the 

Commission on Civil Rights, Wyoming 

Advisory Committee link. Persons 

interested in the work of this Committee 

are directed to the Commission’s 

website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may 

contact the Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit at the above phone 

number. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome & Roll Call 

II. Introductions 

III. Overview of Project Process & 

Concept Stage 

IV. Discussion: Potential Topic Choice 

V. Public Comment 

VI. Adjournment 

Dated: April 6, 2022. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

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Notice of Public Meeting of the West 

Virginia Advisory Committee to the 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act that 

the West Virginia Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights will hold project planning 

meetings at the times identified in the 

DATES section below. The purpose of 

these meetings is to continue planning 

and discussing the Committee’s civil 

rights project on disparate school 

discipline policies and practices in West 

Virginia public schools. Each planning 

meeting will last for approximately one 

hour. 

DATES: Tuesday, May 3, at 11:30 a.m. 

ET; Tuesday, June 7, at 11:30 a.m. ET; 

Tuesday, July 5, at 11:30 a.m. ET; 

Tuesday, August 2, at 11:30 a.m. ET; 

and Tuesday, September 6, at 11:30 a.m. 

ET 

Meeting Link (Audio/Visual): https://

bit.ly/3wZHG1b 

Telephone (Audio Only): Dial 1–800– 

360–9505 USA Toll Free; Access 

code: 2764 230 7047 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ivy 

Davis, DFO, and Director of the Eastern 

Regional Office (ERO, at ero@usccr.gov 

or 1–202–376–7533). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public can listen to these 

discussions. Committee meetings are 

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above call-in number. Any interested 

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according to their wireless plan. The 

Commission will not refund any 

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charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Individuals who are 

deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing may 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

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