Document ID: DOT-OST-2023-0166-0035
Agency: dot
Document Type: Notice
Title: Transportation Services for Individuals with Disabilities: Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Transportation Facilities
Posted Date: 2023-12-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89023-89024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28332]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2023-0166]

Transportation Services for Individuals With Disabilities: ADA 
Standards for Transportation Facilities

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT, or Department) is 
extending through February 20, 2024 the period for interested persons 
to submit comments to its request for information on whether to amend 
the accessibility requirements for transportation facilities under the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) currently contained in 
appendix A to DOT's regulations governing transportation services for 
individuals with disabilities.

DATES: The comment period for the notice published November 6, 2023, at 
88 FR 76272, is extended. Comments should be submitted on or before 
February 20, 2024. Late-filed comments will be considered to the extent 
practicable.

ADDRESSES: You may file comments identified by docket number OST-2023-
0166 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. Commenters using this method 
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delivery should contact Docket Services at 202-366-9826 or 202-366-9317 
before delivery to ensure staff is available to receive the delivery.
     Fax: (202) 493-2251.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and docket 
number OST-2023-0166. All comments received will be posted without 
change to www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For information on DOT's compliance with the Privacy Act, 
please visit https://www.transportation.gov/privacy.
    For access to the docket to read background documents or comments 
received, go to www.regulations.gov at any time and search for docket 
number OST-2023-0166.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions, Holly Ceasar-
Fox, DOT Office of General Counsel, (202) 366-7420 or 
[email protected]. For program questions related to transit, John 
Day, FTA Office of Civil Rights, (202) 366-1671 or [email protected]. 
For legal questions related to transit, Bonnie Graves, FTA Office of 
Chief Counsel, (202) 366-0944 or [email protected]. For questions 
related to intercity or high-speed rail, Alana Kuhn, FRA Office of 
Chief Counsel, (202) 493-0842 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 6, 2023, the Department of 
Transportation (Department) published a request for information (RFI) 
in the Federal Register seeking input from the public on whether to 
propose amendments to the Department's standards for transportation 
facilities under its regulations implementing the transportation 
provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) to 
improve accessibility and equity for persons with disabilities. (88 FR 
76272)
    The Department proposed a series of questions to guide public input 
to areas of interest to the Department, and invited comment on means to 
improve other aspects of the existing standards for buildings and 
facilities.
    Since the publication of the RFI, commenters have requested that 
the Department extend the comment period given the complexity of the 
issues for which comment is being sought. The American Public 
Transportation Association (APTA) requested an extension of 30 days. 
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) requested an 
extension of 45 days.
    The Department has reviewed the requests for extension of the 
comment period, and by this notice extends the comment period for the 
RFI from January 5, 2024, to February 20, 2024. The Department believes 
that granting this extension of the original comment period is 
sufficient to allow stakeholders to conduct a thorough and careful 
consideration of the request for information and prepare comments.
    All interested parties are encouraged to provide input in response 
to the RFI. Submissions are strictly voluntary. Individuals or entities 
providing comments should state their role as well as knowledge of and 
experience with the ADA in a transportation environment. DOT may 
request additional clarifying information from any or all respondents. 
If a respondent does not wish to be contacted by DOT for additional 
information, a statement to that effect should be included in the 
response. All information submitted should be unclassified and should 
not contain proprietary information, as it will be posted to 
www.regulations.gov without changes.
    DOT is not obligated to officially respond to the information 
received, but the responses will assist DOT in its consideration of 
whether to revise the ADA standards for transportation buildings and 
facilities.
    Comments may be submitted and viewed at Docket No. DOT-OST-2023-
0166 at https://www.regulations.gov.
    Signed pursuant to authority delegated at 49 CFR 1.27(a) on 
December 19, 2023.

Subash S. Iyer,
Acting General Counsel, Department of Transportation.
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