Document ID: DOT-OST-2015-0246-0195
Agency: dot
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Nondiscrimination on Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Meeting
Posted Date: 2016-09-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 61145-61146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21357]

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 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Part 382

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2015-0246]
RIN 2105-AE12

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: 
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Fifth Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of fifth public meeting of advisory committee.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the fifth meeting of the Advisory 
Committee on Accessible Air Transportation (ACCESS Advisory Committee).

DATES: The fifth meeting of the ACCESS Advisory Committee will be held 
on September 21-23, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ritz Carlton, Pentagon City, 
1250 Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202. Attendance is open to the 
public up to the room's capacity of 150 attendees. Since space is 
limited, any member of the general public who plans to attend this 
meeting must notify the registration contact identified below no later 
than September 14, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register to attend the meeting, 
please contact Kyle Ilgenfritz (kilgenfritz@linkvisum.com; 703-442-4575 
extension 128). For other information, please contact Livaughn Chapman 
or Vinh Nguyen, Office of the Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, by email at livaughn.chapman@dot.gov 
or vinh.nguyen@dot.gov or by telephone at 202-366-9342.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Fifth Public Meeting of the ACCESS Committee

    The fifth meeting of the ACCESS Advisory Committee will be held on 
September 21-23, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight 
Time. The meeting will be held at the Ritz Carlton, Pentagon City, 1250 
Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202. At the meeting, the ACCESS Advisory 
Committee will continue to address whether to require accessible 
inflight entertainment (IFE) and strengthen accessibility requirements 
for other in-flight communications, whether to require an accessible 
lavatory on new single-aisle aircraft over a certain size, and whether 
to amend the definition of ``service animals'' that may accompany 
passengers with a disability on a flight. We expect to negotiate on 
proposals to amend the Department's disability regulation regarding one 
or more of these issues. Prior to the meeting, the agenda will be 
available on the ACCESS Advisory Committee's Web site, 
www.transportation.gov/access-advisory-committee. Information on how to 
access advisory committee documents via the FDMC is contained in 
Section III, below.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Attendance will be limited 
by the size of the meeting room (maximum 150 attendees). Because space 
is limited, we ask that any member of the public who plans to attend 
the meeting notify the registration contact, Kyle Ilgenfritz 
(kilgenfritz@linkvisum.com; 703-442-4575 extension 128) at Linkvisum, 
no later than September 14, 2016. At the discretion of the facilitator 
and the Committee and time permitting, members of the public are 
invited to contribute to the discussion and provide oral comments.

II. Submitting Written Comments

    Members of the public may submit written comments on the topics to 
be considered during the meeting by September 15, 2016, to FDMC, Docket 
Number DOT-OST-2015-0246. You may submit your comments and material 
online or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only one of 
these means. DOT recommends that you include your name and a mailing 
address, an email address, or a phone number in the body of your 
document so that DOT can contact you if there are questions regarding 
your submission.
    To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
put the docket number, DOT-OST-2015-0246, in the keyword box, and click 
``Search.'' When the new screen appears, click on the ``Comment Now!'' 
button and type your comment into the text box on the following screen. 
Choose whether you are submitting your comment as an individual or on 
behalf of a third party and then submit. If you submit your comments by 
mail or hand delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 
8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing.

III. Viewing Comments and Documents

    To view comments and any documents mentioned in this preamble as 
being available in the docket, go to www.regulations.gov. Enter the 
docket number, DOT-OST-2015-0246, in the keyword box, and click 
``Search.'' Next, click the link to ``Open Docket Folder'' and choose 
the document to review. If you do not have access to the Internet, you 
may view the docket online by visiting the Docket Management Facility 
in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

IV. ACCESS Advisory Committee Charter

    The ACCESS Advisory Committee is established by charter in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 
App. 2. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx approved the ACCESS 
Advisory Committee charter on April 6, 2016. The committee's charter 
sets forth policies for the operation of the advisory committee and is 
available on the Department's Web site at www.transportation.gov/office-general-counsel/negotiated-regulations/charter.

V. Privacy Act

    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 
public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts these 
comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system 
of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
www.dot.gov/privacy.

VI. Future Committee Meeting

    DOT anticipates that the ACCESS Advisory Committee will have one 
additional three-day meeting in

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Washington, DC. The sixth and final meeting is tentatively scheduled 
for October 12-14. Notices of all future meetings will be published in 
the Federal Register at least 15 calendar days prior to each meeting.
    Notice of this meeting is being provided in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act and the General Services Administration 
regulations covering management of Federal advisory committees. See 41 
CFR part 102-3. Issued under the authority of delegation in 49 CFR 
1.27(n).

    Dated: August 29, 2016.
Molly J. Moran,
Acting General Counsel.
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