99-31080. Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Air Travel

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 66590-66591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31080]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Ch. I

[Docket No. OST-1996-1880]


Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Air Travel

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.


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ACTION: Notice of postponement of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In a document published in the Federal Register, the 
Department announced its intention to convene a public meeting on 
November 30, 1999, to discuss the possibility of commencing a 
rulemaking to require certain additional accommodations for deaf and 
hard-of-hearing air travelers under the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986. 
This notice announces the postponement of that meeting until January 
18, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Ashby, Deputy Assistant General 
Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, 20590, by 
phone at [phone] (voice) or [phone] (TTY), or email at 
[e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department finds it necessary at this 
time to postpone the meeting it announced in its November 19, 1999, 
Federal Register notice. 64 FR 63279, November 19, 1999. Some key 
participants informed us that they would be better able to make 
informed presentations at a later date, and others were unavailable on 
the originally scheduled date. The Department continues to place the 
highest priority on making air travel accessible to deaf and hard-of-
hearing persons. The Department has rescheduled the meeting for January 
18, 2000.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 23, 1999.
Robert C. Ashby,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 99-31080 Filed 11-26-99; 8:45 am]
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