96-31215. Accessibility Guidelines for Play Facilities; Meeting of Regulatory Negotiation Committee

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 237 (Monday, December 9, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 64832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

36 CFR Parts 1190 and 1191


Accessibility Guidelines for Play Facilities; Meeting of 
Regulatory Negotiation Committee

AGENCY: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.

ACTION: Notice of committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board 
(Access Board) has established a regulatory negotiation committee to 
develop a proposed rule on accessibility guidelines for newly 
constructed and altered play facilities covered by the Americans with 
Disabilities Act and the Architectural Barriers Act. This document 
announces the times and location of the next meeting of the committee, 
which is open to the public.

DATES: The next committee meeting will be on January 6-9, 1997, 
beginning at 8:30 a.m. each day. The meeting will end at 5:00 p.m. each 
day, except on January 9, 1997 when it will end at 12 noon.

ADDRESSES: The committee will meet at 800 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, 
California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Greenwell, Office of Technical 
and Information Services, Architectural and Transportation Barriers 
Compliance Board, 1331 F Street, NW., suite 1000, Washington, DC. 
20004-1111. Telephone number [phone] extension 34 (Voice); (202) 
272-5449 (TTY). This document is available in alternate formats 
(cassette tape, braille, large print, or computer disc) upon request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In February 1996, the Access Board 
established a regulatory negotiation committee to develop a proposed 
rule on accessibility guidelines for newly constructed and altered play 
facilities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the 
Architectural Barriers Act. (61 FR 5723, February 14, 1996). The 
committee will hold its next meeting on the dates and at the location 
announced above. The meeting is open to the public. The meeting site is 
accessible to individuals with disabilities. Individuals with hearing 
impairments who require sign language interpreters should contact Peggy 
Greenwell by December 20, 1996, by calling [phone] extension 34 
(voice) or [phone] (TTY).
Lawrence W. Roffee,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 96-31215 Filed 12-6-96; 8:45 am]
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