2014-13129. Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

AGENCY:

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.

ACTION:

Semiannual regulatory agenda.

SUMMARY:

The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board submits the following agenda of proposed regulatory activities, which may be conducted by the agency during the next 12 months. This regulatory agenda may be revised by the agency during the coming months as a result of action taken by the Board.

ADDRESSES:

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1111.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For information concerning Board regulations and proposed actions, contact Lisa Fairhall, Deputy General Counsel, [phone] (voice) or [phone] (TTY).

Lisa Fairhall,

Deputy General Counsel.

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board—Final Rule Stage

Sequence No.	Title	Regulation Identifier No.
230	Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way	3014-AA26

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board—Long-Term Actions

Sequence No.	Title	Regulation Identifier No.
231	Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines for Passenger Vessels	3014-AA11

ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD (ATBCB)

Final Rule Stage

230. Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12204, Americans With Disabilities Act; 29 U.S.C. 792, Rehabilitation Act

Abstract: This rulemaking would establish accessibility guidelines to ensure that sidewalks, pedestrian street crossings, pedestrian signals, and other facilities for pedestrian circulation and use constructed or altered in the public right-of-way by State or local governments are accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. The rulemaking in RIN 3014-AA41 that would establish accessibility guidelines for shared use paths that are designed for bicyclists and pedestrians and are used for transportation and recreation purposes is merged with this rulemaking. A second notice of proposed rulemaking (Second NPRM) proposed to add provisions for shared use paths to the accessibility guidelines for pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way. The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Transportation, and other Federal agencies are expected to adopt the accessibility guidelines for pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way as enforceable standards in separate rulemakings for the construction and alteration of facilities covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Architectural Barriers Act.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Notice of Intent to Form Advisory Committee	08/12/99	64 FR 43980
Notice of Appointment of Advisory Committee Members	10/20/99	64 FR 56482
Availability of Draft Guidelines	06/17/02	67 FR 41206
Availability of Draft Guidelines	11/23/05	70 FR 70734
NPRM	07/26/11	76 FR 44664
NPRM Comment Period End	11/23/11
Notice Reopening Comment Period	12/05/11	76 FR 75844
NPRM Comment Period End	02/02/12
Second NPRM	02/13/13	78 FR 10110
Second NPRM Comment Period End	05/14/13
Final Action	11/00/14

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.

Agency Contact: James Raggio, General Counsel, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1111, Phone: [phone], TDD Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

RIN: 3014-AA26

ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD (ATBCB)

Long-Term Actions

231. Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines for Passenger Vessels

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12204, Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990

Abstract: This rulemaking would establish accessibility guidelines to ensure that newly constructed and altered passenger vessels covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) are accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Justice are expected to adopt the guidelines as enforceable standards in separate rulemakings for the construction and alteration of passenger vessels covered by the ADA.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Notice of Intent to Establish Advisory Committee	03/30/98	63 FR 15175
Establishment of Advisory Committee	08/12/98	63 FR 43136
Availability of Draft Guidelines	11/26/04	69 FR 69244
ANPRM	11/26/04	69 FR 69246
Comment Period Extended	03/22/05	70 FR 14435
ANPRM Comment Period End	07/28/05
Availability of Draft Guidelines	07/07/06	71 FR 38563
Notice of Intent to Establish Advisory Committee	06/25/07	72 FR 34653
Establishment of Advisory Committee	08/13/07	72 FR 45200
NPRM	06/25/13	78 FR 38102
NPRM Comment Period Extended	08/13/13	78 FR 49248
NPRM Comment Period End	01/24/14
Final Action	07/00/15

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.

Agency Contact: James Raggio, General Counsel, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1111, Phone: [phone], TDD Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

RIN: 3014-AA11