Air travel; nondiscrimination on basis of disability: Meeting postponed,

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Federal Register: November 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 228)Proposed RulesPage 66590-66591From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

DOCID:fr29no99-16

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Ch. I

Docket No. OST-1996-1880Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Air Travel

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

[Page 66591]

ACTION: Notice of postponement of meeting.

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 (202) 366-9310 (voice) or (202) 755-7687 (TTY), or email at bob.ashby@ost.dot.gov.

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. 99-31080Filed11-26-99; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4910-62-P

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