Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines for Passenger Vessels; Informational Meeting

The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) will hold two informational meetings. The meetings will assist the Access Board in developing accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act for passenger vessels. Specifically, the meetings will focus on possible approaches and methodologies for the regulatory assessment and regulatory flexibility act analysis, the baselines for determining costs, the identification of major and minor cost impacts, estimated unit costs (where feasible), development of aggregate annual industry costs, and benefits generated by the guidelines. The first meeting will focus only on large cruise ships and will be held at the date and location noted below. Other passenger vessels subject to the guidelines will be addressed in a similar meeting that has not yet been scheduled.DATES: The meeting is scheduled for August 11, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration by attendees is requested to be received by July 31, 2008. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Access Board's offices, 1331 F Street, NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC.