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19 February 2020  
(20-1282) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board 
[1609]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Rail 
vehicles; accessibility; Quality (ICS 03.120), Aids for disabled or handicapped persons 
(ICS 11.180), Railway  engineering in general (ICS 45.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Americans With 
Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles; Rail Vehicles 
(5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content : Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - We, the Architectural 
and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (hereafter, "Access Board", "Board", or 
"we"), are issuing this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to begin the 
process of updating our existing accessibility guidelines for rail vehicles covered by the 
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). By this ANPRM, the Access Board invites public 
comment on the substance of recommendations contained in the report issued by its Rail 
Vehicles Access Advisory Committee (RVAAC) and poses related questions. The Board will 
consider comments received in response to this ANPRM, along with the recommendations 
in the RVACC report, to develop proposed updates to our rail vehicle accessibility 
guidelines in a f uture rulemaking.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 8516, 14 February 2020; Title 36 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 1192:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-02-14/html/2020 -02843. htm 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-02-14/pdf/2020 -02843.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  G/TBT/N/USA/1582  
 
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  10. Final date for comments:  14 May 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_1296_00_e.pdf  
 