Transportation - United States Access Board

Background

Draft 6-18-2008

9:00 — 10:00	Introduction and Overview
	What is a regulatory assessment?
	Proposed approach and methodology: Baseline Identify major and minor impacts Estimate unit costs (capital, maintenance, operation, life cycle, and other costs) where feasible Aggregate annual industry costs Benefits
	Issues to be addressed by DOT On-off Effective date Administrative authority International treaty or foreign nation law conflicts
	Latest revisions to PVAG draft
10:00 — 12:00	Identification of Major and Minor Impacts, and Unit Cost Estimates
	Criteria for sorting major and minor impacts
	Impacts identified through prior comments and discussions (sort as major or minor impact): Guest room scoping Assembly area wheelchair spaces Visual alarms Assistive listening systems Standby power for platform lift Standby power for automatic doors Direction connections to performing areas Pool lifts
	Other impacts that should be included in regulatory assessment
12:00 — 1:00	Lunch (on your own)
1:00 — 2:00	Continuation of Identification of Major and Minor Impacts
2:00 — 3:00	Aggregation of Annual Industry Costs
	Vessel replacement and growth rate: Review data Grouping vessels by size and construction costs
	Unit cost v. percentage increase in construction cost
3:00 — 4:00	Other Issues
	Alterations
	Benefits
	Small business criteria