The U.S. Energy Department calls a decades-old accessibility provision redundant in a rule rescission taking effect soon.
New and existing buildings receiving funds from the U.S. Department of Energy won’t have to meet accessibility requirements starting Sept. 12 in a fast-tracked rule rescission that has alarmed disability-rights advocates.
The agency on May 16 used what’s known as a direct final rule to announce it’s rescinding a rule that’s been on the books since the 1970s requiring any building receiving federal funds, whether for new construction or undergoing renovation, to be made accessible...
The agency on May 16 used what’s known as a direct final rule to announce it’s rescinding a rule that’s been on the books since the 1970s requiring any building receiving federal funds, whether for new construction or undergoing renovation, to be made accessible...
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RSK: I would still think smart operators would have some assesabitly in their construction...it would put them heads above those that do not. Thoughts on this?
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