Executive Office of the President \365 102.151 forreaching that conclusion. If an ac- cannot otherwise be made accessible; tion would result in such an alteration or or such burdens, the agency shall take (iii) Adopting other innovative meth- any other action that would not result ods. in such an alteration or such burdens (c) Time period for compliance. The but would nevertheless ensure that in- agency shall comply with the obliga- dividuals with handicaps receive the tions established under this section by benefits and services of the program or November 7, 1988, except that where activity. structural changes in facilities are un- (b) Methods--(1) General. The agency dertaken, such changes shall be made may comply with the requirements of by September 6, 1991, but in any event this section through such means as re- as expeditiously as possible. design of equipment, reassignment of (d) Transition plan. In the event that services to accessible buildings, assign- structural changes to facilities will be ment of aides to beneficiaries, home undertaken to achieve program acces- visits, delivery of services at alternate sibility, the agency shall develop, by accessible sites, alteration of existing March 6, 1989, a transition plan setting facilities and construction of new fa- forth the steps necessary to complete cilities, use of accessible rolling stock, such changes. The agency shall provide or any other methods that result in an opportunity to interested persons, making its programs or activities read- including individuals with handicaps or ily accessible to and usable by individ- organizations representing individuals uals with handicaps. The agency is not with handicaps, to participate in the required to make structural changes in development of the transition plan by existing facilities where other methods submitting comments (both oral and are effective in achieving compliance written). A copy of the transition plan with this section. The agency, in mak- shall be made available for public in- ing alterations to existing buildings, spection. The plan shall, at a rain- shall meet accessibility requirements iraurn-- to the extent compelled by the Archi- (1) Identify physical obstacles in the tectural Barriers Act of 1968, as amend- agency's facilities that limit the acces- ed (42 U.S.C. 41514157), and any regula- sibility of its programs or activities to tions implementing it. In choosing individuals with handicaps; among available methods for meeting (2) Describe in detail the methods the requirements of this section, the that will be used to make the facilities agency shall give priority to those accessible; methods that offer programs and ac- (3) Specify the schedule for taking tivities to qualified individuals with the steps necessary to achieve compli- handicaps in the most integrated set- ance with this section and, if the time ting appropriate. period of the transition plan is longer (2) Historic preservation programs. In than one year, identify steps that will meeting the requirements of \365102.150(a) be taken during each year of the tran- in historic preservation programs, the sition period; and agency shall give priority to methods (4) Indicate the official responsible that provide physical access to individ- for implementation of the plan. uals with handicaps. In cases where a physical alteration to an historic prop- \365 102.151 Program accessibility: New erty is not required because of construction and alterations. \365102.150(a) (2) or (3), alternative meth- Each building or part of a building ods of achieving program accessibility that is constructed or altered by, on include-- behalf of, or for the use of the agency (i) Using audio-visual materials and shall be designed, constructed, or ai- devices to depict those portions of an tered so as to be readily accessible to historic property that cannot other- and usable by individuals with hahall- wise be made accessible; caps. The definitions, requirements, (ii) Assigning persons to guide indi- and standards of the Architectural Bar- viduals with handicaps into or through riers Act (42 U.S.C. 4151-4157), as estab- portions of historic properties that lished in 41 CFl\177 101-19.600 to 101-19.607, 347
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