{"id":3155,"date":"2025-06-10T17:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T17:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/?p=3155"},"modified":"2025-06-10T17:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T17:43:13","slug":"submit-comments-by-sunday-to-oppose-new-rule-that-would-eliminate-accessibility-requirements-for-new-federal-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/2025\/updates\/submit-comments-by-sunday-to-oppose-new-rule-that-would-eliminate-accessibility-requirements-for-new-federal-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Submit comments by SUNDAY to oppose new rule that would eliminate accessibility requirements for new federal buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The federal Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a “direct final rule” that will eliminate a long-standing requirement of Section 504 requiring new buildings constructed with federal funds to be accessible to people with disabilities.\u00a0The Department now calls this rule \u201cunnecessary\u201d and burdensome.\u201d Removing this rule would:\u00a0
\u2022 Eliminate enforceable accessibility standards for new federally funded buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Allow renovations that leave out ramps, elevators, accessible restrooms, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Undermine the civil rights protections of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to www.Regulations.gov<\/strong><\/a>, the final rule will be effective on July 15 of this year<\/strong> unless significant comments opposing the change are received by this coming Sunday, June 15.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click both links below and leave a public comment on each (your comments can be the same).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Docket #1 – Go to DOE-HQ-2025-0015 and click “Comment”: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4kuX2R2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Docket #2 – Go to DOE-HQ-2025-0024 and click \u201cComment\u201d : https:\/\/bit.ly\/4mGKgjY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your comments do not need to be long: You can simply say you oppose the elimination or weakening of the long-standing requirement of Section 504 which requires new buildings constructed with federal funds to be accessible to people with disabilities. You can also share why you oppose the proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please share widely in your networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The federal Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a “direct final rule” that will eliminate a long-standing requirement of Section 504 requiring new buildings constructed with federal funds to be accessible to people with disabilities.\u00a0The Department now calls this rule \u201cunnecessary\u201d and burdensome.\u201d Removing this rule would:\u00a0\u2022 Eliminate enforceable accessibility standards for new federally funded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3156,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions\/3156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}