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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#1D1D1D" vlink="#1D1D1D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Here is an email from The Seeing Eye with the link to make comments. Some of you will have already seen this, but some won’t.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tracy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> advocacy@seeingeye.org <advocacy@seeingeye.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 10, 2024 5:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tracy Carcione <carcione@access.net><br><b>Subject:</b> DOT Request for Comments - Link To Submission Form<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:420.0pt;background:#FFFFFE'><tr><td style='background:#D4E2BE;padding:22.5pt 24.0pt 12.0pt 28.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://support.seeingeye.org/site/R?i=4jDphA_i-Gsfsxxa-P3y_MzUI9WINSdUEx71sTxEMrcdKoMBDVQ-JA"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=139 height=89 style='width:1.4479in;height:.927in' id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://support.seeingeye.org/images/content/pagebuilder/logo-01-2022.png" alt="The Seeing Eye®"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt'><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>Dear Seeing Eye graduate:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>Yesterday we told you about the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) requesting comments on proposed revisions to the Service Animal Air Transportation Form, and on the proposed reinstatement of the Relief Attestation Form. Unfortunately, the form to submit comments is not easily accessed. The following link will take you directly to the submission form:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://support.seeingeye.org/site/R?i=ZuxCQMYnHYteQDZxUFSac4GREiIwLIZpT8Utz1BAfcAudT0fr8VjfQ">https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/DOT-OST-2018-0068-32402</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>However, you still need to go to the link we provided yesterday in order to read the information about the proposed revisions to the Service Animal Air Transportation Form:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://support.seeingeye.org/site/R?i=dvQK2_BxwhYZM1RywL7lb5Zl1r_kyQ6l90ZJwiBM8rW0jyJIbsntjg">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/13/2023-24885/notice-of-submission-of-proposed-information-collection-to-omb-agency-request-for-reinstatement-of</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>In addition, The Seeing Eye has prepared its own response to the DOT's Request for Comments. Our response can be accessed here:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://support.seeingeye.org/site/R?i=w-acrQlBTZfXo5t3FL3VowemMw1Nj3NxjgRzb8pxg2lGu7NHnHhkrA">https://www.seeingeye.org/knowledge-center/rights--legal-information/tse-dot-response-comments.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>The text of yesterday's email is below. Thank you!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>Dear Seeing Eye graduate:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>It has very recently come to the attention of The Seeing Eye and other consumer organizations that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on proposed revisions to the Service Animal Air Transportation Form and Relief Attestation Form.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>We are disappointed that the DOT did not alert stakeholders of this request for comment as they have made a practice of doing in the past. Although the notice was published on November 13, 2023 allowing sixty days for public comment, it would appear that many stakeholders have only recently learned of the request for comment. Comments must be submitted by this <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Friday, January 12, 2024.</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>We urge you to review the notice and follow the instructions for submitting a comment at the link below:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://support.seeingeye.org/site/R?i=eOpr8O3N-y-deiJQNwgq6-y0DKYsyHUJ19ULjKijJb0cyQaioDmviA">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/13/2023-24885/notice-of-submission-of-proposed-information-collection-to-omb-agency-request-for-reinstatement-of</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>Please be assured that The Seeing Eye will be submitting comments, and we urge you as a graduate of The Seeing Eye to do the same. Please do not forget that your comments must be submitted by Friday January 12, 2024.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>Dave Johnson and Melissa Allman<br>Seeing Eye Department of Accessibility, Advocacy, and Government Relations</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAJEAAP///wAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAkAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAgEAAEEBAA7" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from http://support.seeingeye.org/site/PixelServer?j=BXzcMawkRyBMh0iswXzYKmxt8aVgHJxmsvX145uGt5qNxD_d83Cbfw" /></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#1F3734;padding:22.5pt 7.5pt 22.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 18.75pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://support.seeingeye.org/site/R?i=l3mfSolPSrEmTsbPj_e9oH1uxkqKuyhOgJ6SGDLDW3Mb_oeqF_FlFw"><span style='color:#B0DBD7;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=109 height=70 style='width:1.1354in;height:.7291in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://support.seeingeye.org/images/content/pagebuilder/logo-02-2022.png" alt="The Seeing Eye®"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 29.25pt 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://support.seeingeye.org/site/R?i=ra50u1ykOqpmE8lyTkA78dODn6B8ny1zxrI9DHcTz6nSOxZXk-JzLA"><span style='color:#B0DBD7;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=15 height=32 style='width:.1562in;height:.3333in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://support.seeingeye.org/images/content/pagebuilder/ico-facebook_2022.png" alt=facebook></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=35 style='width:26.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://support.seeingeye.org/site/R?i=BOqmr43Qi-yopCNAVA07_-uw45LGbco7H6Yvr3mFZdk8A2HwIGoBlA"><span style='color:#B0DBD7;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=32 height=23 style='width:.3333in;height:.2395in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://support.seeingeye.org/images/content/pagebuilder/ico-youtube_2022.png" alt=youtube></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=25 style='width:18.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://support.seeingeye.org/site/R?i=zF9owsHSYqNWTuAZabEanavOUtO4tWOoypuDlreH_zSDslA1CCH9jw"><span style='color:#B0DBD7;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=34 height=33 style='width:.3541in;height:.3437in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://support.seeingeye.org/images/content/pagebuilder/ico-instagram_2022png.png" alt=instagram></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 16.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#B0DBD7'>The Seeing Eye, P.O. 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