Department Of Justice Decides Not To Ruin Summer Vacation

This year. Of course, after the election, they hope to have more flexibility.

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had again delayed implementation of a new regulation requiring existing public-access pools to be accessible to people with disabilities.

Implementation of the new Americans with Disabilities Act rule, which was set to take effect Monday, has been delayed to Jan. 31, after the election. The rule was originally scheduled to take effect on March 15, 2012.

“Newly constructed and altered pools must be fully accessible to people with disabilities as of March 15, 2012, by providing pool lifts, sloped entries, or other specified accessibility features. However, many pool owners had misunderstandings about how to apply the new accessibility requirements to pre-existing pools,” the department explained Thursday. “Therefore, the department has extended the compliance date for existing pools to Jan. 31, 2013.”

Failure to comply with the new regulations would result in a fine of at least $100,000.

Of course, swimming pools have three options. Pay the fine. Install the expensive equipment. Or shut down, with the third option being the most likely.

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