{"id":"MET-AUS-087","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority service area (Austin and suburbs)","state":"TX","metro":"AUS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro), a political subdivision transit authority","authority":"CapMetro rider policy (April 2020) and the CDC Order Requiring Masks on Public Transportation Conveyances, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025 (Jan. 29, 2021) (federal instrument in the FED file)","instrument":"CapMetro press release: \u0027CapMetro Reminds Customers: Face Masks Are Required - New Federal Regulations Require Face Masks Nationwide on Public Transit\u0027","title":"Release confirming that face masks are required of customers and employees on CapMetro services and at facilities, strengthened by the CDC order (bandanas and single-ply coverings prohibited)","dateIssued":"2021-02-02","effective":"2021-02-02 (CDC order effective February 1, 2021; CapMetro\u0027s own requirement since April 2020)","end":"Federal order in force through and beyond September 30, 2021 (see FED file)","startDate":"2021-02-02","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","TRAV"],"addressees":["customers and employees using CapMetro services or at CapMetro facilities"],"clause":"Customers and employees using CapMetro services or at a CapMetro facility are required to wear face masks, and that policy is being strengthened due to new regulations from the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC issued a new order requiring customers nationwide to wear face masks on public transit. Bandanas and other single-ply fabric coverings now do not meet the new federal requirement and will be prohibited. CapMetro made face coverings a requirement on CapMetro services and at facilities in April 2020.","enforcement":"CapMetro operator enforcement; federal order penalties (42 U.S.C. § 271; TSA security directives)","functions":["WF every transit-commuting worker in the metro masked through Q3 2021","TR/TV transit travel","CB transit-dependent customers"],"notes":"The release is dated \u0027February 2, 2020\u0027 on its face, an evident misprint for 2021 (it describes the January 29, 2021 CDC order). Agency release describing its policy.","sourceUrl":"https://www.capmetro.org/news","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":177840,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-AUS","url":"/library/MET-AUS-087","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-AUS-087","citation":"Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro), a political subdivision transit authority, CapMetro press release: \u0027CapMetro Reminds Customers: Face Masks Are Required - New Federal Regulations Require Face Masks Nationwide on Public Transit\u0027 (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-087)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-AUS-088"]}