Final Regulatory Assessment and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Final Rule - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description

The Final RA estimates the costs to replace captioning and audio description hardware and devices over the time frame of the analysis.  Because the 15-year time frame for this rule exceeds the expected life of captioning and audio description equipment, the analysis incorporates a replacement schedule whereby this equipment is assumed to require replacement over a span of several years based on its expected useful life.  A portion of the captioning and audio description devices are replaced annually, and hardware is expected to need replacement every nine to eleven years.  The data and assumptions used to calculate the replacement costs are presented in Section 3.6.