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

For audio description devices, NATO in its public comments suggested that movie theaters maintain one audio description device for every two auditoriums, with a minimum of two devices per movie theater.  The Department has adopted the scoping requirements for audio description devices as recommended in NATO’s public comments.  Table 3-18 shows the scoping requirements for audio description devices used in the cost estimation of the final rule.  Because the number of audio description devices per movie theater will vary depending on the number of auditoriums displaying digital movies in the movie theater, the scoping below represents the average number of audio description devices required per movie theater, based on the average number of auditoriums by venue type.