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

Public comments and Department research suggest that there are installation costs associated with providing closed movie captioning and audio description in movie theater auditoriums that exhibit digital movies.  Although the Initial RA factored the relevant installation costs into the estimated device costs, the Final RA includes a separate estimation of installation costs.  For purposes of the cost estimation, the Department assumes that installation costs are 3 percent of total equipment acquisition costs.  The installation costs are included as an upfront cost that a movie theater incurs once.  The primary analysis assumes that movie theaters incur installation costs in the same year in which a theater purchases the necessary captioning and audio description equipment.