DSA IR 11B-10: SCOPING AND PATH OF TRAVEL UPGRADE REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITY ALTERATION, ADDITION AND STRUCTURAL REPAIR PROJECTS (with revisions issued through April 2017)

3.3 Finding of Unreasonable Hardship: A finding of unreasonable hardship is appropriate only when the cost of full compliance is significantly above the 20-percent disproportionate cost limitation and would make the project financially infeasible. A finding of unreasonable hardship may be made by the enforcing agency and should be based upon a detailed project-specific analysis. For projects within DSA’s jurisdiction, a finding of unreasonable hardship must be approved by the access supervisor and the regional manager.