Notice2022-11984
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection; eComments Requested; Extension Without Change of a Currently Approved Collection. Requirement That Movie Theaters Provide Notice as to the Availability of Closed Movie Captioning and Audio Description
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Published
June 3, 2022
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Justice Department
Abstract
The Disability Rights Section (DRS), Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice (the Department), will submit the following information collection extension request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 107 (Friday, June 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33833-33835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11984]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1190-0019]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection;
eComments Requested; Extension Without Change of a Currently Approved
Collection. Requirement That Movie Theaters Provide Notice as to the
Availability of Closed Movie Captioning and Audio Description
AGENCY: Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Disability Rights Section (DRS), Civil Rights Division,
Department of Justice (the Department), will submit the following
information collection extension request to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
August 2, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments
(especially on the estimated public burden or associated compliance
time) or need additional information, please contact: Rebecca B. Bond,
Chief, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, by mail at 4CON, 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20530; send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#773325245927253637020413181d59101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="773325245927253637020413181d59101801">[email protected]</span></a>; or call (800)
514-0301 (voice) or (800) 514-0383 (TTY) (the Division's Information
Line). Include the title of this proposed collection: ``Requirement
that Movie Theaters Provide Notice as to the Availability of Closed
Movie Captioning and Audio Description,'' in the subject line of all
written comments.
You may obtain copies of this notice in an alternative format by
calling the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information Line at
(800) 514-0301 (voice) or (800) 514-0383 (TTY).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of
the following four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Civil Rights
Division, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether, and if so, how the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Overview of Information Collection
1. Type of information collection: Extension of Currently Approved
Collection.
2. The title of the form/collection: Requirement that Movie
Theaters Provide Notice as to the Availability of Closed Movie
Captioning and Audio Description.
The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
Form Number: OMB Number 1190-0019.
Component: The applicable component within the Department of
Justice is the Disability Rights Section in the Civil Rights Division.
3. Affected public who will be required to comply, as well as a
brief abstract:
Affected Public (Primary): Businesses and not-for-profit
institutions that own, operate, or lease a movie theater that has one
or more auditoriums showing digital movies with closed movie captioning
and audio description, and that provide notice of movie showings and
times. Under the relevant regulation, ``movie theater'' means a
facility other than a drive-in theater that is used primarily for the
purpose of showing movies to the public for a fee.
Affected Public (Other): None.
Abstract: The Department's Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights
Section (DRS), is seeking to extend its information collection arising
from a regulatory provision that requires covered movie theaters to
disclose information to the public regarding the availability of closed
movie captioning and audio description for movies shown in their
auditoriums.
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), at 42
U.S.C. 12182, prohibits public accommodations from discriminating
against individuals with disabilities. The existing ADA title III
regulation, at 28 CFR 36.303(a)-(g), requires covered entities to
ensure effective communication with individuals with disabilities. The
title III regulation clarifies that movie theaters that provide
captioning or audio description for digital movies must ensure that
``that all notices of movie showings and times at the box office and
other ticketing locations, on websites and mobile apps, in newspapers,
and over the telephone, inform potential patrons of the movies or
showings that are available with captioning and audio description.'' 28
CFR 36.303(g). This requirement does not apply to any third-party
providers of films, unless they are part of or subject to the control
of the public accommodation. Id. Movie theaters' disclosure of this
information will enable individuals with hearing and vision
disabilities to readily find out where and when they can have access to
movies with these features.
4. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The Department's
initial PRA request for this collection relied on U.S. Census Bureau
data from 2012 and estimated that there was a total of 1,876 firms
owning one or more movie theaters in the United States that were
potentially subject to this disclosure. 81 FR 37643 (June 10, 2016).
The most recent U.S. Census Bureau data from 2019 estimates that there
was a total of 1,892 firms owning one or more movie theaters. As the
vast majority of U.S. movie theaters now show digital movies, which
typically allow for closed captioning and audio description, to the
extent that each of these movie theater firms that shows digital movies
provides notices of movie showings and times to the public about those
films, they must provide information concerning the availability of
closed movie captioning and audio description in their communications.
The Department acknowledges that the amount of time it will take a
respondent to comply with this requirement may vary depending on the
number of movies that the respondent is showing at any given time.
Based on a prior review of movie theater communications, the Department
estimates that respondents will take an average of 10 minutes each week
to update existing notices of movie showings and times with closed
captioning and audio description information. Therefore, the Department
estimates that each firm owning one or more theaters offering digital
movies with closed captioning or audio description will spend
approximately ((10 minutes/week x 52 weeks/year) / 60 minutes/hour) 8.7
hours each year to comply with this requirement.
5. Frequency: The Department anticipates that firms owning one or
more movie theaters will likely update their existing listings of movie
showings and times to include information concerning the availability
of closed movie captioning and audio description on a regular basis.
The Department's research suggests that this information would only
need to be updated whenever a new movie with these features is added to
the schedule. This will vary as some movies stay on the schedule for
longer periods of time than others, but the Department estimates that
respondent firms will update their
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listings to include this information weekly. In the future, if all
movies are distributed with these accessibility features, specific
notice on a movie-by-movie basis may no longer be necessary and firms
owning movie theaters may only need to advise the public that they
provide closed captioning and audio description for all of their
movies.
6. An estimate of the total annual public burden (in hours)
associated with the collection: The estimated public burden associated
with this collection is 16,460 hours. The Department estimates that
respondents will take an average of 10 minutes each week to update
their existing listings of movie showings and times with the required
information about closed captions and audio description. If each
respondent spends 10 minutes each week to update its notices of moving
showings and times to include this information, the average movie
theater firm will spend 8.7 hours annually ((10 minutes/week x 52
weeks/year) / 60 minutes/hour) complying with this requirement. The
Department expects that the annual public burden hours for disclosing
this information will total (1,892 respondents x 8.7 hours/year) 16,460
hours.
If additional information is required, contact: Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: May 31, 2022.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2022-11984 Filed 6-2-22; 8:45 am]
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