Notice2022-19710
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
September 13, 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 176 (Tuesday, September 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56092-56093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19710]
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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: 30-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 30 days until
October 13, 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#9fdbcdccb1cfcddedfeaecfbf0f5b1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c584e4f324c4e5d5c696f787376327b736a">[email protected]</span></a>; or call (800)
514-0301 (voice) or (800) 514-0383 (TTY) (the Division's Information
Line). Written comments and/or suggestions can also be sent to the
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC
20503 or sent to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#37787e6576684442555a5e44445e58594477585a551952584719505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ad5d3c8dbc5e9eff8f7f3e9e9f3f5f4e9daf5f7f8b4fff5eab4fdf5ec">[email protected]</span></a>. 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:
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> Evaluate whether, and if so, how the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
<bullet> 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.
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection:
Sponsor: The applicable component within the Department of Justice
is the Civil Rights Division.
4. 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 Disability Rights Section (DRS), Civil Rights
Division, Department of Justice 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
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.
5. 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. See 81 FR 37643 (June 10,
2016). The most recent U.S. Census Bureau data, from 2019, estimated
that there was a total of 1,892 firms owning one or more movie
theaters. See U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 SUSB Annual Data Tables by
Establishment Industry, Data by Enterprise Employment Size, U.S., 6-
digit NAICS (512131). 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.
Estimated average time to respond: 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
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movies that the respondent is showing at any given time. Based on
information gathered during the initial rulemaking process, the
Department estimates that respondents will take an average of up to 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.
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 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: Robert Houser,
Assistant Director, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice Management
Division, United States Department of Justice, Two Constitution Square,
145 N Street NE, 3E.206, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: September 7, 2022.
Robert Houser,
Assistant Director, Policy and Planning Staff, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2022-19710 Filed 9-12-22; 8:45 am]
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