U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                          Civil Rights Division
DJ# 192-06-00010
                                          Coordination and Review Section
                                          P.O. Box 66118
                                          Washington, D.C. 20035-6118

                                                APR 6 1992

Ms. Barbara Hall
Your Signs Express
P.O. Box 965
Mountain View, CA 94042

Dear Ms. Hall:

        This is in response to your letter to the Office on the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) concerning signage.

        As a sign engraver, you do not necessarily have any
responsibilities to manufacture signs in compliance with ADA.
The ADA regulations about which you are concerned apply only to
commercial facilities and places of public accommodation. Owners
and operators of those facilities are responsible for assuring
that their signs comply. Moreover, there is nothing in the ADA
regulations that requires a sign engraver to inform customers
about the ADA. If one of your clients decides not to adhere to
the ADA's requirements, any penalties that may be incurred will
be imposed on your client, and not on yourself. These penalties
may include injunctive relief, attorney's fees, damages, and
civil penalties.

        In response to your specific question about sign colors,
section 4.30.5 of the ADA accessibility guidelines, which are an
appendix to the Department of Justice's title III regulations
(enclosed), do not require specific colors but rather require
contrast of characters and background. Your other specific
technical questions about letter height and transcribing into
Braille can be directed to the Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street, N.W., Suite 1000,
Washington, D.C. 20004-1111, (202) 272-5434.

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I hope this information has been helpful to you. A packet
of all of the relevant material on the ADA is enclosed for your
further information.

                                        Sincerely,

                                        Stewart B. Oneglia
                                                Chief
                                  Coordination and Review Section
                                       Civil Rights Division

Enclosures
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