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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99889-99890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29012]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA 2024-0034; OMB No. 1660-0068]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Federal Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Declaration Form

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice of Extension extension and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on an extension, 
without change, of a currently approved information collection. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 
comments concerning a list of hotels, motels, and similar places of 
public accommodations meeting minimum fire-safety requirements. The 
information collected is voluntary and if approved for listing, the 
lodging establishment may be used by Federal employees on government 
related travel and for Federal agency conferences. As the list is open 
to use by the public, non-government travelers may use the list to 
identify lodging meeting minimum life-safety criteria from fire.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 10, 2025.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit 
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2024-0034. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any 
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this 
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy and 
Security Notice that is available via a link on the homepage of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teressa Kaas, Fire Program Specialist, 
FEMA/U.S. Fire Administration, 301-447-1263, and teressa.kaas@

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fema.dhs.gov. You may contact the Information Management Division for 
copies of the proposed collection of information at email address: 
fema.dhs.gov">FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990 
(Pub. L. 101-391) requires FEMA to establish and maintain a list of 
hotels, motels, and similar places of public accommodation meeting 
minimum requirements for protection of life from fire. This list is 
known as the National Master List (NML). This law resulted from a 
series of deadly fires in hotels and motels, occurring in the late 
1970's and 1980's, with high loss of life. The legislative intent of 
this public law is to provide all travelers the assurance of fire-
safety in accommodations identified on the NML. Public Law 101-391 
further stipulates that Federal employees on official travel stay in 
properties approved by the authority having jurisdiction and listed on 
the current NML. For statutory reference see 15 U.S.C. 2224-26.

Collection of Information

    Title: Federal Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Declaration Form.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0068.
    FEMA Forms: FF-USFA-FY-21-112. (formerly FEMA Form 516-0-1).
    Abstract: FF-USFA-FY-21-112 (formerly FEMA Form 516-0-1) collects 
basic information on life-safety systems related directly to fire-
safety in hotels, motels, and similar places of accommodations applying 
for inclusion on the National Master List in compliance with the Hotel 
and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-391). Information is 
published in the National Master List and is publicly available.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,021.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 2,630.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 710.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $40,178.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $102,005.

Comments

    Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 
above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data 
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the Agency, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) 
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; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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.

Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-29012 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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