[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 209 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60465-60466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23875]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2021-0019; OMB No. 1660-0068]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Federal Hotel and Motel Fire Safety 
Declaration Form

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

ACTION: 30-Day notice of renewal and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will

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submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 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. 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 December 2, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, 
email address [email protected] or 
Teressa Kaas, Fire Program Specialist in FEMA's U.S. Fire 
Administration at [email protected] or 301-447-1263.

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 70's 
and 80'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. The Act 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.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on July 22, 2021, at 86 FR 38733 with a 60-day public 
comment period. No comments were received. The purpose of this notice 
is to notify the public that FEMA will submit the information 
collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for 
review and clearance.

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.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-21-112 (formerly 516-
0-1), Federal Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Declaration Form.
    Abstract: FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-21-112 (formerly 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: 2,532.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 3,141.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 836 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $38,846.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $89,668.

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 L. Brown,
Acting Branch Chief, Records Management Branch, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2021-23875 Filed 11-1-21; 8:45 am]
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