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CPSC RIN: 3041-AC85 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Public Accommodations Facility 
Abstract: The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, Public Law 110-140, (VGB Act), imposes certain requirements on public pools and spas. Public pools and spas are defined to include, in relevant part, pools or spas open exclusively to patrons of a hotel or other "public accommodations facility." Section 1404(c)(2)(B)(iii) of the VGB Act. The term "public accommodations facility" is not defined in the VGB Act. On March 1, 2010, the Commission voted (4-1) to issue a proposed interpretive rule interpreting "public accommodations facility" to mean "an inn, hotel, motel, or other place of lodging, except for an establishment located within a building that contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and that is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as the residence of such proprietor." This proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on March 15, 2010 (75 FR 12167). On August 4, 2010, the Commission voted (5-0) to withdraw the proposed interpretive rule published on March 15, 2010. (The Commission also voted to redraft for publication in the Federal Register a new proposed interpretive rule interpreting public accommodations facility to mean "an inn, hotel, motel, or other place of lodging, including, but not limited to, rental units rented on a weekly or bi-weekly basis." This will be accomplished in a separate rulemaking action.) 
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 16 CFR 1450   
Legal Authority: PL 110-140   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission  02/02/2010    
Commission Decision   03/01/2010    
Proposed Interpretive Rule Published in Federal Register  03/15/2010  75 FR 12167   
Proposed Interpretive Rule Comment Period End  04/14/2010    
Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission  07/07/2010    
Commission Decision  08/04/2010    
Staff Sends Draft Notice of Withdrawal to Commission  10/06/2010    
Commission Decision  10/14/2010    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Barbara E Little
Regulatory Affairs Attorney
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of the General Counsel, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone:301 504-7879
Email: blittle@cpsc.gov