Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 71583-71584 [2013-28566]

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• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• Department of the Army

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71583-71584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28566]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

[Docket ID USA-2013-0043]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Army Public Health Command, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Army Public Health Command announces a 
proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the 
provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 
28, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within 
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow 
the instructions at https://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the U.S. Army Public 
Health Command (USAPHC), 5158 Blackhawk Road, ATTN: Joyce Woods, (MCHB-
CS-CP), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5403, or call the Department 
of the Army Reports Clearance Officer at (703) 428-6440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Application for Temporary 
Food Establishment, DD Form 2970; OMB Control Number TBD.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
for the installation Preventive Medicine Activity to evaluate a food 
vendor's ability to prepare and dispense safe food on the installation. 
The form, submitted one time by a food vendor requesting to operate a 
food establishment on a military installation, characterizes the types 
of foods, daily volume of food, supporting food equipment, and sanitary 
controls. Approval to operate the food establishment is determined by 
the installation's medical authority; the Preventive Medicine Activity 
conducts an operational assessment based on the food safety criteria 
prescribed in the Tri-Service Food Code (TB MED 530/NAVMED P-5010-1/
AFMAN 48-147--IP). Food vendors who are deemed inadequately prepared to 
provide safe food service are disapproved for operating on the 
installation.

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    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 23 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 91.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondents are food vendors requesting to operate a business on a 
military installation or solicited by an installation command or 
military unit through the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), 
Navy Exchange (NEX), Marine Corps Exchange (MCX), Family Morale, 
Welfare and Recreation (FMWR), or other sponsoring entity to operate a 
food establishment on the military installation or Department of 
Defense site. If the form is not completed during the application 
process, the Preventive Medicine assessment can only be conducted once 
the operation is set up on the installation. A pre-operational 
inspection is conducted before the facility is authorized to initiate 
service to the installation. Critical food safety violation found 
during the pre-operational inspection results in disapproval for the 
facility to operate. All critical violations must be corrected in order 
to gain operational approval; the installation command incurs the risk 
of a foodborne illness outbreak if a non-compliant food establishment 
is authorized to operate. The vendor's application to operate is 
retained on file with Preventive Medicine and does not need to be 
resubmitted by vendors whose services are intermittent throughout the 
year unless the scope of the operation has changed.

    Dated: November 22, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-28566 Filed 11-27-13; 8:45 am]
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