[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37137-37138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14914]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

[Docket ID: USA-2021-HQ-0016]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of the Army, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
U.S. Army Public Health Center announces a proposed public information 
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments 
are invited on: 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; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 
September 13, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: DoD cannot receive written comments at this time due to the 
COVID-19 pandemic. Comments should be sent electronically to the docket 
listed above.
    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 http://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 http://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 Center (APHC), 8252 Blackhawk Road, ATTN: Joyce Woods, (MCHB-
PHI-PMD), 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 0702-0132.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
for the installation Preventive Medicine or Public Health 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 or Public Health 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.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 22.75.
    Number of Respondents: 91.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 91.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: On Occasion.

    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. A 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.


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    Dated: July 7, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2021-14914 Filed 7-13-21; 8:45 am]
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