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systems.’’ These systems are used daily 

in a wide variety of industries to 

produce concrete (sold by the cubic 

yard) used in buildings, bridge and 

highway construction, and ‘‘blacktop’’ 

or asphalt pavement (sold by the short 

ton) used for road surfaces. Batching 

systems are also used in the production 

of animal food, agricultural seed and 

many other commodities. These systems 

(which can operate automatically or 

manually) often include multiple 

components such as weighing and 

measuring devices, which fall under 

different codes in NIST Handbook 44. 

When these multiple-component 

systems are used, it is sometimes 

difficult to categorize the system as a 

whole as a scale, a measuring device, or 

an automatic weighing system. 

Confusion over what requirements to 

apply from the various codes sometimes 

occurs. The definition is intended to 

clarify that weights and measures 

officials and users may apply different 

NIST Handbook 44 codes to the 

components of a batching system 

without classifying the device as an 

‘‘automatic bulk weighing system’’ 

because that code includes operational 

and other requirements that 

manufacturers may not design a system 

to meet. See also Items 320–1—A.1. 

General; 324–1—A.1. General; and 330– 

1—A.1. General. 

Item 360–5 Electric Vehicle Fueling 

and Submetering 

The S&T Committee will consider 

recommending adoption of a draft code 

for use in electric vehicle charging and 

submetering for inclusion in NIST 

Handbook 44. The code was developed 

by a national working group that 

continues to further refine the 

specifications, tolerances, and other 

technical requirements to ensure 

accuracy and transparency for drivers of 

electric vehicles and power resellers. 

The S&T Committee will also consider 

proposed changes to the section 5.55. 

‘‘Timing Devices’’ in NIST Handbook 44 

to address requirements for the timing 

mechanisms that are likely to be used in 

some recharging systems to determine 

additional charges for other services 

(e.g., parking). 

NCWM Laws and Regulations 

Committee (L & R Committee) 

The following items are proposals to 

amend NIST Handbook 130 or NIST 

Handbook 133: 

NIST Handbook 130—Section on 

Uniform Regulation for the Method of 

Sale of Commodities 

Item 232–3 Animal Bedding 

Animal Bedding is generally defined 

as any material, except for baled straw, 

that is kept, offered or exposed for sale 

or sold to retail consumers for primary 

use as a medium for any pet or 

companion or livestock animal to nest 

or eliminate waste. The purpose of this 

proposal is to provide a uniform method 

of sale for animal bedding that will 

enhance the ability of consumers to 

make value comparisons and will 

ensure fair competition. If adopted, the 

proposal will require packers to 

advertise and sell packages of animal 

bedding on the basis of the expanded 

volume of the bedding. Most packages 

of animal bedding are compressed 

during packaging and the expanded 

volume is the amount of product that 

consumers will recover through 

unwrapping and decompressing the 

bedding according to the instructions 

provided by the packer. See also Item 

260–3 for proposed Test Procedures for 

Verifying the Expanded Volume 

Declaration on Packages of Animal 

Bedding 

NIST Handbook 133—‘‘Checking the 

Net Contents of Packaged Goods’’ 

Item 260–1 Chitterling Test Procedure 

This proposal will add a test 

procedure and purge allowance to NIST 

Handbook 133 so that the drainage 

equipment and methods used by state 

and local weights and measures officials 

are identical to those used by the Food 

Safety and Inspection Service of the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

in packing plants. Currently neither a 

purge allowance nor test procedure are 

contained in the handbook so state and 

local weights and measures inspectors 

use a modified test procedure developed 

for frozen seafood and information 

provided in a USDA response to a 

consumer inquiry to carry out 

inspections of these food products. This 

test procedure will also be used in 

verifying the amount of purge from beef 

tripe. 

Dated: December 30, 2014. 

Willie E. May, 

Acting Director. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00020 Filed 1–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

[Docket ID: USA–2015–0003] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Army & Air Force Exchange 

Service (Exchange), DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Army & Air Force Exchange Service 

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 March 9, 2015. 

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: 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 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 


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obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Army and Air Force 

Exchange Service, Office of the General 

Counsel, Compliance Division, Attn: 

Teresa Schreurs, 3911 South Walton 

Walker Blvd., Dallas, TX 75236–1598 or 

call the Exchange Compliance Division 

at 800–967–6067. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Exchange Application for 

Employment Files; Exchange Form 

1200–038 ‘‘Employment Reference 

Request’’; Exchange Form 1200–718 

Local National Employment 

Application-Germany Only’’; OMB 

Control Number: 0702–XXXX. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

consider individuals who have applied 

for positions in the Army and Air force 

Exchange Service by making 

determinations of qualifications 

including medical qualifications, for 

positions applied for, and to rate and 

rank applicants applying for the same or 

similar positions. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 181,162 Hours. 

Number of Respondents: 72,648. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

Minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondents are Exchange applicants 

for employment. 

Dated: January 2, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00025 Filed 1–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

[Docket ID: USA–2015–0002] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Army & Air Force Exchange 

Service (Exchange), DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Exchange 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 March 9, 2015. 

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: 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 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 Army and Air Force 

Exchange Service, Office of the General 

Counsel, Compliance Division, Attn: 

Teresa Schreurs, 3911 South Walton 

Walker Blvd., Dallas, TX 75236–1598 or 

call the Exchange Compliance Division 

at 800–967–6067. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Exchange Customer Service; 

Exchange Form 6150–003, Exchange 

Form 6800–023 ‘‘Army and Air Force 

Exchange Service (Exchange) 

Sweepstakes Acceptance Form’’, 

Exchange Form 6800–002 ‘‘Official 

Entry for Drawing’’, Exchange Form 

6200–010 ‘‘Customer convenience Order 

Log’’, Exchange Form 6450–032 

‘‘Customer Service Counter Special 

Order Log’’, Exchange Form 6550–009 

‘‘Customer Daily Sales Register’’, 

Exchange Form 6700–001 ‘‘Exchange 

Service—Repair Log’’, Exchange-Europe 

Form 6650–704 ‘‘Work Order Home 

Repair Service’’, Exchange Form 6500– 

093 ‘‘Army & Air Force Exchange 

Service Anthony Pizza Order Form’’, 

Exchange Form 4700–037 ‘‘The Cherish 

Collection Diamond Lifetime Guarantee 

and Trade-up Certificate’’, Exchange 

Form 6200–9 ‘‘Customer Order Form’’, 

Exchange Form 4150–082 ‘‘Customer 

Special Order Repair Parts’’, Exchange 

Form 6800–003 ‘‘Customer Service 

Counter Log’’, Exchange Military Star 

Card Application Form; OMB Control 

Number 0702–XXXX. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary 

record customer transactions/payment 

for layaway and special orders; to 

determine payment status before 

finalizing transactions; to identify 

account delinquencies and prepare 

customer reminder notices; to mail 

refunds on canceled layaway or special 

orders; to process purchase refunds; to 

document receipt from customer of 

merchandise subsequently returned to 

vendors for repair or replacement, 

shipping/delivery information, and 

initiate follow up actions; to monitor 

individual customer refunds; to perform 

market basket analysis; to improve 

efficiency of marketing system(s); and to 

help detect and prevent criminal 

activity, and identify potential abuse of 

Exchange privileges. 

Affected Public: Authorized patrons 

of the Exchange. 

Annual Burden Hours: 26,667. 

Number of Respondents: 800,000. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 2 

minutes. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Authorized customers of the Army 

and Air Force Exchange Service 

information, who provide comments, 

suggestions, complaints, concerns, 

opinions, observations or other 

information pertaining to Exchange 

operations. The Exchange collects 

information electronically transmitted, 

or provided by customers via paper 

forms completed by the customer or by 

phone, which allows the Exchange to 

contact the customer for special events, 

sales, address customer complaints as 

well as provide information about 

shopping at the Exchange. The 

information provides valuable data to 

the Exchange, which is used to enhance 

operations and improve efficiencies of 

the Exchange marketing program, and to 

generally enrich the customers’ 

experience. If the Exchange does not 

receive the data, the Exchange efforts to 

improve the shopping experience would 


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