[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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