# Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Army Public Health Center, DoD
**ACTION:**
30-day information collection notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
**DATES:**
Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 25, 2019.
**ADDRESSES:**
Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be emailed to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra, DoD Desk Officer, at *[email protected].* Please identify the proposed information collection by DoD Desk Officer, Docket ID number, and title of the information collection.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Fred Licari, 571-372-0493, or *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
*Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number:* Application for Temporary Food Establishment; DD Form 2970; OMB Control Number 0702-0132.
*Type of Request:* Extension.
*Number of Respondents:* 91.
*Responses per Respondent:* 1.
*Annual Responses:* 91.
*Average Burden per Response:* 15 minutes.
*Annual Burden Hours:* 23.
*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.
*Frequency:* On occasion.
*Respondent's Obligation:* Voluntary.
*OMB Desk Officer:* Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
• *Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.* Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
*Instructions:* All submissions received must include the agency name, Docket ID 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.
*DOD Clearance Officer:* Mr. Frederick Licari.
Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Licari at *[email protected].*
Dated: December 14, 2018.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.