# Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
**AGENCY:**
Department of the Army, Department of Defense (DoD).
**ACTION:**
30-Day information collection notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (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 February 10, 2025.
**ADDRESSES:**
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to *www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.* Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Reginald Lucas, (571) 372-7574, *[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 of the Preventive Medicine or Public Health Activity to evaluate a food vendor's ability to prepare and dispense safe food on the installation. The DD Form 2970, 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.
*DOD Clearance Officer:* Mr. Reginald Lucas.
Dated: January 3, 2025.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.