Form QID 080060-RB QID 080060-RB Survey of Refrigerated Storage Capacity

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Project 160 QID 80060-RB			OMB No. 0535-001 Approval Expires 12/31/2009
	SURVEY OF REFRIGERATED STORAGE CAPACITY October 1, 2009						NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					California Field Office P.O. Box 1258 Sacramento, CA 95812 Phone: 1-800-851-1127 Fax: 1-888-478-5637 Email: nass-ca@nass.usda.gov
				The U.S. Department of Agriculture is conducting it’s 2009 Refrigerated Storage Capacity Survey. If you have more than one location, please report each location separately. All individual reports are confidential and will only be published in combination with other similar reports. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law, but your help is needed so that we can publish complete and accurate information on the area of refrigerated capacity along with the number of locations within your industry.
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.				LOCATION OF STORAGE FACILITY Address: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Telephone: ( )___________________________

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete this form for the refrigerated storage for the location shown above. For this survey, a separate report is requested for each storage facility location. This survey covers all refrigerated storages, public or private, where food commodities are generally stored.
Do you typically store any food commodity (dairy, fruit, vegetables, meats, etc) for 30 days or more?	1Yes 3No

1. REFRIGERATED SPACE:
Please report the 2009 capacity of your Refrigerated Storage in the 2009 column below. If capacity for this facility was reported in 2007, the information will be preprinted in the 2007 column and should be verified.
		Cooler (cannot go below 0 degrees º F)						Freezer (can go to 0 degrees º F or lower)
		2007		2009				2007	2009
a. Total refrigerated area (Length x width x height). . . . . . . . . . . .	cu. ft.			006					035
b. Useable refrigerated area (actual area available for storing products. Total area less space lost to aisles, refrigeration equipment, posts, ducts, etc).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	cu. ft.			011					031
2. CONVERTIBLE SPACE: (Report under freezer)
a. How much of the useable freezer area reported above can be converted to cooler rooms?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .							cu. ft.	049
b. How much of this convertible space is now used as coolers. . . . . . . . . . .							cu. ft.	014
3. FRUIT STORAGE CAPACITY:								2007	2009
a. Total bushels including Controlled Atmosphere (Maximum number of boxes that can be stored in the cooler space reported above). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			42 pound boxes						074
b. Controlled Atmosphere (CA) Capacity (Only). . . . . . . . . .			42 pound boxes						076
4. TYPE OF STORAGE:			(Check one)
a. Public storage – For use by the general public. . . . . . . . . . .			1						Office Use
b. Semi-private – Partly for private use and partly for public use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			2 Go To d. below						078
c. Private storage – For exclusive use by you or a member of a cooperative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			3
d. If semi private, report percent of total space usually available for public use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						Percent		079

5. PRINCIPAL STORAGE ACTIVITY: (Excluding space leased to others)
a. General cold storage (Including storage of nuts, dairy products, poultry products, frozen foods and meat). . . . . . .		1
b. Cheese only (natural or processed). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		2							Office Use
c. Meat only (Beef, pork, veal, lamb, or canned meats). . . . . .		3							071
d. Fish and seafood only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		4
e. Grapes only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		5
f. Apples or pears only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		6
g. Citrus juice only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		7
h. Nuts only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		8
6. LEASED REFRIGERATED STORAGE SPACE:									Office Use
a. Do you lease refrigerated storage space from others?. . . .		YES = 1			NO = 3				081
b. If yes, list names of owners you lease from:		GROSS CUBIC FEET LEASED
Names of Owner	Address	Cooler					Freezer
___________________________	________________________________
___________________________	________________________________
								Office Use
c. Do you lease refrigerated storage space to others:		YES = 1	NO = 3					084
d. If yes, list names of firms to whom you lease:		GROSS CUBIC FEET LEASED
Name of Lessee	Address	Cooler				Freezer
___________________________	________________________________
___________________________	________________________________
								Office Use
e. If your answer to item 6c is yes, do you include all of the lessee’s stock in your monthly Cold Storage Report to the USDA?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		YES = 1		NO = 3				087
7. NEW REFRIGERATED STORAGE FACILITIES:
If your firm has built or purchased any new warehouses since 2007, please list them below.
FIRM NAME		MAIL ADDRESS		PERSON TO CONTACT
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Would you like to receive a free copy of the results of this survey?

Yes = 1

099

Respondent Name: __________________________

Phone: ( )____________________________

Comments:      _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

	9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ ___ ___
OFFICE USE

Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Office Use for POID
1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est 8-Known Zero 9-Out of Business	9901	1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth	9902	1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other	9903	098	100	789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
								Optional Use
								407		408
S/E Name

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