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categories on the AD–755 or nomination 

letter. 

The eight slots to be filled are: 

Category A. National Farm Organization 

Category C. Food Animal Commodity 

Producer 

Category I. National Human Health 

Association 

Category N. Non-Land Grant College or 

University With Historic Commitment to 

Research in Food and Agricultural 

Sciences 

Category O. Hispanic-serving Institutions 

Category Q. Transportation of food and 

agricultural products to domestic and 

foreign markets 

Category R. Food Retailing and Marketing 

Interests 

Category S. Food and Fiber Processors 

Specialty Crop Committee: The 

Specialty Crop Committee was created 

as a subcommittee of the NAREEE 

Advisory Board in accordance with the 

Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 

2004 under Title III, Section 303 of 

Public Law 108–465. The committee 

was formulated to study the scope and 

effectiveness of research, extension, and 

economics programs affecting the 

specialty crop industry. The legislation 

defines ‘‘specialty crops’’ as fruits, 

vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits and 

nursery crops (including floriculture). 

The Agricultural Act of 2014 further 

expanded the scope of the Specialty 

Crop Committee to provide advice to the 

Secretary of Agriculture on the 

relevancy review process of the 

Specialty Crop Research Initiative, a 

granting program of the National 

Institute of Food and Agriculture. 

Members should represent the 

breadth of the specialty crop industry. 

Six members of the Specialty Crop 

Committee are also members of the 

NAREEE Advisory Board and six 

members represent various disciplines 

of the specialty crop industry. The terms 

of three members will expire on 

September 30, 2018. The Specialty Crop 

Committee is soliciting nominations to 

fill three vacant positions to represent 

the specialty crop industry. Appointed 

members will serve three years with 

their terms expiring in September 2021. 

National Genetic Resources Advisory 

Council: The National Genetic 

Resources Advisory Council was reestablished in 2012 as a permanent 

subcommittee of the NAREEE Advisory 

Board to formulate recommendations on 

actions and policies for the collection, 

maintenance, and utilization of genetic 

resources; to make recommendations for 

coordination of genetic resources plans 

of several domestic and international 

organizations; and to advise the 

Secretary of Agriculture and the 

National Genetic Resources Program, 

part of the Agricultural Research 

Service, of new and innovative 

approaches to genetic resources 

conservation. 

The National Genetic Resources 

Advisory Council membership is 

required to have two-thirds of the 

appointed members from scientific 

disciplines relevant to the National 

Genetic Resources Program, including 

agricultural sciences, environmental 

sciences, natural resource sciences, 

health sciences, and nutritional 

sciences; and one-third of the appointed 

members from the general public 

including leaders in fields of public 

policy, trade, international 

development, law, or management. 

The terms of two members of the 

National Genetic Resources Advisory 

Council will expire on September 30, 

2018. The two slots to be filled are to 

be composed of one scientific members 

and one general public member. 

Appointed members will serve threeyear appointments expiring in 

September 2021. 

Citrus Disease Subcommittee: The 

Citrus Disease Subcommittee was 

established by the Agricultural Act of 

2014 (Sec. 7103) to advise the Secretary 

of Agriculture on citrus research, 

extension, and development needs, 

engage in regular consultation and 

collaboration with USDA and other 

organizations involved in citrus, and 

provide recommendations for research 

and extension activities related to citrus 

disease. The Citrus Disease 

Subcommittee will also advise the 

Department on the research and 

extension agenda of the Emergency 

Citrus Disease Research and Extension 

Program, a granting program of the 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture. 

The subcommittee is composed of 

nine members who must be a producer 

of citrus with representation from the 

following States: Three members from 

Arizona or California, five members 

from Florida, and one member from 

Texas. 

The terms of six Citrus Disease 

Subcommittee will expire on September 

30, 2018. The Citrus Disease 

Subcommittee is soliciting nominations 

to fill six vacant positions for 

membership; three positions are to 

represent Florida, two positions are to 

represent California or Arizona, and one 

position is to represent Texas. 

Appointed members will serve three 

years with their terms expiring in 

September 2021. 

Done at Washington, DC, this day of June 

3, 2018. 

Chavonda Jacobs-Young, 

Acting Under Secretary, Research, Education, 

and Economics, Acting Chief Scientist. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15551 Filed 7–19–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2018–0025] 

National Advisory Committee on 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice is announcing 

that the National Advisory Committee 

on Microbiological Criteria for Foods 

(NACMCF) will hold public meetings of 

the full Committee and Subcommittees 

on August 7–10, 2018. The Committee 

will discuss and adopt: (1) Effective 

Salmonella Control Strategies for 

Poultry and (2) Virulence Factors and 

Attributes that Define Foodborne Shiga 

Toxin-producing Escherichia coli 

(STEC) as Severe Human Pathogens. 

The Committee will also discuss two 

new charges; the first charge is The Use 

of Water in Animal Slaughter and 

Processing. Regulatory agencies such as 

FSIS must also be able to provide 

supportable alternatives to current water 

consumption practices that allow 

industry to potentially use less and 

recycle water through developing 

criteria on the appropriate uses of 

varying water sources and treatment 

technologies in the processing of meat, 

poultry, and egg products. The second 

charge is Appropriate Product Testing 

Procedures and Criteria to Verify 

Process Control for Microbial Pathogens 

or appropriate indicator organisms in 

Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Foods under the 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 

(FDA) jurisdiction. 

DATES: The full Committee will hold an 

open meeting on Tuesday, August 7, 

2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST. 

The Subcommittees on the Use of Water 

in Animal Slaughter and Processing, 

and Appropriate Product Testing 

Procedures and Criteria to Verify 

Process Control for Microbial Pathogens 

or appropriate indicator organisms in 

Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Foods under FDA’s 

jurisdiction, will hold concurrent open 

Subcommittee meetings on Tuesday, 

August 7, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., 

Wednesday, August 8, 2018; Thursday, 

August 9, 2018; and Friday, August 10, 


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2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST., 

respectively. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee meetings 

will be held at the Patriot’s Plaza 3, 1st 

Floor Auditorium and Conference 

Rooms, 355 E Street SW, Washington, 

DC 20250. Attendance is free. Attendees 

must show a valid photo ID to enter the 

building. Attendees with nongovernment ID may be required to pass 

through the security screening systems, 

please allow adequate time for this 

process. 

FSIS invites interested persons to 

submit comments on the FSIS–2018– 

0025. Comments may be submitted by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

website provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field on this web page or 

attach a file for lengthier comments. Go 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.: 

Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Mailstop 3758, Room 6065, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

• Hand- or courier-delivered 

submittals: Deliver to 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2018–0025. Comments received in 

response to this docket will be made 

available for public inspection and 

posted without change, including any 

personal information, to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to background 

documents or comments received, call 

(202) 720–5627 to schedule a time to 

visit the FSIS Docket Room at 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. All 

documents related to the full Committee 

meeting will be available for public 

inspection in the FSIS Docket Room The 

NACMCF documents will also be 

available on the internet at https://

www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/ 

topics/regulations/federal-register/ 

federal-register-notices. 

FSIS will finalize an agenda on or 

before the meeting dates and post it on 

the FSIS web page at https://

www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/ 

newsroom/meetings. Please note that the 

meeting agenda is subject to change due 

to the time required for Committee 

discussions; thus, sessions could start or 

end earlier or later than anticipated. 

Please plan accordingly if you would 

like to attend a particular session or 

participate in a public comment period. 

The official transcript of the August 7, 

2018 full Committee meeting, when it 

becomes available, will be kept in the 

FSIS Docket Room at the above address 

and will also be posted on https://

www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/ 

topics/data-collection-and-reports/ 

nacmcf/meetings/nacmcf-meetings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Persons interested in making a 

presentation, submitting technical 

papers, or providing comments at the 

August 7, plenary session should 

contact Karen Thomas: Phone: (202) 

690–6620; Fax (202) 690–6334; Email: 

Karen.thomas-sharp@fsis.usda.gov or at 

the mailing address: USDA, FSIS, Office 

of Public Health Science, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Patriots 

Plaza 3, Mailstop 3777, Room 9–47, 

Washington, DC 20250. Persons 

requiring a sign language interpreter or 

other special accommodations should 

notify Ms. Thomas by July 30, 2018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The NACMCF was established in 

1988, in response to a recommendation 

of the National Academy of Sciences for 

an interagency approach to 

microbiological criteria for foods, and in 

response to a recommendation of the 

U.S. House of Representatives 

Committee on Appropriations, as 

expressed in the Rural Development, 

Agriculture, and Related Agencies 

Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988. 

The charter for the NACMCF is 

available for viewing on the FSIS web 

page at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/ 

portal/fsis/topics/data-collection-andreports/nacmcf/committee-charter. 

The NACMCF provides scientific 

advice and recommendations to the 

Secretary of Agriculture and the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

on public health issues relative to the 

safety and wholesomeness of the U.S. 

food supply, including development of 

microbiological criteria and review and 

evaluation of epidemiological and risk 

assessment data and methodologies for 

assessing microbiological hazards in 

foods. The Committee also provides 

scientific advice and recommendations 

to the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Departments of 

Commerce and Defense. Questions from 

the Department of Agriculture and 

Health and Human Services agencies 

that are sponsors of the Committee are 

submitted as Charges to the Executive 

Committee for vetting and approval 

before they are presented to the full 

Committee during the plenary session. 

The Committee is expected to respond 

to the questions during their two-year 

term. 

Ms. Carmen Rottenberg, Acting 

Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, 

USDA, is the Committee Chair; Dr. 

Susan T. Mayne, Director of the Food 

and Drug Administration’s Center for 

Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, is 

the Vice-Chair; and Dr. Mark Carter, 

FSIS, is the Designated Federal Officer. 

Documents Reviewed by NACMCF 

FSIS will make all materials reviewed 

and considered by NACMCF regarding 

its deliberations available to the public. 

Generally, these materials will be made 

available as soon as possible after the 

full Committee meeting. Further, FSIS 

intends to make these materials 

available in electronic format on the 

FSIS web page (www.fsis.usda.gov), as 

well as in hard copy format in the FSIS 

Docket Room. 

Disclaimer: NACMCF documents and 

comments posted on the FSIS website 

are electronic conversions from a variety 

of source formats. In some cases, 

document conversion may result in 

character translation or formatting 

errors. The original document is the 

official, legal copy. 

To meet the electronic and 

information technology accessibility 

standards in Section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act, NACMCF may add 

alternate text descriptors for non-text 

elements (graphs, charts, tables, 

multimedia, etc.). These modifications 

only affect the internet copies of the 

documents. 

Copyrighted documents will not be 

posted on the FSIS website, but will be 

available for inspection in the FSIS 

Docket Room. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, FSIS will 

announce this Federal Register 

publication online through the FSIS 

web page located at: http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. FSIS 

also will make copies of this publication 

available through the FSIS Constituent 

Update, which is used to provide 

information regarding FSIS policies, 

procedures, regulations, Federal 

Register notices, FSIS public meetings, 

and other types of information that 

could affect or would be of interest to 

our constituents and stakeholders. The 

Constituent Update is available on the 

FSIS web page. Through the web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader, more diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an email 

subscription service which provides 


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automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at: 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information, regulations, directives, and 

notices. Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves, and have the 

option to password protect their 

accounts. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

No agency, officer, or employee of the 

USDA shall, on the grounds of race, 

color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity, sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, or political 

beliefs, exclude from participation in, 

deny the benefits of, or subject to 

discrimination, any person in the 

United States under any program or 

activity conducted by the USDA. 

How To File a Complaint of 

Discrimination 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, which 

may be accessed online at: http://

www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ 

docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_

12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you 

or your authorized representative. 

Send your completed complaint form 

or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: 

Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410. 

Fax: (202) 690–7442. 

Email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), 

should contact USDA’s TARGET Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

Paul Kiecker, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15594 Filed 7–19–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Malheur National Forest, Prairie City 

Ranger District; Oregon; Cliff Knox 

Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Malheur National Forest 

will prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to disclose the 

environmental effects of proposed 

vegetation and fuels treatments, wildlife 

habitat designations, and road activities 

in the Cliff Knox project area located on 

the Prairie City and Emigrant Creek 

Ranger Districts. Proposed actions 

include timber harvest, small diameter 

thinning, aspen and mountain 

mahogany restoration, landscape 

underburning, road activities to support 

vegetation and fuels treatments, and 

road system changes. The intent of the 

project is to restore forest health, reduce 

fuels, increase the forest’s resilience to 

wildfires and other disturbance, and 

enhance fish and wildlife habitats. 

DATES: Comments concerning the 

proposed action in this notice must be 

received by August 20, 2018. The draft 

EIS is expected in December 2018 and 

the final EIS is expected in June 2019. 

ADDRESSES: The preferred method to 

submit comments is via email to: 

comments-pacificnorthwest-malheurprairiecity@fs.fed.us. You may also 

submit comments via mail to Ed 

Guzman, District Ranger, Prairie City 

Ranger District, P.O. Box 337, Prairie 

City, OR 97869; via facsimile to 541– 

820–4844; or by hand delivery to the 

Prairie City Ranger District, 327 SW 

Front St., Prairie City, Oregon. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Schnider, District NEPA Planner, 

327 SW Front St., P.O. Box 337, Prairie 

City, OR 97869. Phone: 541–820–3821. 

Email: kschnider@fs.fed.us. Individuals 

who use telecommunication devices for 

the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–800– 

877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., 

eastern time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Cliff 

Knox Project encompasses 

approximately 40,000 acres across the 

Bluebucket Creek subwatershed (10,976 

acres) and the Cliff Creek-Malheur River 

subwatershed (29,342 acres), and 

includes the Malheur River Inventoried 

Roadless Area and part of the Malheur 

River Wild and Scenic River corridor. 

The legal description for the planning 

area includes Townships 17 and 18 

South and Ranges 33, 34, and 35 East, 

Willamette Meridian, Grant County, 

Oregon. The full scoping package is 

available on the Malheur National 

Forest website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/ 

project/?project=50433. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The project’s purpose and need is 

represented by differences between 

existing and desired conditions based 

on forest plan management direction, 

other forest service policies, and best 

available science. 

The purpose of the Cliff Knox Project 

is to improve forest health and increase 

resilience to drought, fire, insects and 

diseases, and other disturbances by 

moving the project area toward its 

historical (natural) range of variability 

in forest structure, tree density, species 

composition, and associated wildlife 

habitat. Additionally, there is an 

opportunity to contribute to the 

economic stability of local communities 

that depend on timber resources for 

their livelihood and move the forest 

transportation system toward a more 

environmentally and fiscally sustainable 

state. 

Specifically, there is a need in the 

project area to: 

(1) Increase forest resilience to insect 

and disease outbreaks and 

uncharacteristic wildfires by moving the 

landscape toward a more historical 

range of variability for structure, 

density, and species composition. This 

includes special consideration for the 

Malheur River Wild and Scenic River, 

the Malheur Inventoried Roadless Area, 

riparian habitat conservation areas, 

dedicated and replacement old growth 

stands, aspen and mountain mahogany 

stands, and connectivity corridors. 

(2) Enhance landscape resilience to 

wildfire by restoring fuel profiles to 

types primarily conducive to surface 

fire, with special attention to lands 

adjacent to strategic roads and areas 

identified as wildland-urban interface. 

(3) Increase public and firefighter 

safety in the event of a wildfire in the 

project area. 

(4) Restore and promote open stands 

dominated by large trees and firetolerant tree species, which were 

historically dominant across the project 

area. 

(5) Maintain existing old forest stands 

and promote old trees (greater than 150 

years old) to increase their abundance 

over the long term. 

(6) Restore and promote regeneration 

of hardwoods, including quaking aspen, 

mountain mahogany, and riparian 

hardwoods. 

(7) Treat vegetation to improve 

characteristics of the Malheur River 

Inventoried Roadless Area as defined by 

the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation 

Rule (36 CFR 294.11). 

(8) Increase water availability for 

native vegetation by reestablishing 

historical openings and grasslands, 

thinning overstocked stands, and 

removing encroaching juniper and other 

conifers where they did not historically 

occur. 

(9) Improve quantity and quality of 

forage for large ungulates, especially in 

big-game winter range management 

areas. 


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