1518 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 7 / Wednesday, January 10, 2024 / Notices 

or in our reading room, which is located 

in Room 1620 of the USDA South 

Building, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal 

reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Marc Phillips, Senior Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; phone: (301) 851–2114; email: 

marc.phillips@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart L— 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– 

1 through 319.56–12, referred to below 

as the regulations), the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent plant pests from being 

introduced into or disseminated within 

the United States. 

Section 319.56–4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the importation of fruits and 

vegetables that, based on the findings of 

a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more of the 

five designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 

APHIS received a request from the 

national plant protection organization 

(NPPO) of Mexico to allow the 

importation of fresh rhizomes of 

turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) for 

consumption from Mexico into the 

United States. As part of our evaluation 

of Mexico’s request, we have prepared 

a pest risk assessment to identify the 

pests of quarantine significance that 

could follow the pathway of the 

importation of fresh rhizomes of 

turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) for 

consumption from Mexico into the 

United States. Based on the pest risk 

assessment, a risk management 

document (RMD) was prepared to 

identify phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to the fresh rhizomes 

of turmeric to mitigate the pest risk. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our pest risk assessment 

and RMD for public review and 

comment. Those documents, as well as 

a description of the economic 

considerations associated with the 

importation of fresh rhizomes of 

turmeric from Mexico, may be viewed 

on the Regulations.gov website or in our 

reading room (see ADDRESSES above for 

a link to Regulations.gov and 

information on the location and hours of 

the reading room). You may request 

paper copies of the pest risk assessment 

and RMD by calling or writing to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the 

subject of the analysis you wish to 

review when requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments that 

we receive, we will announce our 

decision regarding the import status of 

fresh rhizomes of turmeric from Mexico 

in a subsequent notice. If the overall 

conclusions of our analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk 

remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will authorize the importation of fresh 

rhizomes of turmeric from Mexico into 

the United States subject to the 

requirements specified in the RMD. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701–7772, 

and 7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 

7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 4th day of 

January 2024. 

Donna Lalli, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00267 Filed 1–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Region 5 and Region 6; California, 

Oregon, and Washington; Forest Plan 

Amendment for Planning and 

Management of Northwest Forests 

Within the Range of the Northern 

Spotted Owl; Correction 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

The Office of the Federal Register 

published a correction in the Federal 

Register of January 2, 2024, which 

corrected the date in notice document 

2023–27742 [88 FR 87393] from January 

29, 2024, to February 1, 2024, as the due 

date for comments to be received. 

However, the due date needs to match 

the date sent out in the associated 

scoping letters to the public and tribes, 

a date which was set to coordinate with 

the closing date of the national old 

growth amendment Notice of Intent. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of December 

18, 2023, in FR Doc. 2023–27742, on 

page 87393, in the second column 

toward the end under DATES, is listed 

‘‘Comments concerning the scope of the 

analysis are most valuable to the Forest 

Service if received by January 29, 2024.’’ 

In the Federal Register of January 2, 

2024, in FR Doc. C1–2023–27742, on 

page 43, in the first column, January 29, 

2024, is corrected to February 1, 2024. 

The DATES caption should read instead: 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis are most valuable to the 

Forest Service if received by February 2, 

2024. 

Dated: January 4, 2024. 

Jacqueline Emanuel, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00311 Filed 1–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Forest Service Manual 2300— 

Recreation, Wilderness, and Related 

Resource Management, Chapter 

2350—Trail, River, and Similar 

Recreation Opportunities, Section 

2355—Climbing Opportunities; 

Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability for public 

comment; extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service (Forest 

Service or Agency) published a notice in 

the Federal Register on November 17, 

2023, initiating a 60-day comment 

period on the proposed directive Forest 

Service Manual 2300—Recreation, 

Wilderness, and Related Resource 

Management, chapter 2350—Trail, 

River, and Similar Recreation 

Opportunities, section 2355, Climbing 

Opportunities. The closing date of the 

original notice is scheduled for January 

16, 2024. The Agency is extending the 

comment period for an additional 14 

days from the previous closing date. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

notice published November 17, 2023, at 

88 FR 80269, is extended. Comments 

must be received in writing by January 

30, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically to https://

cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/

CommentInput?project=ORMS-3524. 

Written comments may be mailed to 

Peter Mali, National Wilderness 

Program Manager, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– 

1124. All timely comments, including 

names and addresses, will be placed in 

the record and will be available for 

public inspection and copying. The 

public may inspect comments received 


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