BOARD ACTIONS
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING
Date: December 16, 2003 (Tuesday)
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Department of Agriculture
Plant Quarantine Conference Room
1849 Auiki Street
Honolulu, Hawaii
A. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
1. Report on Disposition of Leases for Pahoa and
Panaewa Agricultural Park Lots and Request for Approval to Issue Lease
and Rights-of-Entry to Applicants of Pahoa Agricultural Parks Lots and
the High Bidder for Panaewa Agricultural Park, Lot 29, Island of
Hawaii
Action: Approved
2. Request for Approval to Construct Security
Dwelling on Lot 23, General Lease No. S-6023, Kahuku Agricultural
Park, Koolauloa, Oahu
Action: Approved
B. AGRICULTURAL LOAN DIVISION
1. Transfer of Reserve Fund Monies
Action: Approved
2. Request for Approval of One (1) Direct
Capital Improvement Loan and One (1) Direct Operating Loan to Kula
Country Farm, LLC.
Action: Approved
3. Request for Approval of One (1) Food
Manufacturer Facility Loan and One (1) Food Manufacturer Operating
Loan to Hawaii Livestock Cooperative.
Action: Approved
C. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
1. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project
“Symphylid Damage in Pineapple” in the Amount of $36,509
Action: Approved
2. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project
“Development of Commercial Hawaiian Banana Varieties Resistant to
Banana Bunchy Top Virus” in the Amount of $30,000
Action: Approved
D. ANIMAL INDUSTRY
1. Request for Approval to Repeal to Chapter
4-19, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), entitled "Poultry and Birds;"
(2) Request for Approval to Adopt Proposed Amendments to Chapter 4-28,
HAR, entitled "Poultry and Birds;" (3) Submission of Hearings
Officer's Summary of Public Hearings Testimony on Proposed Repeal of
Chapter 4-19 and Adoption of Chapter 4-28, and Hearings Officers
Recommendations; and (4) Recommendations for Additional Amendments to
Chapter 4-28 by the Animal Industry Division
Action: Approved
2. Request for Approval to Adopt Proposed
Amendments to Chapter 4-29, Hawaii Administrative Rules, entitled
“Dogs, Cats, and Other Carnivores,” Relating to Rabies Quarantine and
Concerning Definitions, Transiting Vessels and Cruise Ships, Other
Entry Requirements, Movement of Animals Originating in Hawaii, the
State Quarantine Station, Satellite Quarantine Stations, Removal from
Animal Quarantine Stations, Users of Guide or Service Dogs, Fees,
Penalties, Entry for Service Dogs and Exempted Guide Dogs and Other
Language Changes for Clarity; and (2) Submission of Hearings Officers
Summary of Public Hearings Testimony on Proposed Amendments to Chapter
4-29, and Hearings Officers Recommendations
Action: Approved
E. QUALITY ASSURANCE DIVISION
1. Request that the Board of Agriculture relax
the minimum export requirements for papayas, for the period December
17, 2003, through March 15, 2004, to allow export of properly labeled
papayas that do not meet the maturity and soluble solids requirements
of Hawaii No. 1.
Action: Approved
F. PLANT INDUSTRY
Land Vertebrates
1. Request for (1) Preliminary Review of the
Currently Unlisted Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorina superba),
for Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part A) for
Exhibition; (2) Allow the Importation of the Unlisted Superb Bird of
Paradise by Special Permit for Scientific Research; and (3) Establish
Permit Conditions for the Importation of the Unlisted Superb Bird of
Paradise by Special Permit for Scientific Research
Action: Approved
2. Request for (1) Preliminary Review of the
Currently Unlisted Hawaiian Hawk (Buteo solitarius), for
Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part A) for
Exhibition; (2) Allow the Importation of the Unlisted Hawaiian Hawk by
Special Permit for Scientific Research; and (3) Establish Permit
Conditions for the Importation of the Unlisted Hawaiian Hawk by
Special Permit for Scientific Research
Action: Approved
Invertebrate and Aquatic Biota
3. Request for (1) Preliminary Review of the
Various Currently Unlisted Porcelain Crabs Petrolisthes cabrolloi,
P. cinctipes, P. elongatus, P.
eriomerus, P. gracilis, P. granulosus,
P. japonicus, P. laevigatus, P.
manimaculis, P. tuberculatus, P. violaceus)
for Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part A) for
Scientific Research; (2) Allow the Importation of the Various Unlisted
Porcelain Crabs by Special Permit for Scientific Research; and (3)
Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the Various
Unlisted Porcelain Crabs by Special Permit for Scientific Research
Action: Approved
Microorganisms
4. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of
Various Bacteria on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A) and
Unlisted Bacteria, Determined to be High-Risk, by Special Permit, for
Laboratory Research; (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the
Importation of Various Bacteria on the List of Restricted
Microorganisms (Part A) and Unlisted Bacteria, Determined to be
High-Risk, by Special Permit, for Laboratory Research; and (3)
Preliminarily Review Various Unlisted Bacteria, Determined to be
High-Risk, for Future Placement on the List of Restricted
Microorganisms (Part A)
Action: Approved
5. Request to Preliminarily Review Various
Unlisted Fungi, Rhizopogon Species, for Future Placement on the
List of Nonrestricted Microorganisms
Action: Approved
6. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of
Bacteria, Unlisted Species of Corynebacterium,
Determined to be High-Risk, by Special Permit, for Laboratory
Diagnostics to Meet Federal Public Health Requirements; and (2)
Establish Permit Conditions for Bacteria, Unlisted Species of
Corynebacterium, Determined to be High-Risk, by Special Permit,
for Laboratory Diagnostics to Meet Federal Public Health
Action: Approved
G. PUBLIC
1. Informational briefing on rabies prevention
and control by the Community Reform Coalition.
Action: No action, as it was an informational
briefing
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