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AGENDA
ACTIONS TAKEN
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
MEETING
Date: April 17, 2003 (Thursday)
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Department of Agriculture
Plant Quarantine Conference Room
1849 Auiki Street
Honolulu, Hawaii
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM
2/20/03 MEETING
III. AMENDMENT OF 11/15/02 MEETING
MINUTES
IV. COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL
PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS (ORAL OR WRITTEN)
V. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DIVISIONS
AND ADMINISTRATION
A. AGRICULTURAL LOAN DIVISION
Request for Approval of One
(1) Direct Real Estate Loan to Chun's Nursery,
Inc.
ACTION: Approved
B. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT DIVISION
1. Request for Approval to
Issue a Construction Right-of-Entry and Revocable
Permit to the Various Owners of those Certain
Parcels of Land Created by the Subdivision of Lot
117, Puukapu Homesteads, 2nd Series,
Puukapu, South Kohala, Island of Hawai'I
ACTION: Approved
2. Request for Approval to
Renew Existing Revocable Permit No. 13, Issued to
Ameron Hawaii, Kalaeloa Agricultural Park, Ewa,
Oahu
ACTION: Approved
C. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION
1. Request for Approval to
Fund Research Project "Pineapple Nematode
Management" in the Amount of $30,578
ACTION: Approved
2. Request for Approval to
Fund Research Project "Evaluation of
Systemic Acquired Resistance Intermediates PABA
and Benzol for Nematode Control on
Pineapple" in the Amount of $20,000
ACTION: Approved
3. Request for Approval to
Fund Research Project "Evaluation of All
Potential Post-Harvest and Pre-Plant Fungicides
for Control of Pineapple Fruit Rot, Fruit Mold,
and Butt Rot" in the Amount of $14,076 (1st
year funding) and $15,732 (2nd year
funding)
ACTION: Approved
4. Request for Approval to
Fund Research Project "Biology and Control
of Micro-Lepidoptera on Pineapple" in the
Amount of $29,750
ACTION: Approved
5. Request for Approval to
Fund Research Project "Improving Taro
Production and Reducing Disease Levels by Use of
Organic Amendments" in the Amount of $20,000
ACTION: Approved
6. Request for Approval to
Fund Research Project "Updating Macadamia
Nutrient Recommendations: Implementing Crop
Logging and Correcting the Apparent Root
Inefficiency $25,000 (4th year of
4 year project)
ACTION: Approved
7. Request for Approval to
Fund Research Project "Macadamia Variety
Trials" in the Amount of $5,000 (2nd
year of 2 year project)
ACTION: Approved
8. Request for Approval to
Fund Research Project "Development of New
Foliage Cultivars for the Hawaii Commercial
Foliage Industry with Emphasis on Dracaena in the
Amount of $25,000 (1st year
funding), $25,000 (2nd year
funding) and $25,000 (3rd year
funding)
ACTION: Approved
D. PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION
Land Animals
1. Request for: (1)
Preliminary Review of the Currently Unlisted
Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara),
for Future Placement on the List of Restricted
Animals (Part A) for Exhibition; (2) Establish
Permit Conditions for the Importation of the
Rufous-bellied Niltava for Exhibition; (3) Allow
the Importation of the Unlisted Rufous-bellied
Niltava by Special Permit for Scientific
Research; and (4) Establish Permit Conditions for
the Importation of the Unlisted Rufous-bellied
Niltava by Special Permit for Scientific Research
ACTION: Approved
Microorganisms
2. Request to: (1) Allow
the Importation of Fungi, Various Species of Mucor,
on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part
A), and 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 Fungi, Various
Species of Mucor, on the List of
Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), and Bacteria,
Unlisted Species of Corynebacterium,
Determined to be High-Risk, by Special Permit,
for Laboratory Diagnostics to Meet Federal Public
Health Requirements
ACTION: Approved
3. Request to: (1) Allow
the Importation of Various Plant Viruses on the
List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A) for a
Culture Collection; and (2) Establish Permit
Conditions for the Importation of Various Plant
Viruses on the List of Restricted Microorganisms
(Part A) for a Culture Collection
ACTION: Approved
Pesticides
4. Request for: (1)
Conditional Referral of Contested Case to
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for
Assistance of Office of Administrative Hearings;
(2) Conditional Appointment of Hearing Officer
for Pesticides Contested Case in Docket No.
02-PE-038, Aloha Termite and Pest Control and
Kimo Smith
ACTION: Approved
E. ANIMAL INDUSTRY DIVISION
1. Request for Approval to
Adopt Amendments to Chapter 4-29, Hawaii
Administrative Rules, entitled "Dogs, Cats,
and Other Carnivores," relating to
Definitions, Exempt Areas, Pre-Arrival
Requirements, Microchips, Post-Arrival Blood
Testing, Post-Arrival Confinement, Approved
Hospitals, Fees, and Guide and Service Dogs and
(2) Submission of Hearings Officers Summary of
Public Hearing Testimony on Proposed Amendments
to Chapter 4-29, and Hearings Officers'
Recommendation
ACTION: Approved
VI. NEW BUSINESS
VII. ADJOURNMENT
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