Date:
September 27, 2005 (Tuesday)
Time:
9:00 a.m.
Location: Department of
Agriculture
Plant Quarantine Conference Room
1849 Auiki Street
Honolulu, Hawaii
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 8/23/05 MEETING
III. COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON AGENDA
ITEMS (ORAL OR WRITTEN)
IV. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DIVISIONS AND
ADMINISTRATION
A. ANIMAL INDUSTRY DIVISION
1. Request to Refer Rabies Quarantine Branch
Uncollectible Accounts To The Attorney General's Office For Review And
Subsequent Deletion From Accounts Receivable
Action: Approved
2. Request To Approve Laboratories Certified By
The French National Laboratory For Rabies And Wildlife Diseases To
Conduct OIE-FAVN Rabies Testing
Action: Approved
B. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
1. Request to Acknowledge Conversion of Sunrise
Capital, LLC to Sunrise Capital, Inc.
Action: Approved
2. Repeal of Chapters 4-150 (Rules Governing
Irrigation Water Service to Consumers of the Waimanalo Irrigation
System), 4-151 (Rules Governing Irrigation Water Service to Consumers
of the Waimea Irrigation System), 4-152 (Rules Governing Irrigation
Water Service to Consumers of the Molokai Irrigation System), 4-155
(Rules Governing Irrigation Water Service to Consumers of the Kahuku
Agricultural Park Irrigation System), and 4-156 (Rules Governing
Irrigation Water Service to Consumers of the Honokaa-Paauilo
Irrigation System), Hawaii Administrative Rules (“HAR”); Request for
Certification of Public Hearing Minutes; and Final Approval of
Administrative Rules Governing Irrigation Water Service to Consumer of
Hawaii State Department of Agriculture Irrigation Systems
Action: Approved
C. QUALITY ASSURANCE DIVISION
1. Request that the Board of Agriculture relax
the minimum export requirements for papayas, for the period September
17, 2005, through December 16, 2005, to allow export of properly
labeled papayas that do not meet the maturity and soluble solids
requirements of Hawaii No. 1.
Action: Approved
D. PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION
Land Animals
1. Request to: (1) Allow the Import Under
Permit, of the Forsten’s Tortoise (Indotestudo forstenii) for
Private Research; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the
Importation of the Forsten’s Tortoise for Private Research.
Action: Approved
Aquatic Animals
2. Request for (1) Preliminary Review of the
Following Currently Unlisted Scorpionfish: Lacey (Merlet’s)
Scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphaenes), Japanese Scorpionfish (R.
argoliba), Easter Island Scorpionfish (R. cea),
Eschmeyer’s Scorpionfish (R. eschmeyeri), Weedy
Scorpionfish (R. frondosa), and Strange-eye Scorpionfish
(R. xenops), for Future Placement on the List of
Restricted Animals (Part A) for Import for Scientific Research and
Exhibition; (2) Allow the Importation of the Aforementioned Unlisted
Scorpionfish Under Special Permit to the Waikiki Aquarium, for
Scientific Research; and (3) Establish Permit Conditions for the
Importation of the Aforementioned Unlisted Scorpionfish Under Special
Permit to the Waikiki Aquarium, for Scientific Research
Action: Approved
Microorganisms
3. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of
Bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium,
on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory
Diagnostics by Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii; and (2) Establish
Permit Conditions for the Importation of Bacteria, Mycobacterium
tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium, on the List of
Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Diagnostics by
Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii
Action: Approved
E. NEW BUSINESS
V. ADJOURNMENT
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