Department of Agriculture

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING

Date:               May 25, 2010 (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 4/27/10 MEETING

III.           COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS (ORAL OR WRITTEN)

IV.           COMMUNICATIONS FROM DIVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

 
               A.         AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

1.         Request for Approval for the Transfer of General Leases from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture Pursuant to Act 90, SLH 2003

                     Action:  Approved
                   Disposition:  The list of parcels approved for transfer by the Board of
                   Agriculture has been forwarded to DLNR’s Land Division for staff to obtain
                   concurrence by the Board of Land & Natural Resources.

V.         UPDATE ON THE TRANSFER OF NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 166E, HRS, BY THE AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

  VI.        UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF FIREWEED (Senecio madagascariensis) BY THE PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION, PLANT PEST CONTROL BRANCH

  VII.       UPDATE ON THE “ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM, DETERMINING RISK LEVELS ON IMPORTED AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AND THE DIRECT RELEASE PROGRAM,” BY THE PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION, PLANT QUARANTINE BRANCH

  VIII.       NEW BUSINESS

  IX.        ADJOURNMENT