Department of Agriculture

STATE OF HAWAII
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
HONOLULU, HAWAII

Date:       July 27, 2000, Thursday
Time:       9:30 a.m.
Location:  Hawaii State Capitol, room 325
               415 S. Beretania Street
               Honolulu, Hawaii

BOARD ACTIONS

A. AGRICULTURAL LOAN DIVISION

Approved 1. Request for Approval of One (1) Direct Aquaculture Capital Improvement Loan and One (1) Direct Aquaculture Operating Loan to D & J Ocean Farms, Inc.

Approved 2. Request for Approval of Parameters for DOA’s Emergency Loan Program to Provide Relief Due to Drought for Hawaii’s Cattle Industry

B. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

Approved 1. REQUEST FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE, General Lease No. S-4422, Pahoa Agricultural Park, Phase I, Lot 8

Approved 2. Report on Disposition of Leases for Keahole, Pahoa, Panaewa, and Kekaha Agricultural Park Lots Through Negotiation and Request for Approval to Issue Leases and Rights-of-Entry to High Bidder for Panaewa Agricultural Park, Lot 5, and to High Bidder for Kekaha Agricultural Park, Lot 2

Approved 3. Request to Approve Additional Appointments to the Honokaa-Paauilo Irrigation System Water User Advisory Board.

Deferred 4. Request for Preliminary Approval to Repeal Chapter 4-154, Hawaii Administrative Rules, Entitled “Rules Governing Irrigation Water Service to Consumers of the Kekaha Agricultural Park Irrigation System”

C. PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION

Approved 1. Request to (1) Allow the Importation of Various Bacteria, on the List of Conditionally Approved Microorganisms, Contained in Various Microbial Products for Retail Sales; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Various Bacteria, on the List of Conditionally Approved Microorganisms, Contained in Various Microbial Products for Retail Sales

Approved 2. Request to (1) Allow the Importation of Various Bacteria, on the Lists of Restricted Microorganisms and Conditionally Approved Microorganisms, Contained in a Product to Remediate Petroleum Contamination; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Various Bacteria, on the Lists of Restricted Microorganisms and Conditionally Approved Microorganisms, Contained in a Product to Remediate Petroleum Contamination

Approved 3. Request to Amend Permit Conditions for the Use of Bacteria, Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies michiganensis and Xanthomonas campestris pathovar campestric, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms, for Plant Inoculations in the Greenhouse

Approved 4. Request to (1) Allow the Importation of a Bacterium, Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Studies and Inoculation of Various Types of Cucumber Plants in the Laboratory and Growth Chamber; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of a Bacterium, Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Studies and Inoculatin of Various Types of Cucumber Plants in the Laboratory and Growth Chamber.

Approved 5. Request to (1) Allow the Importation of a Fungus, Lentinus edodes, on the List of Conditionally Approved Microorganisms, for Outdoor Propagation; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of a fungus, Lentinus edodes, on the List of Conditioinally Approved Microorganisms, for Outdoor Propagation