Board Actions for 02-15-2001 Meeting

Posted on Feb 15, 2001 in Board Actions

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
HONOLULU, HAWAII

Date:       February 15, 2001, Thursday
Time:       9:30 a.m.
Location:  Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine Branch
               701 Ilalo Street, Conference Room
               Honolulu, Hawaii

BOA ACTIONS

A. PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION

Deferred 1. Request to 1) Amend the placement of an insect (Encarsia formosa), through Expedited Amendment Process, from the List of Restricted Animals, Part A, to the List of Conditionally Approved Animals, to Allow for Import and Release for Biological Control; and 2) Add 5 Species of Insects Currently not Listed for Import (Trichogramma minutum, Chrysoperla carnea, Orius insidiosus, Chilocorus circumdatus, and Geocoris punctipes), through Expedited Amendment Process, to the List of Conditionally Approved Animals to Allow for Import and Release for Biological Control

Approved 2. Consideration of Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Recommended Order of Hearing Officer in Pesticides Docket No. 97-PE-010, Thinh Quang Farm and Thinh Quang

B. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

Approved 1. Request for Approval to Submit Delinquent Lease Rent Account No. S-4429 to Department of the Attorney General for Disposition/Collection

Approved2. Request for Consent to Amendment of General Lease S-6000, Kahuku Agricultural Park, Koolauloa, Oahu

Approved3. Request for Consent to Assignment of Lease, General Lease No. S-4415, Pahoa Agricultural Park, Phase I, Lot 1,

Approved4. Request for Consent to Assignment of Lease and Consent to Mortgage; General Lease No. S-4430, Pahoa Agricultural Park, Phase I, Lot 16

Approved5. Request for Approval to Issue Revocable Permit to the University of Hawaii, Cooperative Extension Service, at Molokai Agricultural Park

Approved 6. Request for Approval to Delegate the Board of Agriculture’s Authority to the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture to Negotiate a Settlement Between the State of Hawaii and Kukui (Molokai) Inc. Regarding Delinquent Rent for the Molokai Irrigation System

C. QUALITY ASSURANCE DIVISION

Request for (1) Preliminary Approval of Proposed Amendments to Chapters 4-41, 4-42, 4-44, 4-45, 4-46, and 4-48, Hawaii Administrative Rules, and (2) Authorization for the Chairperson to Schedule Public Hearings and Appoint a Presiding Officer

Deferred any action on Chapter 4-45, Feed (all sections)

Approved Chapters 4-41, 4-42, 4-44, 4-46 and 4-48, Hawaii Administrative Rules, and gave authorization for the Chairperson to schedule public hearings and appoint a presiding officer.

D. ADMINISTRATION

  1. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Control of Flowering of Pineapple” in the Amount of $10,000
  2. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Detection, Characterization and Management of a New Closterovirus Associated with Mealybug Wilt of Pineapple” in the Amount of $67,275 (2nd year funding)
  3. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Post-harvest Quality of New Low Acid Pineapple Varieties” in the Amount of $25,833 (1st year funding) and $25,861 (2nd year funding)
  4. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Search and Evaluation of New Insecticides for Mealybug Control and Ant Control” in the Amount of $26,320 (1st year funding) and $21,320 (2nd year funding)
  5. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Collection and Evaluation of Coffee Germplasm for Resistance to the Kona Coffee Root-Knot Nematode for the Potential Use as Rootstocks” in the Amount of $6,000
  6. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Beneficial Reuse of Waste Water from Coffee Processing” in the Amount of $10,000
  7. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Updating Macadamia Nutrient Recommendations: Implementing Crop Logging and Correcting the Apparent Root Inefficiency” in the Amount of $30,000 (2nd year funding) and $30,000 (3rd year funding)
  8. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Control of Powdery Mildew and Other Disease in Tropical Ornamental” in the Amount of $25,000 (2nd year funding)
  9. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Rambutan Flowering, Fruit Set and Production in Hawaii” in the Amount of $30,000 (1st year funding), $30,000 (2nd year funding), and $30,000 (3rd year funding)
  10. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Burrowing Nematode Control in Anthurium-Chemical and Cultural Alternatives” in the Amount of $45,273 (2nd year funding)
  11. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Anthurium Genetic Studies” in the Amount of $29,727
  12. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Coconut Phytophthora Heart Rot Control” in the Amount of $10,000
  13. Request for Approval to Fund Project “Education and Promotion of Hawaii’s Diversified Agriculture” in the Amount of $50,000
  14. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project, “Emulsifiable Telone II and DiTera for Control of Nematodes in Pineapple” in the Amount of $57,985.
  15. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project, “Fertility and Disease Control Studies of Taro” in the Amount of $20,000.

Approved Items D1 through D15.

E. AGRICULTURAL LOAN DIVISION

Approved. Request for Approval of One (1) Emergency Loan to Harold Frederick Rice, Jr.

F. ANIMAL INDUSTRY DIVISION

Approved. Request for Approval of an Application for Satellite Animal Quarantine Permit