Department of Agriculture

Date:       October 26, 2004 (Tuesday)

Time:       9:30 a.m.

Location:  Department of Agriculture
               State Office Building, Conference Rooms A & B
               75 Aupuni Street
               Hilo, Hawaii 96720

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 9/21/04 MEETING

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

IV. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DIVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

A. QUALITY ASSURANCE DIVISION

1. Request for (1) Submission of Hearings Officer’s Summary of Public Hearing Testimony on Proposed Amendments to Section 4-60-10, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), and Hearing Officer’s Recommendation and (2) Request for Approval to Adopt Amendments to Section 4-60-10, Hawaii Administrative Rules, entitled “Minimum Prices in the Hawaii Milk Shed,” pertaining to increasing the minimum price to milk producers in the Hawaii Milk Shed.

Action: Approved

B. AGRICULTURAL LOAN DIVISION

1. Request for Approval of One (1) Direct Operating Loan to Orlando P. and Ella K. Manuel.

          Action: Approved

C. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

1. Request to Acquire a Construction and Operation and Maintenance Easement for the Upcountry Maui Watershed Dual Ag Line Project, Phase 3
Action: Approved

2. Request for Consent to Assignment of Lease General Lease No. S-4822 Pahoa Agricultural Park, Phase II, Lot 32, Island of Hawai’i

3. Request for Approval to Renew Existing Revocable Permit No. 10, Issued to Elizabeth Martinez, dba Olomana Gardens, Waimanalo, Oahu, Hawaii
Action: Approved

4. Request for Approval to Renew Revocable Permit No. 12, Issued to the Estate of Harry M. Okumura, regarding Waimanalo Irrigation System, Waimanalo, Oahu, Hawaii
Action: Approved

D. PLANT INDUSTRY

Land Animals

Insects

2. Request to: (1) Preliminarily Review the Currently Unlisted House Fly, Musca domestica, for Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part A); (2) Allow Under Special Permit the Importation of Musca domestica for Scientific Research; and (3) to Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Musca domestica Under Special Permit for Scientific Research
Action: Approved

Microorganisms

3. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of Various Fungal Species on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Diagnostics; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Various Fungal Species on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Diagnostics
Action: Approved

4. Request to Amend the Permit Conditions for the Importation of Marine Alga, Rhodomonas salina, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part B), for Cultivation to Feed Copepods
Action: Approved

Insects

2. Request to: (1) Preliminarily Review the Currently Unlisted House Fly, Musca domestica, for Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part A); (2) Allow Under Special Permit the Importation ofMusca domestica for Scientific Research; and (3) to Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation ofMusca domestica Under Special Permit for Scientific Research
Action: Approved

Microorganisms

3. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of Various Fungal Species on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Diagnostics; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Various Fungal Species on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Diagnostics
Action: Approved

4. Request to Amend the Permit Conditions for the Importation of Marine Alga, Rhodomonas salina, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part B), for Cultivation to Feed Copepods
Action: Approved

VI. ADJOURNMENT