Department of Agriculture

Date:       October 24, 2006 (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 09/26/06 MEETING

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

IV. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DIVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

A. AGRICULTURAL LOAN DIVISION

1. Request for Approval of parameters for DOA’s Emergency Loan Program to Provide Relief Due to Disaster Damage and Losses Caused by the Earthquake.

B. PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION

1. Submission of Hearing Officer’s Summary of Public Hearing Testimony on Proposed Amendments to Chapter 4-66, Hawaii Administrative Rules (Pesticides Rules); and (2) Request for Final Approval of Proposed Amendments to Chapter 4-66, Hawaii Administrative Rules (Pesticides Rules).

2. Request for: (1) Importation of 300,000 Orchids from Taiwan; (2) Exemption of Importation of 300,000 Orchids from Taiwan from Standard Quarantine and Establishment of Alternative Pest Mitigation Conditions.

V. NEW BUSINESS

VII. ADJOURNMENT