Board Actions for 02-28-2006 Meeting

Posted on Feb 28, 2006 in Board Actions

Date:           February 28, 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 12/20/05 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 of Assignment Premium
    General Lease No. S-4838
    Keahole Agricultural Park, Phase II, Lot 25, Island of
    Hawai’i

   Action: Approved

2. 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: Deferred

3. Request for Authorization to Redefine the Boundaries
    of the Waimea Irrigation System, Puukapu, Waimea,
    Island of Hawaii

   Action: Approved

4. Request for Authorization to Redefine the Boundaries
    of the Molokai Irrigation System, Hoolehua, Molokai,
    Account No. IR-5158

    Action: Approved

5. Request for Approval to Reduce Water Toll Charge
    and Waive Pumping Surcharge for Molokai Irrigation
    System Users through June 30, 2007

    Action: Approved

   Note: The title was amended to read, “Request for Approval to  
   Reduce Water Toll Charge for Molokai Irrigation System Users
   through June 30, 2007.

B. PLANT INDUSTRY

1. Request for (1) Preliminary Approval of Proposed Amendments to Chapter 4-69A, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), Entitled “Pests for Control or Eradication” to (a) Revise the Definition of “Other Pests” to Include Vertebrate Pests; and (b) ) Add the Coqui Frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) as a Designated Pest for Control or Eradication to the “List of Insects, Mites, Other Pests, and Plant Diseases Designated as Pests for Control or Eradication Purposes by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture”; and (2) Authorization for the Chairperson to Appoint a Hearings Officer and to Schedule Public Hearings.

Action: Approved

2. Request for (1) Preliminary Approval for Proposed Repeal of Chapter 4-73, Hawaii Administrative Rules, Entitled, “Plant and Non-Domestic Animal Quarantine, Plant Export Rules”; (2) Preliminary Approval for Adoption of Proposed Chapter 4-73A, Hawaii Administrative Rules, entitled, “Plant and Non-Domestic Animal Quarantine, Plant and Plant Part Certification and Export Rules”; and (3) Authorization for the Chairperson to Appoint a Hearing Officer and to Schedule Public Hearings.

Action: Approved

3. Request for: (1) Preliminary Approval of Proposed Amendments to Chapter 4-72, Hawaii Administrative Rules, Entitled, “Plant and Non-Domestic Animal Quarantine, Plant Intrastate Rules” to Restrict the Movement of Propagative Plant Materials that may Harbor or be Infested with the Coqui Frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui); and (2) Authorization for the Chairperson to Appoint a Hearing Officer and to Schedule Public Hearings.

Action: Approved

Land Animals

4. Request for (1) Preliminary Review of the Currently Unlisted Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata), for Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part A) for Exhibition; (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the Ocellated Turkey for Exhibition; (3) Allow the Importation of the Unlisted Ocellated Turkey by Special Permit for Scientific Research; and (4) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the Unlisted Ocellated Turkey by Special Permit for Scientific Research

Action: Approved

Microorganisms

5. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of a Fungus, Phoma herbarum, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Diagnostics by Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc.; and (Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of a Fungus, Phoma herbarium, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Diagnostics by Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc.

Action: Approved

6. Request to: 1) Allow the Importation of a Fungus, Phoma herbarium, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Diagnostics by Kaiser Permanente Medical Center; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of a Fungus, Phoma herbarium, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Diagnostics by Kaiser Permanente Medical Center

Action: Approved

V. NEW BUSINESS

VI. ADJOURNMENT