Department of Agriculture

AGENDA – ACTIONS TAKEN

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING

Date:       April 17, 2003 (Thursday)
Time:       9:30 a.m.
Location:  Department of Agriculture
Plant Quarantine Conference Room
1849 Auiki Street
Honolulu, Hawaii

 

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 2/20/03 MEETING

III. AMENDMENT OF 11/15/02 MEETING MINUTES

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

V. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DIVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

A. AGRICULTURAL LOAN DIVISION

Request for Approval of One (1) Direct Real Estate Loan to Chun’s Nursery, Inc.
ACTION: Approved

B. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DIVISION

1. Request for Approval to Issue a Construction Right-of-Entry and Revocable Permit to the Various Owners of those Certain Parcels of Land Created by the Subdivision of Lot 117, Puukapu Homesteads, 2nd Series, Puukapu, South Kohala, Island of Hawai’I
ACTION: Approved

2. Request for Approval to Renew Existing Revocable Permit No. 13, Issued to Ameron Hawaii, Kalaeloa Agricultural Park, Ewa, Oahu
ACTION: Approved

C. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

1. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Pineapple Nematode Management” in the Amount of $30,578
ACTION: Approved

2. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Evaluation of Systemic Acquired Resistance Intermediates PABA and Benzol for Nematode Control on Pineapple” in the Amount of $20,000
ACTION: Approved

3. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Evaluation of All Potential Post-Harvest and Pre-Plant Fungicides for Control of Pineapple Fruit Rot, Fruit Mold, and Butt Rot” in the Amount of $14,076 (1st year funding) and $15,732 (2nd year funding)
ACTION: Approved

4. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Biology and Control of Micro-Lepidoptera on Pineapple” in the Amount of $29,750
ACTION: Approved

5. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Improving Taro Production and Reducing Disease Levels by Use of Organic Amendments” in the Amount of $20,000
ACTION: Approved

6. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Updating Macadamia Nutrient Recommendations: Implementing Crop Logging and Correcting the Apparent Root Inefficiency $25,000 (4th year of 4 year project)
ACTION: Approved

7. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Macadamia Variety Trials” in the Amount of $5,000 (2nd year of 2 year project)
ACTION: Approved

8. Request for Approval to Fund Research Project “Development of New Foliage Cultivars for the Hawaii Commercial Foliage Industry with Emphasis on Dracaena in the Amount of $25,000 (1st year funding), $25,000 (2nd year funding) and $25,000 (3rd year funding)
ACTION: Approved

D. PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION

Land Animals

1. Request for: (1) Preliminary Review of the Currently Unlisted Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara), for Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part A) for Exhibition; (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the Rufous-bellied Niltava for Exhibition; (3) Allow the Importation of the Unlisted Rufous-bellied Niltava by Special Permit for Scientific Research; and (4) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the Unlisted Rufous-bellied Niltava by Special Permit for Scientific Research
ACTION: Approved

Microorganisms

2. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of Fungi, Various Species of Mucor, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), and Bacteria, Unlisted Species of Corynebacterium, Determined to be High-Risk, by Special Permit, for Laboratory Diagnostics to Meet Federal Public Health Requirements; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for Fungi, Various Species of Mucor, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), and Bacteria, Unlisted Species of Corynebacterium, Determined to be High-Risk, by Special Permit, for Laboratory Diagnostics to Meet Federal Public Health Requirements
ACTION: Approved

3. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of Various Plant Viruses on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A) for a Culture Collection; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Various Plant Viruses on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A) for a Culture Collection
ACTION: Approved

Pesticides

4. Request for: (1) Conditional Referral of Contested Case to Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for Assistance of Office of Administrative Hearings; (2) Conditional Appointment of Hearing Officer for Pesticides Contested Case in Docket No. 02-PE-038, Aloha Termite and Pest Control and Kimo Smith
ACTION: Approved

E. ANIMAL INDUSTRY DIVISION

1. Request for Approval to Adopt Amendments to Chapter 4-29, Hawaii Administrative Rules, entitled “Dogs, Cats, and Other Carnivores,” relating to Definitions, Exempt Areas, Pre-Arrival Requirements, Microchips, Post-Arrival Blood Testing, Post-Arrival Confinement, Approved Hospitals, Fees, and Guide and Service Dogs and (2) Submission of Hearings Officers Summary of Public Hearing Testimony on Proposed Amendments to Chapter 4-29, and Hearings Officers’ Recommendation
ACTION: Approved

VI. NEW BUSINESS

VII. ADJOURNMENT