Department of Agriculture

Date:       May 24, 2005 (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 3/22/05 MEETING

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

IV. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DIVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

A. ANIMAL INDUSTRY DIVISION

1. Request To Delete Obsolete Policy Nos. AI-9, AI-11, AI-12, AI-13, AI-14, AI-15, AI-16, AI-18 and AI-19 Which are Superseded by Revised Rules

Action: Approved

B. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

1. Request for Authorization to Submit Delinquent Account No. S-4417 to the Department of the Attorney General for Disposition/Collection

Action: Approved

2. Request for Consent to Assignment and Amendment of General Lease No. S-1018, TMK 8-5-034:018 Waianae Agricultural Park

Action: Approved

3. Request for Approval to (1) Declare Delinquent Waimanalo Irrigation System Accounts as Uncollectible and for Permission to Submit the Accounts to the Department of the Attorney General for Review and Disposition and (2) Redefine the Boundaries of the Waimanalo Irrigation System

Action: Approved

C. PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION

Microorganisms

1. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of Various Genetically Engineered Strains of an Alga,Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 137c+, Determined to be Above Moderate-Risk, for Large-Scale Production in Outdoor Photobioreactors; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Various Genetically Engineered Strains of an Alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 137c+, Determined to be Above Moderate-Risk, for Large-Scale Production in Outdoor Photobioreactor

Action: Motion denied to bring in 1^st organism. Motion deferred for 7 other organisms.

2. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of Various Strains of Papaya Ringspot Virus, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Research; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Various Strains of Papaya Ringspot Virus, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Research

Action: Approved

Aquatic Animals

3. Request to (1) Allow the Transfer of the Unlisted Starlet Sea Anemone (Nematostella vectensis) for Scientific Research under Special Permit; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Transfer of the Unlisted Starlet Sea Anemone for Scientific Research under Special Permit

Action: Approved

Administrative

4. Request for (1) Preliminary Approval of Proposed Amendments to Chapter 4-71, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), Plant and Non-Domestic Animal Quarantine Non-Domestic Animal Import Rules”; and (2) Authorization for the Chairperson to Appoint a Hearings Officer and to Schedule Public Hearings

Action: Approved

D. NEW BUSINESS

V. ADJOURNMENT