Department of Agriculture

STATE OF HAWAII
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
HONOLULU, HAWAII

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING – 8/23/01 – ACTIONS

A. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

Approved 1. Request for Consent to Assignment of Lease,
General Lease No. S-4428, Pahoa Agricultural Park, Phase I, lot 14

Approved 2. Request for Approval to 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 to Redefine the Boundaries of the Waimanalo Irrigation System

B. PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION

Approved 1. Request for (1) Preliminary Review of the Currently Unlisted Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) and Atlantic Halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus), for Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part B) for Aquaculture Production; (2) Allow the Importation of the Unlisted Pacific Halibut and Atlantic Halibut by Special Permit for Scientific Research; and (3) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the Unlisted Pacific Halibut and Atlantic Halibut by Special Permit for Scientific Research

Approved 2. Request for (1) Preliminary Review of the Currently Unlisted Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina), for Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part A) for Exhibition; (2) Allow the Importation of the Unlisted Verditer Flycatcher by Special Permit for Scientific Research; and (3) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the Unlisted Verditer Flycatcher by Special Permit for Scientific Research

Approved 3. Request to (1) Allow the Transfer of a Male Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) from the Honolulu Zoo to the Orangutan Foundation International (Hilo, Hawaii) to Provide for an Animal Sanctuary, Education and Research Center; (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Transfer of a Male Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) from the Honolulu Zoo to the Orangutan Foundation International (Hilo, Hawaii); (3) Allow the Importation of Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) by the Orangutan Foundation International (Hilo, Hawaii) for Sanctuary, Education and Research Purposes; and (4) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) by the Orangutan Foundation International (Hilo, Hawaii) to Provide for an Animal Sanctuary, Education and Research Center.

Approved 4. Request for (1) Preliminary Approval of Proposed Amendments to Chapter 4-70, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), Plants and Non-Domestic Animal Quarantine Plant Import Rules, to Revise Subchapter 3 Regarding Regulation of the Introduction of Pineapple and Other Bromeliads; and (2) Authorization for Chairperson to Schedule Public Hearings and to Appoint Hearing Officer