Board Actions for 08-28-07 Meeting

Posted on Aug 28, 2007 in Board Actions

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING

 

Date:              August 28, 2007 (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 06/26/07 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 Wildfires.

    Action:  Approved

  2. Request for Approval of One (1) Direct Real Estate Loan to Donald Smith

    Action:  Approved

  3. Request for Approval of One (1) Direct New Farmer Loan to Marcos and Violeta Transfiguracion.   

    Action:  Approved      

B.   AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

  1. Request for Approval to Construct a Processing and Packing Warehouse on the Subject Lot, General Lease No. S-6004, Lot No. 4, Kahuku Agricultural Park, Oahu

    Action:  Approved

  2. Request for Consent to Assignment of Lease General Lease No. S-6003, Kahuku Agricultural Park, Lot No. 3, Island of Oahu

    Action:  Approved       

C.   QUALITY ASSURANCE DIVISION

  1. Request to (1) Forfeit Quota for Kamuela Dairy, and (2) Reallocate the Forfeited Quota to Cloverleaf Dairy Pursuant to Section 4-60-15, Hawaii Administrative Rules

    Action:  Approved

D.    PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION

Insects

  1. Request for (1) a Finding that the Unrestricted Movement of Live or Dead Honey Bees (Apis melliflora) or Used Bee Equipment from Oahu, an area infested by the Varroa Mite, Constitutes an Emergency Justifying an Interim Rule; and (2) a Recommendation for Board of Agriculture Adoption of an Interim Rule to Prohibit the Intrastate Movement of Any Live or Dead Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), or Used Bee Equipment, Except as Allowed by Permit Issued by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine Branch.

    Action:  Approved

    Plants

  2. Request for (1) a Finding that the Unrestricted Importation of Hosts Known to Spread the Rust Fungus, Puccinia psidii (aka `Ohi`a Rust), (i.e., plants and plant parts in the Family Myrtaceae from Areas Infested by Puccinia psidii, which include South America, Florida, and California), Constitutes an Emergency Justifying an Interim Rule; and (2) a Recommendation for Board of Agriculture Adoption of an Interim Rule to Prohibit the Importation into Hawaii of Plants and Plant Parts in the Family Myrtaceae from Areas Known to be Infested with Puccinia psidii.  

    Action:  Approved                    

 

V.         NEW BUSINESS

VI.        ADJOURNMENT