Department of Agriculture

BOARD ACTIONS

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING

Date:       October 28, 2003 (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 9/16/03 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 to Renew Existing Revocable Permit No. 10, Issued to Elizabeth Martinez, dba Olomana Gardens, Waimanalo, Oahu, Hawaii

Action: Approved

2. Request for Approval to Renew Revocable Permit No. 12, Issued to the Estate of Harry M. Okumura, Regarding Waimanalo Irrigation System, Waimanalo, Oahu, Hawaii

Action: Approved

3. Request for Approval to Enter into Mutual Release Agreement Relating to General Lease Nos. S-7000, S-7014, S-7015 and S-7016, Hamakua Agricultural Park, Lots 2, 3 and 4, Island of Hawai’i

Action: Approved

4. Request to Remove, Delete, and Redesignate Appointments to the Honokaa-Paauilo Irrigation System Water User Advisory Board

Action: Item withdrawn from agenda due to lack of quorum of Advisory Board meeting

B. AGRICULTURAL LOAN DIVISION

1. Request for Approval of One (1) Direct Class A and One (1) Direct Class C Loan to Ricky and Jeanne Young.

Action: Approved

2. Request for Approval of One (1) Class C Loan to Lounareth Soulatha.

Action: Approved

C. PLANT INDUSTRY

Microorganisms

1. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of Various Fungi on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A) for Laboratory Diagnostics; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Various Fungi on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A) for Laboratory Diagnostics

Action: Approved

2. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of Various Unlisted Viruses, Determined to be High-Risk, by Special Permit, and Various Viruses on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A) and the List of Select Human Pathogens, for Laboratory Research; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Various Unlisted Viruses, Determined to be High-Risk, by Special Permit, and Various Viruses on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A) and the List of Select Human Pathogens, for Laboratory Research

Action: Approved

3. Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of an Unlisted Protozoan, Plasmodium relictum, Determined to be Moderate-Risk, by Special Permit, for Laboratory Research Including Bird Inoculation Studies; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for an Unlisted Protozoan, Plasmodium relictum, Determined to be Moderate-Risk, by Special Permit, for Laboratory Research Including Bird Inoculation Studies

Action: Approved

4. Request for Preliminary Review to Amend the List Placement of a Fungus, Glomus aggregatum, from the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part B) to the List of Nonrestricted Microorganisms

D. ANIMAL INDUSTRY

1. Request Authorization to Refer Rabies Quarantine Uncollectible Accounts to the State Attorney General’s Office for Disposition.

Action: Approved

2. Request Approval to Have the OIE-FAVN Rabies Blood Test be Conducted by Laboratories Listed on the Approved List Provided by the French National Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife Diseases (AFSSA) for the Purpose of Rabies Quarantine Qualification.

Action: Disapproved. Motion did not carry.