Department of Agriculture

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING

 

Date:               February 26, 2008 (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 01/23/08 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 One (1) Direct Emergency Loan to Glenn S. Miyashita.

Action:  Approval

 

B.       AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORTION

1.  Presentation of current ADC projects and activities to include, but not limited to, Waiahole Water System, Kekaha, Kau, and East Kauai.
Action:  No action needed

2.  Request for the Board to delegate authority to the Chairperson to approve ADC projects as permitted under section 26-16
Action:  Approval

 

C.        PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION

Land Animals

1.   Request for (1) Preliminary Review of the Currently Unlisted White-throated Ground Dove (Gallicolumba xanthonura) and Golden White-eye (Cleptornis marchei), for Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part A) for Exhibition by Honolulu Zoo; (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the White-throated Ground Dove and Golden White-eye for exhibition by the Honolulu Zoo; (3) Allow the Importation of the Unlisted White-throated Ground Dove and Golden White-eye by Special Permit for Scientific Research by the Honolulu Zoo; and (4) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the Unlisted White-throated Ground Dove and Golden White-eye by Special Permit for Scientific Research by the Honolulu Zoo

Action:  Approval

Microorganisms

2.   Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of a Bacterium, Mycobacterium avium, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Diagnostics by Kaiser Permanente Medical Center; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of a Bacterium, Mycobacterium avium, on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Diagnostics by Kaiser Permanente Medical Center

Action:  Approval

3.   Request to: (1) Allow the Importation of Various Bacteria, on the List of Select Human Pathogens, for Laboratory Research by the University of Hawaii; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Various Bacteria, on the List of Select Human Pathogens, for Laboratory Research by the University of Hawai

Action:  Approval

Insects

4.   Request to: (1) Preliminarily Review the Currently Unlisted Parasitic Wasp, Aroplectrus  dimerusLin, for Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part A); (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation and Field Release of the Parasitic Wasp, Aroplectrus  dimerus Lin against the Nettle Caterpillar, Darna pallivitta (Moore).

Action:  Approval

5.   Request to: (1) Preliminarily Review the Currently Unlisted Parasitic Wasp, Eurytoma sp. nr.radicicola Risbec 1952 (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), for Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part A); (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation and Field Release of the Parasitic Wasp, Eurytoma sp. nr. radicicola Against the Erythrina gall wasp, Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim, a Destructive Pest Currently Affecting Wiliwili (Erythrina sandwichensis).

Action:  Approval

Plant Pest Control

6.  Update on the Status of Plant Pest Control Branch Projects for Biological Control of Fireweed(Senecio madagascariensis), and Eerythrina gall wasp (Quadrasticus erythrinae), a destructive pest of wiliwili (Erythrina sandwichensis).

Action:  No action needed

V.         NEW BUSINESS

VI.        ADJOURNMENT