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BOARD ACTIONS

 

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING

Date: February 27, 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 01/23/07 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 that One (1) Loan to JGC Nitta Corporation be referred to the Attorney General's Office for Disposition and/or Collection.

Action: Approved

B. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

1. Request for Consent to Assignment of Lease, General Lease No. S-4823, Pahoa Agricultural Park, Phase II, Lot 33, Island of Hawai’i

Action: Approved

2. Request for Consent to Assignment of General Lease No. S-4855, Keahole Agricultural Park, Phase II, Lot 34, Island of Hawaii

Action: Approved

C. PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION

Land Animals

1. Request to 1) Allow the Importation under Permit of One Male and Five Female Barbary Sheep, or Aoudad, (Ammotragus lervia) by Three Ring Ranch Exotic Animal Sanctuary, Inc, (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii) for Educational Purposes in an Animal Sanctuary; and 2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Barbary Sheep for Educational Purposes at Three Ring Ranch Exotic Animal Sanctuary, Inc.

Action: Disapproved

Aquatic Animals

2. Request for (1) Preliminary Review of the Unlisted Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera picta) for Future Placement on the List of Restricted Animals (Part A) for Import for Scientific Research by Oceanic Institute [“OI”]; (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the Unlisted Harlequin Shrimp for Scientific Research by OI; (3) Allow the Importation of the Unlisted Harlequin Shrimp Under Special Permit for Scientific Research by OI; and (4) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the Unlisted Harlequin Shrimp Under Special Permit for Scientific Research by OI

Action: Approved

Plant Pest Control

3. Update on the Status of Plant Pest Control Branch Projects for Biological Control of Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis), Gorse (Ulex europaeus), and Erythrina gall wasp (Quadrasticus erythrinae).

Action: No action needed.

V. NEW BUSINESS

VI. ADJOURNMENT