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Date:       October 24, 2006 (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 09/26/06
            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
                DOAÂ’s Emergency Loan Program to
                Provide Relief Due to Disaster Damage
                and Losses Caused by the Earthquake.

   Action:  Approved

 B.           PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION

 1.            Submission of Hearing OfficerÂ’s Summary
                of Public Hearing Testimony on Proposed
                Amendments to Chapter 4-66, Hawaii
                Administrative Rules (Pesticides Rules);
               and (2) Request for Final Approval of
               Proposed Amendments to Chapter 4-66,
               Hawaii Administrative Rules (Pesticides
               Rules).

               Action:  Approved

 2.            Request for: (1)  Importation of 300,000
                Orchids from Taiwan; (2) Exemption of
                 Importation of 300,000 Orchids from
                Taiwan from Standard Quarantine and
                Establishment of Alternative Pest
                Mitigation Conditions

               Action:  Approved

V.        NEW BUSINESS

VII.            ADJOURNMENT