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PLANT QUARANTINE
Kahului Airport Pest Risk Assessment (KARA)
 

The following pest risk assessment was undertaken by the Plant Quarantine Branch of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to evaluate the risks of the entry of pests and illegal plants and animals into Maui through direct overseas flights landing at Kahului Airport. The pathway risk assessment is a requirement of the Alien Species Action Plan for the Kahului Airport Improvements. The study was funded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration through an Airport Improvement Program Grant awarded to the State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation.

By conducting seven, three- to four-week inspection blitzes between September 2000 and July 2001,the Plant Quarantine Branch of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture performed a risk assessment on the movement of alien species from the continental United States and foreign areas to the Island of Maui through Kahului Airport. The Kahului Airport Pest Risk Assessment (KARA) involved intensive inspections of checked and carry-on-baggage by inspectors and detector dog teams; inspections of aircraft cabins and cargo holds of mainland flights; and 100% inspections of agricultural products shipped by air cargo.  Following is the Kahului Airport Pest Risk Assessment Report in PDF format.

Kahului Airport Pest Risk Assessment Report

TABLES

  • TABLE 1  –  Arrival and Interception Statistics for 1999/2000/2001

  • TABLE 2  –  Daily Flight Arrivals at Kahului Airport, Maui ((KARA 2000-2001)

  • TABLE 3  –  Baggage Statistics – Commercial Flights

  • TABLE 4  –  Walk-Through Inspections on Commercial Aircraft at Kahului Airport

  • TABLE 5  –  Walk-Through Inspections on Private Aircraft at Kahului Airport

  • TABLE 6  –  Detector Dog Team Statistics of Declared Agricultural Commodities

  • TABLE 7  –  Detector Dog Team Statistics of Undeclared Agricultural Commodities

  • TABLE 8  –  High-Risk Commodities Shipped Through Air Cargo

  • TABLE 9  –  Insect Species Intercepted in Air Cargo at Kahului Airport

  • TABLE 10 – Disposition of Insect Infested Commodities

  • TABLE 11 – NKO Insect Species Intercepted for the First Time

  • TABLE 12 – Plant Disease Organisms Intercepted in Air Cargo at Kahului Airport

  • TABLE 13 – Disposition of Disease-Infested Commodities

  • TABLE 14 – KARA Disease Interceptions – New State Records

  • TABLE 15 – Number of Cases and Infestation Rates of Organic and Commercial Produce

  • TABLE 16 – Ranking of Fifty Most Commonly Intercepted Insects in Kahului Airport Cargo Compared to Statewide Interception Ranking (1995-2001)

  • TABLE 17 – Comparisons between KARA and Statewide Interceptions

  • TABLE 18 – Ranking of Thirty Most Commonly Infested Commodities in Kahului Airport Air Cargo Compared to Statewide Infestation Ranking (1995-2001)

  • TABLE 19 – List of Moderate to Serious Pest Species Established in Hawaii During 1980-2002

APPENDICES

  • APPENDIX A – Federal-State Alien Species Action Plan (ASAP) for Kahului
                               Airport, Maui, dated August 1998

  • APPENDIX B - Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Prevention of Alien Species Introduction Through the Kahului Airport Among the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, and the Hawaii Department of Health, signed August 1998

  • APPENDIX C - Memorandum from Alan Holt Regarding Kahului Risk Assessment Draft Scope of Work, dated July 6, 2000

  • APPENDIX D - Memorandum from Dr. Fred Kraus Regarding Kahului Risk Assessment Draft Scope of Work, dated July10, 2000

  • APPENDIX E - Bill L. Callison Report:  Kahului, Maui, Hawaii Airport Improvement Alien Species Pest Risk Assessment Issues, dated March 7, 2000

  • APPENDIX F -The Emigrant Pests by Dr. Russell C. McGregor, dated May 1973

  • APPENDIX G - Distribution and Host Records of New Agricultural Pests and Other Organisms in Hawaii 1980-2002, dated May 7, 2002

EXHIBITS

  • EXHIBIT   1 – Kahului Airport (Maui) Risk Assessment Worksheet

  • EXHIBIT   2 – Kahului Airport (Maui) Risk Assessment Data Entry Screen

  • EXHIBIT   3 – State of Hawaii Department of Agriculture Plants and Animals

  •                         Declaration Form

  • EXHIBIT   4 – Work Schedule for Maui PQB Inspectors at Kahului Airport

  • EXHIBIT   5 – KARA Work Schedules for Off-Island PQB Inspectors

  • EXHIBIT   6 – KARA Expenditures

  • EXHIBIT   7 – Equipment Purchased for KARA

  • EXHIBIT   8 – Items Purchased Under ASAP Funding

  • EXHIBIT   9 – PQB Statewide Computer Inventory

  • EXHIBIT 10 – KARA Insect Interception Data

  • EXHIBIT 11 – KARA Disease Interception Data

  • EXHIBIT 12 – KARA Disposition Log (11/15/00-5/9/01)

  • EXHIBIT 13 – Proposed PQB Personnel For Kahului Airport