ACTIONS

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING

Date:               January 23, 2008 (Wednesday)                                

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 10/23/07 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 for Approval of (1) One Direct Emergency Operating Loan to
                                 James Y. S. Song.

                                 Action:  Approved

                        2.      Request for Approval of (1) Direct Real Estate Loan to Pukalani Plant Co., Inc.

                                 Action:  Approved

                        3.      Request for Approval of Parameters for DOA's Emergency Loan Program to
                                 Provide Relief Due to High Winds, Heavy Rains and Flooding on all Islands. 

                                 Action:  Approved

B.     AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

       1.   Request for Consent to Assignment of Lease
             General Lease No. S-4681
             Keahole Agricultural Park, Phase I, Lot 2, Island of Hawai’i

              Action:  Approved

       2.   Request for Consent to Assignment of Lease
             General Lease No. S-4682
             Keahole Agricultural Park, Phase I, Lot 3, Island of Hawai’i

             Action:  Approved

C.        QUALITY ASSURANCE DIVISION

         1.      Request for Waiver of Requirement that no Milk Producer or Producer-Distributor
                  have a Milk Quota Exceeding Twenty Percent of the Total Quota Established in a
                  Milk Shed, as Set Forth in Section 157-34(f), Hawaii Revised Statutes.

                    Action:  Approved

          2.      Request for (1) Preliminary Approval of Proposed Chapter 4-XX, Hawaii
                   Administrative Rules, entitled “VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION OF SERVICE PERSONS”
                   and (2) Authorization of the Chairperson to Schedule Public Hearings and Appoint
                   One or More Hearing Officers.

                     Action:  Approved

          3.      Request for (1) Preliminary Approval of Proposed Chapter 4-XX, Hawaii
                   Administrative Rules, entitled “SCHEDULE AND FEES FOR LICENSING DEVICES
                   SUSCEPTIBLE OF COMMERCIAL USAGE, AND MEASURING DEVICES AND
                   MEASUREMENT STANDARDS FOR TESTING OR CERTIFICATION” and
                   (2) Authorization of the Chairperson to Schedule Public Hearings and Appoint
                   One or More Hearing Officers.

                     Action:  Approved

V.         NEW BUSINESS 

VI.        ADJOURNMENT