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Board denies petition to start rulemaking on CBB designation; directs expedited quarantine‑expansion process for Kauai, Molokai and Lanai
Summary
The Board of Agriculture denied a petition from CTAHR to initiate formal rulemaking to designate Kauai, Molokai and Lanai as coffee berry borer (CBB) infested, and instead directed the Plant Quarantine Branch to pursue an expedited administrative quarantine‑expansion under HAR to accomplish a designation more quickly.
The Board of Agriculture voted to deny a petition from the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) that sought initiation of formal rulemaking to designate Kauai, Molokai and Lanai as infested with coffee berry borer (CBB). Rather than start the longer rulemaking process (which can take approximately a year), the board directed HDOA’s Plant Quarantine Branch to work with the petitioner and industry partners to pursue an administrative quarantine‑expansion process under the relevant HAR sections to designate those islands as infested more rapidly.
Plant Quarantine Branch manager Jonathan…
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