Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Subtitle 6 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Chapter 72 - PLANT AND NON-DOMESTIC ANIMAL QUARANTINE PLANT INTRASTATE RULES
Section 4-72-4.5 - Designation of infested areas; expansion
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 4-72-4.5
Current through February, 2024
(a) The area of infestation as designated by rule, including interim rule, may be expanded by the board to reflect the spread of a specific pest infestation in order to implement quarantine measures to prevent movement of the pest and its plant or commodity hosts from the expanded area of infestation to restricted areas, provided that:
(1) The board first obtains
advice from qualified persons with relevant expertise, but need not obtain
advisory committee review;
(2) The
board designates the expanded infested area, identifying the revised
geographical extent of the infestation;
(3) The board's action occurs at a meeting on
the island where the new infestation has occurred, following written notice of
the proposed board designation to industry groups likely to be
affected;
(4) The department issues
a press release and written notice of the designation of expansion of the
infested area to affected industry groups prior to the effective date of
designation of expanded infested area; and
(5) Notice of the board's action, including
its effective date, is posted by the following day on the department's website
and is given in a daily or weekly publication of statewide circulation or in
separate daily or weekly publications whose combined circulation is statewide
within twelve days of the board's action.
(b) The board's designation of an expanded infested area shall be effective the day following the board's action, unless a later effective date is specified by the board's action.
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