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MULTI-AGENCY MEETING ON COFFEE LEAF RUST #14

WEDNESDAY, February 3, 2021 9:30AM

Teleconferencing via ZOOM 

Notes

●      Welcome/Introductions

●      Updates

o   HDOA

▪       Surveys

●      Due to rain, surveys have slowed, restarted across the state this week

●      Maunawili- tightened protocol in regards to sanitation

●      Surveyed two other sites on Oahu and both negative

●      No significant changes on other islands

●      Lanai has been officially confirmed

●      Official confirmation for Oahu is in process

▪       Role of HDOA 

●      2 FTEs places CLR on a lower priority for HDOA than needed

●      Regulatory issue - HDOA and PPQ play a big role in

●      Mid term and long term - given lack of money, HDOA should have a larger role but lacks funding and support

●      Lead coordinator in CLR efforts 

o   Asked Senate in testimony for lead Coordinator (State and Federal level) for CLR task - Issue a contract for HDOA 

●      Asking for meeting notes from APHIS and HDOA

▪       Emergency Declaration

▪       Section 18 leadership

●      Reporting requirements & template

●      Enforcement requirements and protocols

●      Enhanced outreach and education plan relating to the Section 18

●      John McHugh waiver

▪       Update re PBARC amended quarantine conditions: Next week

o   HCGA

▪       Section 18 Application Update

●      Draft complete by McHugh and delivered by Scott Enright

●      Remaining items: receivables from HDOA (enforcement protocol and outreach) and from BASF (manufacturer) - hope to have this itemized list finalized this week after meeting this week

▪       Other

o   USDA

▪       PBARC

●      Testing resistance of varietals already growing in Hawaii

o   Tupi and Obata seedlings - will be lab testing shortly (within the month)

●      Other

o   Still waiting on the race of CLR we have

▪       Possibly general race 2

o   Working with perdue on genome testing to determine general location that CLR came from

●      CLR Survey update in PDF

o   Makalei to South Kona - found that out of those 25 lots, 17 were positive, avg was 3-5% 

▪       APHIS role

●      Strategic Plan to control Coffee Leaf Rust in Hawaii

o   Funding for CLR coordinator 

▪       No APHIS funding at this time, will have to come from congress

o   Implementation

o   Support for task 9 - econ analysis by PBARC

o   Import CLR resistant varieties into Hawaii

▪       Tracie submitted request 4 weeks ago and needs HDOA to act on this ASAP

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