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MULTI-AGENCY MEETING ON COFFEE LEAF RUST #11

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2021 9:30AM

Teleconferencing via ZOOM 

MEETING NOTES

●      Welcome/Introductions

●      Updates

o   HDOA

▪       Surveys

●      No new sites, a few reports of new infestation sites but know that CLR already exists in that area

●      First sample from Lanai was lost in transit, second sample and was not CLR but with visual considerations of imagery seen, CLR is likely. Will continue testing.

▪       Communication

●      Certified RUP applicators license would not be necessary for section 18 emergency use, record keeping requirements are still necessary

●      Personnel on Hawaii Island and Maui are available to assist with education, more updates next week

●      Draft poster from UH, HDOA will have an answer on going to print later today. HCA will assist with distribution and printing.

●      How can we get emergency declaration on State or Fed level so that farmers who have organic certification status will not be impacted by section 18 emergency use?

o   HCGA

▪       Section 18 Application

●      Close to finishing application

●      Having discussions with manufacturer of preaxor, providing data

●      Getting letters of support for crisis exemption package to be submitted to EPA

●      Targeting application submission for end of January, but concerned about 15 day period being too short and not having enough preparedness to get the most product out to farmers

●      Focus on outreach and educations

●      Growers met with EASF 

●      IR 4 program - UH Manoa - working on a chemsak proposal to use import tolerance data that EASF already has. If successful, this will help skip a lengthy step in the process.  IR 4 is planning to submit to chemsak committee at their next meeting

▪       Other

o   USDA

▪       PBARC

●      Testing resistance of varietals already growing in Hawaii

o   Lisa continuing en vitro trials

o   Mailed application quarantine or allowing propagation while in quarantine for WCR varieties 

●      Other

▪       APHIS role

●      Strategic Plan to control Coffee Leaf Rust in Hawaii

o   Funding

▪       No funds in F120

o   Implementation

▪       Task teams have been working and briefed on how they will follow up with implementation

o   Importing Plant materials 

▪       Prioritizing varietals

APHIS permits...

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