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<br /> RPR-13-2007 07:37 From:PLRNT INDUSTRY DIV 8089739533 To:808 933 1521 P.6~26 <br /> ~ Attachment A <br /> , <br /> ILrry Klm DiYic Kaehu <br /> M~xrr MwWlinlt Uhsdro~ <br /> , <br /> Bprbm'a J. Knxsow <br /> County of Mawai`i !kJ>uryManaXMRUtrecrnr <br /> BYl uwi.,i stroer • Hib, Hawei`i%7203982• (808)%I•tl21t FAx (808)%Ib553 <br /> KONA: 75-5706 Kuukiwi HiBbwuy, Suite 107. Keiha•Knna, M[nvei`i %740 <br /> (808)729-522M1 • f:uc(808)32G-Sb63 <br /> County of Wawaii <br /> Treatment Facility <br /> Cost-Sharing Program <br /> March 28, 2007 <br /> Potted foliage, flowering end landscape plants are a potential pathway for the <br /> movement of the coqui frog on the Island of Hawaii and from one island to another. <br /> Commercial nurseries have been identified as a potential source of the frog infestation <br /> and various proposals have been presented to stop the movement of the frog through <br /> the commercial plant trade. <br /> The 2006 Legislature through Act 160, SLH 2006 has made funds available to expand <br /> program efforts to control, contain and eradicate the coqui frog. <br /> For commercial nurseries, a promising technology is the application of hot water (113 <br /> degree Fahrenheit for a minimum of 5 minutes) in a chamber for the disinfestation of <br /> potted foliage plants and other plant materials and artlclea of the coqui frog. <br /> The technology has been researched and developed to a commercial application by <br /> researchers with the University of Hawaii College of Tropical r~gricukure and Human <br /> Resources and with the University of Hawaii -Hilo, Department of Agricultural <br /> Engineering. <br /> A hot water treatment facility has been installed by one grower an the Island of Oahu for <br /> the treatment of plants received from the Island of Hawaii and for the treatment of plants <br /> in production at the nursery prior to release to markets. <br /> A second treatment iacitilty was recenNy constructed by the Hawaii Department of <br /> Agriculture, Plant Quarantine Branch, at its main office complex on Oahu at 1&49 Auiki <br /> Street, Honolulu, Hawaii. The treatment facility will be used to treat plants found to be <br /> infested with the frog prior to the release of the plants to markets. <br /> State and County officials have met with representatives of the nursery industry on the <br /> Island of Hawaii to discuss proposed quarantine measures to prevent the movement of <br /> County Of Hawni'i iv m, tfqupl Cpponudty Pravidor and Empluyrx. <br /> <br />