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APR-13-2007 07:37 From:PLRNT INDUSTRY DIV 6089739533 To:808 933 1521 P.7~26 Treatment Facility Cost-Sharing Program Page 2 the coqui frog on the Island of Hawaii and from the Island of Hawaii to markets on other islands and the mainland. Nursery industry representatives were supportive of the project for the HDOA to construct a second hot water treatment facility on the Island of Hawaii, at or close to Hilo Harbor for the treatment of plants prior to movement from Hilo to other islands. The discussions, however, note serious logistics problems for nurseries with only a single Treatment facility for East Mawaii. The use of me single facility would require additional handling and transportation costs; uncertainties regarding timing of services (relative to barg® schedules), possibility of reinfestation of plants, and the need to find secured storage to allow plants to dry prior to final sleeving and loading into containers for shipment to markets. Alternative programs that have been suggested include: 1. Establishing a program for construction of facilities in key growing areas for use by growers in those areas. 2. Assistance to industry with design details and technical support for the construction of custom units at individual nurseries. 3. Cost sharing in the construction of facilities. 4. Technical assistance to minimize redundancies, e.g., HDOA, University or County could provide the resources (personnel and equipment) to calibrate systems at no or minimum costs to growers to assure quality assurance and quality control (gAlQC) in the use of hot water as a quarantine treatment and to assure the application of the technology in a manner that assure the maximum benefit to growers, 5. The need for the State, County and Industry to establish a program with support working groups far coqui frog and other pest of quarar~ine concern. The County of Mawaii currentty shepherds a mini rant program (maximum of $5,000) to support lacat neighborhoods control the coqui frog. Funds can be used for the purchase of chemicals (e.g., citric acid and hydrated lime), safety supplies, and other equipment for the treatment of infested areas to minimise the nuisance levels of the frog in neighborhoods. The County of Hawaii believes acost-sharing program for nurseries to cover allowable expenses in the construction of hot water treatment facilities is a program that should be pursued given the importance of the nursery industry to the overall economy of the County of Hawaii. County atlinwiri'i ev un i?gnal Oppo,wniq~ Ruvider anA Gmpbyer.