Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 3 - DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 20-1 - Interim Rule - Prohibits the Movement of Coffee Plants and Plant Parts due to Coffee Leaf Rust › PLANT QUARANTINE INTERIM RULE 20-1

Current through June, 2024
Prohibits the Intrastate Movement of Coffee Plants
(Coffea arabica, C. canephora
and other
Coffea
spp. Including Hybrids and Varietals,) and Plant Parts
				  Such as Green Beans, Fruits, Leaves, Stems, Twigs, Cuttings, Wood, Logs, and
				  Mulch or Greenwaste, Used Coffee-Related Packing Materials Such as Coffee Bags,
				  and Any Previously-Used Equipment Used to Harvest, Transport, or Process Coffee
				  Plants or Plant Parts, All of Which Are Potential Carriers of the Fungus,
				  Coffee Leaf Rust,
Hemileia vastatrix,
From the Island of Maui,
				  Hawaii Island, or Any Other Island Confirmed with Coffee Leaf Rust
Except by Permit Issued by the Hawaii Department of
				  Agriculture
Under authorization granted in Section 150-9.5, Hawaii
				  Revised Statutes (HRS), the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (Department)
				  hereby establishes this interim rule to impose a quarantine on the movement of
				  coffee plants
(Coffea arabica, C. canephora
and other
Coffea
spp. including hybrids and varietals), plant parts such
				  as green beans, fruits, leaves, stems, twigs, cuttings, wood, logs, and mulch
				  or greenwaste, used coffee-related packing materials such as coffee bags, and
				  any previously-used equipment used to harvest, transport, or process coffee
				  plants or plant parts from the Island of Maui and Hawaii Island. These
				  quarantine areas are established to prevent the spread of the Coffee Leaf Rust,
Hemileia vastatrix,
a fungal pathogen, from areas infested by
H. vastatrix
to uninfested areas within the State.
Movement or transportation of coffee plants
(Coffea
				  arabica, C. canephora
and other
Coffea
spp. including
				  hybrids and varietals
)
, plant parts such as green beans,
				  fruits, leaves, stems, twigs, cuttings, wood, logs, and mulch or greenwaste,
				  used coffee-related packing materials such as coffee bags, and any
				  previously-used equipment used to harvest, transport, or process coffee plants
				  or plant parts from the Island of Maui and Hawaii Island is prohibited except
				  by permit issued by the Department:
1)
				for green coffee beans for roasting, or other non-propagative plant parts, that
				are shipped to an approved facility located in an uninfested area that is
				located at least two miles from a commercial coffee growing area, or are
				subjected to an approved treatment;
2) for plants from Department certified
				nurseries, green coffee beans for roasting, or other non-propagative plant
				parts, that are transshipped through an uninfested area of the State with a
				final destination outside the State;
3) for previously-used equipment that is
				designed to harvest, process or transport coffee plants or plant parts;
4) for plants and plant parts for
				scientific studies or other diagnostic uses at approved facilities, provided
				the contents and packing materials used for shipping are subjected to a
				treatment approved by the PQB chief after the contents are unloaded;
5) coffee plants, beans for roasting, other
				non-propagative plant parts, used coffee bags, and previously-used coffee
				harvesting, processing or transporting equipment, that are shipped between
				infested areas; and
6) for limited
				quantities of coffee plants for propagation from an infested area to a
				non-infested area, subject to a one-year quarantine in a state-run facility,
				provided that the Board of Agriculture may reduce the quarantine period. All
				movement is subject to inspection and approved mitigation and decontamination
				measures. This interim rule does not affect the movement of roasted coffee
				beans, or restrict the export of coffee plants and plant parts, green coffee
				beans, used coffee bags, or other CLR carriers, provided they are shipped
				directly from an infested area to a destination outside of the State.
Any person who violates this rule shall be guilty of a
				  misdemeanor and fined not less than $100. The provisions of HRS section
				  706-640
				  notwithstanding, the maximum fine shall be $10,000. For a second offense
				  committed within five years of a prior conviction, the person or organization
				  shall be fined not less than $500 and not more than $25,000.
This interim rule shall become effective on Friday, November
				  20th, 2020 and is valid for no longer than one year
				  from its inception.