Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 7 - QUALITY ASSURANCE DIVISION › Chapter 161 - HAWAII-GROWN INDUSTRIAL HEMP › Section 4-161-2 - Licensing

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each applicant for an industrial hemp
				license shall submit a signed, complete, accurate, and legible application, on
				a form provided by the department, as specified by statute, in which the
				applicant plans to grow industrial hemp, which shall include the following:
(1) The applicant's name, mailing address,
				and phone number in Hawaii and, if applicable electronic mail
				address;
(2) If the applicant is an
				individual or partnership, the date of birth of the individual or
				partners;
(3) If the applicant is
				any business entity other than an individual, partnership, or institution of
				higher education documentation that the entity is authorized to do business in
				Hawaii;
(4) The cultivated variety
				that will be sown;
(5) The source
				and amount of seed, cuttings, or seedlings to be used;
(A) If seed importation assistance from the
				department is requested, the applicant shall be responsible for all costs
				associated with the seed purchase and importation.
(B) If cuttings or seedlings are the
				applicant's initial source and are approved in a pre-planting report, a
				movement report shall be submitted prior to any movement of the cuttings or
				seedlings and shall include the location from which the product will be moved,
				the mode of transportation, the location to which the product will be moved,
				and the seed cultivar of the product. The department may require inspection or
				sampling of the product prior to movement.
(6) The number of acres to be cultivated for
				seed, viable grain, industrial products, or any combination thereof;
(7) The global positioning system coordinates
				in decimal degrees from the central most point of the licensed land area and a
				map showing the location of the licensed area in terms of its legal address or
				legal description;
(8) A statement
				that the applicant is the fee simple owner of the licensed land area to be used
				for the cultivation or a statement signed by the fee simple owner of the
				licensed land area indicating that the owner has consented to that
				use;
(9) The address of the place
				in Hawaii where the applicant will keep the records, books, electronic data, or
				other documents that are required by this chapter;
(10) The name and address of each place where
				the industrial hemp is to be stored, sold, or provided, indicating for each
				place the form of the industrial hemp; and
(11) The applicant's acknowledgement and
				agreement to the following terms and conditions:
(A) Any information obtained by the
				department may be publicly disclosed and provided to law enforcement without
				further notice to the applicant or licensee;
(B) The applicant has the legal authority to
				grant the department access to the proposed licensed land area for inspection
				and sampling and agrees to allow any inspection and sampling the department
				deems necessary;
(C) The applicant
				agrees to pay for any sampling and analysis cost the department deems
				necessary;
(D) The applicant agrees
				to submit all required reports by the applicable due dates specified by the
				department; and
(E) The applicant
				and any partners, directors, or members have not been convicted of any felony
				related to the possession, production, sale, or distribution of a controlled
				substance in any form in this or any other country.