Notice of Designation of the Islands of Kauai and Lanai as Expanded
Coffee Berry Borer Infested Areas, Subject to Quarantine

The Board is authorized to expand a designated CBB infested area to implement quarantine measures to prevent the spread of CBB and its plant or commodity hosts from designated areas of infestation to a restricted (uninfested) area, pursuant to sections 4-72-10 and 4-72-21, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR). Due to findings of CBB infesting multiple locations on Kauai and Lanai and consultation with qualified persons with relevant expertise on this subject, it was determined island wide quarantines for Kauai and Lanai were necessary to prevent the further spread of CBB.

The Board’s designation of Kauai and Lanai as expanded CBB infested areas means coffee and related CBB host material from Kauai and Lanai are subject to the same quarantine restrictions specified in section 4-72-21, HAR, that already apply to Hawaii Island, Oahu, and Maui, which are also designated CBB infested areas. The quarantine restrictions among other things, prohibit movement or transportation of coffee plants and parts thereof, including green (unroasted) coffee beans, used coffee bags, and coffee harvesting equipment, including baskets, sacks, or containers, from a CBB infested area to an area that is not infested by CBB, except by permit issued by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB). A permit may be issued by the DAB’s Plant Quarantine Branch chief (chief) for the transportation of a commodity or item listed in the preceding sentence with conditions established by the chief appropriate for each of the following circumstances, subject to appropriate conditions established by the chief: (1) coffee plants and plant parts for propagation when subject to treatment with an approved pesticide, and grown and monitored in quarantine for a period of not less than one year at a State facility; (2) coffee plants and plant parts that are shipped using safeguards approved by the chief to an approved facility for research purposes; (3) roasting of green coffee beans that have been subjected to treatments approved by the chief; (4) roasting of untreated green coffee beans that are shipped using safeguards approved by the chief to an approved facility that is located at least five miles away from a commercial coffee growing area; (5) used coffee bags that have been subjected to treatments approved by the chief; or (6) coffee harvesting equipment that has been subjected to treatments approved by the chief. Additionally, the chief is authorized to approve treatments and mitigative measures as they are scientifically validated and may revise permit conditions accordingly, as necessary to prevent movement of CBB from an infested area and to preserve the quarantine. Organic treatment methods are available, as approved by the chief.

Export (out-of-state) shipments of coffee plants and plant parts, green coffee beans, and used coffee bags are not subject to quarantine restrictions, provided they are exported directly from the CBB infested area and are not transshipped through a CBB uninfested area in the State. Coffee plants and plant parts, green coffee beans, and used coffee bags for export that move from one infested area to another or that are exported via transshipment through a CBB uninfested area must be double-bagged in thick, transparent, non-permeable plastic bags that are sealed and labeled to identify their contents as being from a specific CBB infested area, provided that the chief is authorized to revise these required safeguards, as necessary.

Under the Board’s designation of Kauai and Lanai as expanded CBB infested areas, the movement of green (unroasted) coffee, used coffee bags, and coffee harvesting equipment between CBB infested areas, i.e., between Hawaii Island, Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Lanai will not require a permit but will be subject to periodic and random inspection. DAB’s Plant Intrastate Rules, chapter 4-72-4, HAR, provides that the PQB chief may authorize the transportation of an untreated infested commodity to an island or area where the pest is known to be established. As it is still important to limit the spread of CBB, shipments of coffee plants and propagative plant parts including seeds for planting between CBB infested islands will require a permit with appropriate safeguards.