Haw. Code R. § 4-69A-3 - Criteria to designate pests for control or eradication
(a) Each insect, mite, other pest or plant
disease designated by the department as a pest for control or eradication
programs shall meet one or more of the following criteria:
(1) There is a record of economic damage in
the scientific literature documenting the designated pest's potential for
injury to the agricultural industries or vegetation of value in the
State.
(2) The designated pest is
causing or is about to cause economic loss by damage to a crop or agricultural
commodity, by adversely affecting marketability, causing a loss in yield, or
the like.
(3) The designated pest
transmits plant diseases which cause economic loss to a crop or agricultural
commodity by adversely affecting marketability, causing a loss in yield, or the
like.
(4) The designated pest is
injurious or deleterious to livestock by virtue of being venomous, parasitic,
or a carrier or reservoir of diseases.
(b) All noxious weeds designated pursuant to
chapter 4-68, Hawaii Administrative Rules, are pests for control or eradication
within the meaning of this chapter.
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