CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing Program

SCH Number: 2016082077
Lead Agency: Food and Agriculture, Department of (Department of Food and Agriculture)
Document Title: CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing Program
Document Type: EIR - Draft EIR
Received: 6/15/2017

Document Description: The overarching goal of the proposed program is to establish a regulatory licensing program that would ensure that commercial cannabis cultivation operations would be performed in a manner that protects the general public, cannabis cultivation workers, and the environment from the individual and cumulative effects of these operations, and fully complies with all applicable laws. An additional purpose is to establish a track and trace program to ensure the movement of medical and adult-use cannabis items are tracked throughout the production chain.

Contact Information: Amber Morris
Department of Food and Agriculture
1220 N Street, Room 400
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-263-0801

Review Period Start: 6/15/2017
Review Period End: 7/31/2017
Development Type: Other (statewide regulations for commercial cannabis cultivation)
Local Action: Other Action Other Action: regulations
Project Issues: Aesthetic/Visual Agricultural Land Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Biological Resources Drainage/Absorption Flood Plain/Flooding Forest Land/Fire Hazard Geologic/Seismic Minerals Noise Population/Housing Balance Public Services Recreation/Parks Schools/Universities Septic System Sewer Capacity Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Solid Waste Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Vegetation Water Quality Water Supply Wetland/Riparian Growth Inducing Land Use Cumulative Effects Other Issues Other Issues: GHG, TCR
Reviewing Agencies: California Department of Parks and Recreation Department of Water Resources Native American Heritage Commission Office of Emergency Services, California Regional Water Quality Control Bd., Region 5 (Sacramento) Resources Agency State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 2