Overview

In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC), as Lead Agency, certified the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Licensing of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation in Mendocino County Project (Project) on October 17, 2024. The DCC currently issues commercial cannabis cultivation licenses under Division 10 of the Business and Professions Code and California Code of Regulations, title 4, division 19. 

All legal commercial cannabis activity must be conducted pursuant to state licensing requirements. As of the April 2023, there are 623 provisionally licensed commercial cannabis cultivation sites, 23 of which have associated cannabis distribution transport-only operations, within the unincorporated areas of Mendocino County that may operate under the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act while they actively and diligently purse all requirements for annual licensure. The EIR programmatically evaluates the environmental impacts of the DCC’s annual licensing of such provisionally licensed commercial cannabis operations in the County, as well as the environmental impacts of future licensed commercial cannabis operations. DCC continues to review individual applications for licensure and will use the EIR to streamline site-specific review as applicable under CEQA to enable the issuance of annual licenses.

Current status

DCC reviewed public comments on the EIR made during the comment period of May 3, 2024, to June 17, 2024. The EIR has been certified and copies are available upon request.

To receive a copy of the EIR, contact info@cannabis.ca.gov. Please note in your request if an ADA compliant version of the document is required.

Questions?

DCC’s team of cannabis experts is here to help. For additional questions regarding your license or environmental review, please contact info@cannabis.ca.gov.