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California: New pot growing regulations enter 30-day comment period

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 10:59

The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board has issued a draft of a marijuana cultivation waiver that would allow growers to come into compliance with state water regulations, regardless of the legality of marijuana under state or federal law.

The proposed regulations containing provisions for a waiver is in a 30 day public comment period. If the proposal is finalized as drafted, sometime this year all private property growers, with more than six plants, must apply for this waiver if their operation could impact water quality. This process provides a pathway into compliance for growers in an otherwise totally unregulated industry.

The program creates a three tiered system based on environmental impact and size, with escalating levels of scrutiny, mitigations responsibility and potential fines. This action is the latest and most far reaching in the board’s efforts to rein in the environmental degradation that has resulted from unregulated marijuana...

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