USDA Approves Hemp Production Plans for Utah, Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians

Date
September 11, 2020

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the approval of hemp production plans under the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program for Utah and the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, bringing the total number of approved plans to 60.

USDA continues to receive and review hemp production plans from states and Indian tribes. To review approved plans or check the status of a plan, visit the Status of State and Tribal Hemp Production Plans webpage.

State and tribal plans previously approved include: 

States

Tribes

Delaware

Blackfeet Nation

Florida

Cayuga Nation

Georgia

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

Iowa

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Kansas

Chippewa Cree Tribe

Louisiana

Colorado River Indian Tribes

Maine

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Maryland

Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians

Massachusetts

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe

Minnesota

Fort Belknap Indian Community

Missouri

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska

Montana

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

Nebraska

La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indian Tribes

New Jersey

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

Ohio

Lower Sioux Indian Community

Pennsylvania

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida

South Carolina

Oglala Sioux Tribe

Tennessee

Otoe-Missouria Tribe

Texas

Pala Band of Mission Indians

Washington

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

West Virginia

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

Wyoming

Pueblo of Picuris Tribe

Puerto Rico

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians

U.S. Virgin Islands

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

 

Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

 

Santa Rosa Cahuilla Indian Tribe

 

Santee Sioux Nation

 

Seneca Nation of Indians

 

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe

 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

 

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

 

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

 

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo

 

Yurok Tribe

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) directed USDA to develop a regulatory oversight program for hemp and include provisions for USDA to approve hemp production plans submitted by states and Indian tribes. Accordingly, on Oct. 31, 2019, USDA issued an interim final rule establishing the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program and the provisions for USDA to approve submitted plans. State and tribal plans provide details on practices and procedures that enable hemp producers in their jurisdictions to operate according to their individual plans and in compliance with federal laws.

For additional information about the program, visit the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program webpage.

For information or questions related to a specific plan, please contact the applicable state or tribe.

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