USDA Approves Hemp Production Plans for Maryland and the Lower Sioux Indian Community

Date
August 06, 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 Maryland and the Lower Sioux Indian Community, bringing the total number of approved plans to 55.

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

Massachusetts

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Minnesota

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe

Montana

Fort Belknap Indian Community

Nebraska

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska

New Jersey

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

Ohio

La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indian Tribes

Pennsylvania

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

South Carolina

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida

Tennessee

Oglala Sioux Tribe

Texas

Otoe-Missouria Tribe

Washington

Pala Band of Mission Indians

West Virginia

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

Wyoming

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

Puerto Rico

Pueblo of Picuris Tribe

U.S. Virgin Islands

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians

 

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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