DNA Organics, INc
Summary
SCH Number
2025080366
Public Agency
California Department of Cannabis Control
(DCC)
Document Title
DNA Organics, INc
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/8/2025
Document Description
The proposed project will operate a Distributor Transport-Only out of an existing facility located at 2028 Old Airline HWY, Paicines, CA 95034 (APN APN’s 027-030-023, 027-030-024, 027-030-025, and 027-030-027). The applicant will cultivate on a maximum of 160 acres of canopy on an existing property totaling ±408 acres in the Agricultural Rangeland (AR) zone. The property is located west or HWY 25 and south of the Paicines Reservoir. The Distribution Transport-Only license will support cultivation business. The property is surrounded by a welded-wire galvanized steel fence, hosts several agriculture buildings and accessible by a dirt road. The parcel is flat and hosts several oak trees.
Contact Information
Name
Karin Linnen
Agency Name
California Department of Cannabis Control
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Paicines
Counties
San Benito
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Cross Streets
Old Airport Road and Old Airline Highway
Zip
95034
Parcel #
027-030-023, 027-030-024, 027-030-025, and 027-030-027
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Categorical Exemption: [Class 1 Categorical Exemption Cal. Code Regs,. Title 14, §15301]
Reasons for Exemption
The Department of Cannabis Control has determined that the project is a Class 1 Categorical Exemption Project.
Class 1 Categorical Exemptions consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alterations to existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination. The Project involves the use of an existing building with no proposal for building expansion. The design, location, size, and operating characteristics of the Project are compatible with the existing and future land uses within the vicinity as it is zoned light industrial zoned. None of the exceptions to the exemption defined in Section 15300.2 apply to the Project.
County Clerk
San Benito
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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