Grow site gets no action

Whitman County on Monday received the 12th application for marijuana producing and processing. After the county commissioners looked it over, they again decided to take no action on the application.

DP Farms at 13301 Pine City-Malden Road are the latest applicants. Patrick and Drew Gordon were listed as the partners of DP Farms.

The application will now go back to the state Liquor Control Board for further processing.

County commissioners have taken no action on any of the marijuana producing and processing applications which are relayed to them by the liquor board.

Commissioners have stated in the past that they have chosen not to take action because they feel county zoning regulations take care of all aspects of any applications they receive.

When people apply for a license to produce, process or sell marijuana, applications go through the Liquor Control Board which notifies respective local government entities.

Once all the paperwork is in, the application is processed by the state board.

The state has no limit on the number of marijuana producers or processors, but the number of retailers is limited to 334 statewide. Whitman County was allocated to four stores, three in Pullman and one at large. None are in operation to date.

The other applications for producing and processing sites in the county are in the Endicott, Thornton and Pullman areas. One application also came from Garfield.