WSR 98-17-053
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 98-150--Filed August 14, 1998, 3:05 p.m.]
Date of Adoption: August 14, 1998.
Purpose: Personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-38000M; and amending WAC 220-56-380.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 75.08.080.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: These closures ensure conservation and/or court ordered sharing of the allowable oyster harvest. There is insufficient time to promulgate permanent rules.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, amended 0, repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.
August 14, 1998
Mike Kuttel
for Bern Shanks
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-38000N Oysters--Areas and seasons. Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-380, effective immediately until further notice it is unlawful to harvest or possess oysters taken for personal from the following public tidelands except as provided below:
(1) Point Whitney Tidelands - Closed until further notice.
(2) Potlatch State Park - Closed August 16 until further notice.
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REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 220-56-38000M Oysters--Areas and seasons. (98-131)