PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Unlawful firearms; muzzleloader firearms; bow and arrow requirements; nontoxic shot; special area closures; firearm restriction areas; hunting hours; small game, bear, cougar, deer and elk seasons and regulations; deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat quotas; GMU boundary descriptions; use of decoys on department lands; auction permit procedures and landowner damage hunts.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.010, 77.12.040.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Recreational opportunity for hunters.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Dave Brittell, Assistant Director, Wildlife Program, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, (360) 902-2504. Contact by February 15, 2000, rule proposal filing expected to be March 1, 2000.
December 20, 1999
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator