EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: October 15, 2003.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900S.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
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: The Reiter Ponds Hatchery has captured its minimum of 350 adult summer-run steelhead needed to fulfill egg take requirements. Excess steelhead around the Reiter Ponds outlet on the Skykomish River may now be utilized by recreational anglers according to the regulations listed in the sport fishing pamphlet. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
October 18, 2003, 8:00 a.m.
October 15, 2003
J. P. Koenings
Director
The following section of the Washington Administrative
Code is repealed effective 8:00 a.m. October 18, 2003:
| WAC 232-28-61900S | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Skykomish River. (Snohomish Co.) (03-162) |