WSR 15-06-023
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 15-035—Filed February 24, 2015, 4:39 p.m., effective March 27, 2015]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This rule proposal repeals WAC 220-52-01904 as it was rendered unnecessary after January 1, 2015.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: WAC 220-52-01904 was adopted to create an on-boarding process for Washington department of fish and wildlife (WDFW) to issue 2015 geoduck diver licenses at the end of 2014 due to recent changes to state law limiting the number of geoduck diver licenses WDFW may issue to seventy-seven beginning January 1, 2015. When WAC 220-52-01904 was adopted, WAC 220-52-01905 Commercial geoduck harvestGeoduck diver license application and issuance process, was also adopted. WAC 220-52-01905 details the license issuance process WDFW will use after January 1, 2015, and will go into effect that date. For these reasons, WAC 220-52-01904 will no longer [be] necessary and should be repealed after January 1, 2015.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-52-01904.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.12.047, and 77.65.410.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-01-196 on December 24, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: February 20, 2015.
Brad Smith, PhD, Chair
Fish and Wildlife Commission
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 220-52-01904
Commercial geoduck harvestLicense application and issuance process for 2015 geoduck diver licenses.