WSR 16-15-025 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 16-177—Filed July 11, 2016, 3:23 p.m., effective July 14, 2016] Effective Date of Rule: July 14, 2016.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules in the Klickitat River.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-19500N; and amending WAC 220-310-195.
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: This emergency rule is needed to close the area to retention of hatchery adult Chinook salmon because to date, only three hundred sixty adult Chinook have entered the hatchery. The escapement goal for the facility is five hundred Chinook. The closure will allow more hatchery adults to enter the hatchery. There is insufficient time to adopt 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 11, 2016.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-19500N Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Eastside.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-195, effective July 14 through July 31, 2016, it is unlawful to retain hatchery adult Chinook salmon in those waters of the Klickitat River from posted markers above Klickitat Salmon Hatchery to Summit Creek Bridge, 5 miles downstream.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective August 1, 2016:
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