WSR 17-04-041
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 17-18—Filed January 25, 2017, 11:11 a.m., effective January 25, 2017, 11:11 a.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for the Skykomish River and Wallace River.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-19000D.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.12.045, and 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: This emergency rule is needed to reopen the Skykomish River near Reiter Ponds and the Wallace River which were closed by filing WSR 17-02-048, because the returns of hatchery winter steelhead for broodstock purposes were well below required numbers. The winter steelhead egg take goals for the Snohomosh [Snohomish] hatcheries have now been met. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: January 25, 2017.
Joe Stohr
for J. W. Unsworth
Director
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 220-310-19000D
Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Puget Sound. (16-334)