WSR 17-21-022
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 17-278—Filed October 9, 2017, 4:25 p.m., effective October 9, 2017, 4:25 p.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Repeals emergency rule which allowed commercial fishermen to retain a daily limit of three salmon for personal use taken during a commercial fishery.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-354-03000B.
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 repeal filing WSR 17-21-006 which allowed commercial fishermen to take home a daily limit of three salmon for personal use. The commercial fisheries that the emergency rule was intended to cover have closed and is no longer needed.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: October 9, 2017.
Joe Stohr
for J. W. Unsworth
Director
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 220-354-03000B
Sale and purchase of commercial caught salmon. (17-267)