WSR 98-14-089
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Filed June 30, 1998, 3:25 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Listing the fisher, margined sculpin and pygmy whitefish as endangered, threatened, or sensitive.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.020.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Update the endangered, threatened and sensitive species list to reflect the current status of the species.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Mike Kuttel, Assistant Director, Wildlife Management Program, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, phone (360) 902-2504, fax (360) 902-2162.
June 30, 1998
Robin Ayers
for Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator