EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: May 29, 2003.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000Z; and amending WAC 220-56-330.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 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: A new quota for each area is available beginning June 1. In addition, shell condition testing indicates the molt has been completed and both areas can open for harvest. There is insufficient time to promulgate 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
June 1, 2003, 7:00 a.m.
May 29, 2003
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
1) Effective immediately until 9:00 p.m. August 11, 2003, Fridays through Mondays only, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use in that portion of Marine Area 8-2, south of a line that extends from Camano Head on the southern tip of Camano Island southward to Sandy Point on Whidbey Island.
2) Effective 7:00 a.m. June 1, 2003, until further notice, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use in Marine Areas 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative
Code is repealed effective 7:00 a.m. June 1, 2003:
| WAC 220-56-33000Z | Crab--Areas and seasons. (03-99) |