EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: September 18, 2003.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900P and 232-28-61900Z; and amending WAC 232-28-619.
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: An extremely large run of fall chinook is returning to the Hanford Reach in 2003 and additional adult salmon are available for harvest. This year through September 16, the adult fall chinook count at Bonneville Dam was 485,000, the highest on record. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
September 19, 2003, 12:01 a.m.
September 18, 2003
J. P. Koenings
Director
(1) Columbia River:
(a) Effective September 19 through December 31, 2003, in those waters of the Columbia River from the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco to the Old Hanford townsite wooden powerline towers, special daily limit of six salmon, no more than four adults. Minimum size 12 inches.
(b) Effective September 19 through October 22, 2003, in those waters of the Columbia River from the Old Hanford townsite wooden powerline towers to Priest Rapids Dam, special daily limit of six salmon, no more than four adults. Minimum size 12 inches.
(2) Okanogan River (Okanogan Co.): Effective immediately through October 15, 2003, in those waters of the Okanogan River downstream of the Highway 97 Bridge to the mouth, open to salmon fishing, daily limit of six salmon, no more than two adults. Release sockeye and coho.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 232-28-61900P | Exceptions to statewide rules--Columbia, Cowlitz, Green, Klickitat, Lewis, Okanogan, Toutle, Washougal and Wind River. (03-139) |
| WAC 232-28-61900Z | Exceptions to statewide rules--Columbia River and Okanogan River. |