WSR 04-15-022

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 04-167 -- Filed July 9, 2004, 2:28 p.m. , effective July 9, 2004 ]


     

     Purpose: Amend personal use rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900X; 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: These rules were adopted and are interim until permanent rules take effect.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: July 9, 2004.

J. P. Koenings

Director

by Larry Peck


NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900A   Exceptions to statewide rules -- Sturgeon.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619:

     (1) Effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to retain sturgeon in those waters of the Columbia River and tributaries from the Wauna powerlines downstream to the mouth.

     (2) Open to fishing for sturgeon through July 31, 2004, in those waters from Beacon Rock to the Light 85 Line, except sturgeon may only be retained Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays

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REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 232-28-61900X Exception to statewide rules -- Sturgeon. (04-163)

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