WSR 07-21-012

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 07-242 -- Filed October 5, 2007, 2:56 p.m. , effective October 5, 2007, 2:56 p.m. ]


     Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-11500E and 220-56-11600E; and amending WAC 220-56-115 and 220-56-116.

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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: October 5, 2007.

J. P. Koenings

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-11500E   Angling gear--Lawful and unlawful acts.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-115, effective immediately through October 31, 2007, it is unlawful to use forage fish jigger gear in waters of Duwamish waterway downstream from the First Avenue South Bridge to an east-west line through Southwest Hanford Street on Harbor Island parallel to Southwest Spokane Street where it crosses Harbor Island.

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[NEW SECTION]WAC 220-56-11600E   Statewide saltwater hook rules.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-116, effective immediately through October 31, 2007, a non-buoyant lure restriction is no longer in effect in waters of the Duwamish waterway downstream from the First Avenue Bridge to an east-west line through Southwest Hanford Street on Harbor Island parallel to Southwest Spokane Street where it crosses Harbor Island.

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     Reviser's note: The bracketed material preceding the section above was supplied by the code reviser's office.
REPEALER

     The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed effective 12:01 a.m. November 1, 2007:


WAC 220-56-11500E Angling gear -- Lawful and unlawful acts.
WAC 220-56-11600E Statewide saltwater hook rules.

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