WSR 08-11-058

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 08-110 -- Filed May 16, 2008, 1:56 p.m. , effective May 17, 2008 ]


     Effective Date of Rule: May 17, 2008.

     Purpose: Amend fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: 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: There have been strong returns of hatchery late stock winter run steelhead and a good early showing of hatchery summer runs to date. Through May 7, nearly 1,000 hatchery late stock winter steelhead and 30 hatchery summer run steelhead had returned to the salmon hatchery. Excess hatchery fish are available 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: May 16, 2008.

J. P. Koenings

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900L   Exceptions to statewide rules -- Cowlitz River.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619, effective May 17, 2008 until further notice, in those waters of the Cowlitz River from the Highway 4 Bridge at Kelso upstream to Mayfield Dam, special daily limit of three hatchery steelhead may be retained.

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