WSR 08-11-059

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 08-111 -- Filed May 16, 2008, 1:58 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 has been a good early showing of hatchery summer runs to date. Through May 7, nearly 50 hatchery summer run steelhead had returned to the trap at the dam. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 232-28-61900M   Exceptions to startwide rules -- North Fork Lewis River.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619, effective May 17, 2008 until further notice, in those waters of the North Fork Lewis River from the I-5 Bridge upstream to the overhead powerlines below Merwin Dam, special daily limit of three hatchery steelhead may be retained.

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     Reviser's note: The spelling error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.

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