WSR 08-14-056

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 08-153 -- Filed June 25, 2008, 8:34 a.m. , effective June 25, 2008, 8:34 a.m. ]


     Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900A, 232-28-61900N and 232-28-61900E; 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: With a late surge, the hatchery brood stock goal is expected to be met. However, additional fish are needed for reintroduction and additional harvest opportunity in the upper watershed. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 3.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: June 25, 2008.

J. P. Koenings

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900E   Exceptions to statewide rules -- Cowlitz River.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619, effective June 25 through July 31, 2008, a person may fish for salmon from boundary markers at the mouth to Mayfield Dam. Daily limit six salmon, no more than two may be adults and only one of the adults may be a Chinook salmon, minimum size 12 inches. Only hatchery coho and hatchery Chinook may be retained.

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REPEALER


     The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed effective June 25, 2008:


WAC 232-28-61900A Exceptions to statewide rules -- Lewis River. (08-134)
WAC 232-28-61900N Exceptions to statewide rules -- Cowlitz and Kalama rivers. (08-112)

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. August 1, 2008:


WAC 232-28-61900E Exceptions to statewide rules -- Cowlitz River.

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