WSR 10-01-087

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 09-265 -- Filed December 16, 2009, 9:30 a.m. , effective December 19, 2009 ]


     Effective Date of Rule: December 19, 2009.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900J; and amending WAC 232-28-619.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020.

     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: The Marblemount Hatchery facility has not been able to collect returning hatchery winter steelhead broodstock, and is in jeopardy of failing to meet egg take goals. The closure of the fishery is necessary in order to collect sufficient fish to meet egg take needs. There is insufficient time to adopt 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: December 16, 2009.

Lori Preuss

for Philip Anderson

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900J   Exceptions to statewide rules -- Cascade River.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619, effective December 19, 2009 through January 31, 2010, those waters of the Cascade River from the mouth upstream to Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge are closed to fishing.

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REPEALER


     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective February 1, 2010:


WAC 232-28-61900J Exceptions to statewide rules -- Cascade River.

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