WSR 10-07-003

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 10-48 -- Filed March 3, 2010, 3:08 p.m. , effective April 3, 2010 ]


     Effective Date of Rule: April 3, 2010.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900A; 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: This year, 4,500 adult spring chinook are expected to return to the Klickitat. Over seventy percent of the run is expected to be hatchery fish. After consulting with the Yakama Indian Nation, an additional hatchery spring chinook or hatchery steelhead was added to the daily limit. In addition, the extra weekend day of fishing added last year will continue in the spring of 2010. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: March 3, 2010.

Philip Anderson

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900A   Exceptions to statewide rules -- Klickitat River.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619, effective April 3, through May 31, 2010, in waters of the Klickitat River from the mouth to the Fisher Hill Bridge, the daily limit is two fish, of which two may be hatchery Chinook, hatchery steelhead or one of each. Open only on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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REPEALER


     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective June 1, 2010:


WAC 232-28-61900A Exceptions to statewide rules -- Klickitat River.

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