PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Waterfowl regulations, licensed trapper requirements, and importation and retention of dead nonresident wildlife.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.047, 77.12.620, and 77.32.070.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Provides clarification and recreational opportunity.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Dave Brittell, Wildlife Program Assistant Director, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98504-1091, phone (360) 902-2515. Contact by June 7, 2010. Expected proposal filing on or after June 23, 2010.
May 5, 2010
Lori Preuss
Rules Coordinator