Effective Date of Rule: February 15, 2013.

     Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: 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 spring chinook returns to the Kalama and Lewis rivers are predicted to be below average in 2013. The expected returns are needed to provide for the hatchery escapement goals and do not provide sufficient numbers of fish for harvest. The hatchery returns will be monitored weekly to assess the strength of the returns. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: February 7, 2013.

Philip Anderson

Director

     (1) Effective February 15, 2013, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for or possess Chinook salmon in the following waters:

     a. Kalama River - from boundary markers at the mouth upstream to the upper salmon hatchery (Kalama Falls Hatchery).

     b. Lewis River - from the mouth upstream to the mouth of the East Fork.

     c. North Fork Lewis River - from the mouth of East Fork upstream to the overhead powerlines below Merwin Dam.

     (2) Effective February 15, 2013 through May 31, 2013, it is unlawful to fish in the following waters:

     a. North Fork Lewis River - from Johnson Creek upstream to the overhead powerlines below Merwin Dam.

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