WSR 14-21-153
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 14-299—Filed October 21, 2014, 2:06 p.m., effective November 1, 2014]
Effective Date of Rule: November 1, 2014.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-310-190.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, and 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: The Washington department of fish and wildlife will increase winter recreational opportunity in inland waters throughout the Puget Sound region by stocking more than three hundred thousand catchable-size (ten to twelve inches) or larger rainbow trout. Changes to rules are needed to provide for the additional opportunity enabled by the stocking. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: October 21, 2014.
Joe Stohr
for Philip Anderson
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-19000K Freshwater exceptions to statewide rulesPuget Sound.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-190, effective November 1, 2014, until further notice. it is permissible to fish in waters of Langlois Lake and Walker Lake.
(1) Daily limit of 10 trout.
(2) No size restrictions apply.
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.