WSR 15-01-196 PROPOSED RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Filed December 24, 2014, 10:44 a.m.]
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 14-22-111 on November 5, 2014.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Repealing WAC 220-52-01904 Commercial geoduck harvest—License application and issuance process for 2015 geoduck diver licenses.
Hearing Location(s): Natural Resources Building, Room 175, 1111 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504, on February 6-7, 2015, at 8:30 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: On or after February 20, 2015.
Submit Written Comments to: Joanna Eide, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Rules Coordinator, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, e-mail Rules.Coordinator@dfw.wa.gov, fax (360) 902-2155, by January 23, 2015.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Tami Lininger by January 28, 2015, TTY (800) 833-6388 or (360) 902-2267.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The department proposes repealing WAC 220-52-01904 Commercial geoduck harvest—License application and issuance process for 2015 geoduck diver licenses.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: WAC 220-52-01904 was adopted to create an on-boarding process for WDFW to issue 2015 geoduck diver licenses at the end of 2014 due to recent changes to state law limiting the number of geoduck diver licenses WDFW may issue to seventy-seven beginning January 1, 2015. When WAC 220-52-01904 was adopted, WAC 220-52-01905 Commercial geoduck harvest—Geoduck diver license application and issuance process, was also adopted. WAC 220-52-01905, details the license issuance process WDFW will use after January 1, 2015, and will go into effect that date. For these reasons, WAC 220-52-01904 will no longer [be] necessary and should be repealed after January 1, 2015.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.055, and 77.12.047
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.055, and 77.12.047.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: WDFW, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Joanna Eide, 1111 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98501, (360) 902-2403; Implementation: Frank Hawley, 1111 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98501, (360) 902-2453; and Enforcement: Steve Crown, 1111 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98501, (360) 902-2373.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. This rule proposal is technical only and will not impact small businesses as a similar rule to this will already be in effect for the issuance of geoduck diver licenses for 2016 licenses and those issued after that. WAC 220-52-01904 was simply an onboarding rule implementing a new license limitation for 2015 geoduck diver licenses required by changes to state law and will not be needed after January 1, 2015.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. This proposal does not involve hydraulics rules.
December 24, 2014
Joanna M. Eide
Rules Coordinator
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
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