WSR 15-18-066 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 15-288—Filed August 27, 2015, 3:12 p.m., effective September 1, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: September 1, 2015.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules for sea urchins.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-52-07300R.
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: An emergency rule is needed to close the sea urchin commercial fishery as the end of the 2014-15 Sea Urchin Management period is August 31, 2015. The commercial sea urchin fishery will revert to the permanent Washington Administrative Code.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 27, 2015.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed September 1, 2015:
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