WSR 17-11-059 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 17-94—Filed May 16, 2017, 1:19 p.m., effective May 16, 2017, 1:19 p.m.] Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for the Snake River.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-05000G.
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: This emergency rule is needed to close the spring Chinook fishery in the Snake River which was opened with filing WSR 17-09-049. The spring Chinook run size was downgraded from 160,400 to 83,000, this extreme drop in run size requires us to close this fishery immediately. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: May 16, 2017.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
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