WSR 17-24-055 EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 17-335—Filed December 1, 2017, 12:38 p.m., effective December 1, 2017, 12:38 p.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: This change will provide an additional day of goose hunting opportunity in Goose Management Area 4 related to the New Year's Day holiday that occurs on a Monday, January 1, 2018.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-416-060.
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: Each waterfowl season, Goose Management Area 4 has selected goose hunting opportunity dates that relate to the following holidays: Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and week, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. This year New Year's Day fell on a Monday and was inadvertently omitted from the additional listed dates.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: December 1, 2017.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-416-06000A 2017-2018 Migratory waterfowl seasons and regulations.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-416-060, effective immediately, until further notice, the change shall read as follows under "Goose Management Area 4":
Goose Management Area 4
Adams, Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane, and Walla Walla counties.
Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays only during Oct. 14, 2017 – Jan. 21, 2018; Nov. 10, 23, and 24, 2017; Dec. 25, 26, 28, and 29, 2017; Jan. 1,15, 2018; and every day Jan. 22-28, 2018.
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