WSR 18-11-017
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 18-90—Filed May 3, 2018, 5:02 p.m., effective May 3, 2018, 5:02 p.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amends freshwater recreational rules for the Kalama River.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-03000Q.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.12.045, 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: This emergency rule is necessary to open the recreational steelhead fishery in the Kalama River. Kalama River hatchery facilities are expected to meet their egg collection goals for hatchery winter steelhead programs. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 3, 2018.
Nate Pamplin
for Joe Stohr
Director
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective immediately:
WAC 220-312-03000Q
Freshwater exceptions to statewide rulesSouthwest. (18-52)