WSR 18-11-125
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 18-104—Filed May 22, 2018, 4:33 p.m., effective June 2, 2018]
Effective Date of Rule: June 2, 2018.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for the Green (Duwamish) River.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-312-040.
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 needed because low numbers of hatchery summer steelhead are expected to return to the Green River in 2018. This rule will protect returning adult hatchery summer steelhead and increase the likelihood of achieving broodstock collection goals this summer. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: May 22, 2018.
Ron Warren
for Joe Stohr
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-312-04000L Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Puget Sound.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-312-040, effective June 2, 2018 until further notice:
Green (Duwamish) River (King County): from an east-west line extending through the southernmost tip of Harbor Island to the water pipeline walk bridge (1/2 mile downstream of Tacoma Headworks Dam); it is unlawful to retain steelhead.