WSR 18-17-092
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 18-197—Filed August 14, 2018, 3:28 p.m., effective August 16, 2018]
Effective Date of Rule: August 16, 2018.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for the Big Quilcene River.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-04000T; and amending WAC 220-312-040.
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 allow anglers to more effectively target hatchery coho while reducing impacts of hooking mortality to Endangered Species Act listed summer chum. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 14, 2018.
Joe Stohr
for Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-312-04000TFreshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Puget Sound.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-312-040, effective August 16 through October 31, 2018, in waters of the Big Quilcene River from Rodgers Street Bridge upstream to Highway 101 Bridge: Selective Gear Rules are rescinded.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective November 1, 2018:
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WAC 220-312-04000T | Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Puget Sound. |