WSR 18-19-027
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Filed September 12, 2018, 1:31 p.m., effective September 12, 2018, 1:31 p.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Due to fire closures, this change will allow holders of current goat hunting permits in the Goat Rocks East (5-5) to obtain reissued permits for the 2019 season.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-415-130.
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: Due to recent forest fires, the United States Forest Service has closed access to most of the Goat Rocks East (5-5) mountain goat hunting area. This closure will likely remain in effect for most of the 2018 hunting season. By this emergency rule, the department seeks to allow holders of mountain goat hunting permits for the 2018 season for Goat Rocks East hunt area the opportunity to return their permits to the department and have them reissued for September 15-November 30, 2019.
The department has specifically decided to reissue goat hunting permits for the following reasons: (1) The small geographic area in which goat hunts typically occur; (2) the likelihood that the entire Goat Rocks East area will be legally closed to entry during the 2018 hunting season; and (3) the unlikelihood of mountain goat special permits holders to draw a goat permit again in the future.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: September 12, 2018.
Kelly Susewind
Director
ATTACHMENT A [NEW SECTION]
WAC 220-415-13000BMountain goat seasons and permit quotas.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-415-130, effective immediately, until further notice, the following rules apply:
(1) Due to the recent forest fires, the U.S Forest Service has closed access to most of the Goat Rocks East (5-5) mountain goat hunt. This closure will likely remain in effect for most of the 2018 hunting season.
(2) This rule allows current holders of mountain goat hunting permits for the Goat Rocks East mountain goat hunting area (5-5) the option to return their permits to the department, which will then re-issue these permits to the same holders for the 2019 mountain goat hunting season.
Reviser's note: The bracketed material preceding the section above was supplied by the code reviser's office.