WSR 18-20-077

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[Order 18-274—Filed September 28, 2018, 2:54 p.m., effective October 1, 2018]

Effective Date of Rule: October 1, 2018.

Purpose: To repeal WAC 220-500-03000A, 220-500-04000A, and 220-500-11000A.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-500-03000A, 220-500-04000A, and 220-500-11000A.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, 77.12.047, 77.15.230.

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: The recent change in weather with forecasting precipitation, lower temperatures and higher humidity levels, have abated high fire hazard conditions for the foreseeable 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 3.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 28, 2018.

Kelly Susewind

Director

REPEALER

The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective October 1, 2018:

WAC 220-500-03000A	Operating chainsaws, welding, or operating an acetylene or other torch with open flame.
WAC 220-500-04000A	Operating a motor vehicle off developed roadways.
WAC 220-500-11000A	Fires, campfires and smoking.

Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.