WSR 20-09-056
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Filed April 9, 2020, 4:41 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: The department is considering rule changes that will affect hunting contests.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.055, 77.12.020, and 77.12.047.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: We are evaluating existing rules to address concerns that some of our public have raised about hunting contests and how they are currently administered.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Eric Gardner, P.O. Box 43200, Olympia, WA 98504-3200, phone 360-902-2515, fax 360-902-2162, email Rules.Coordinator@dfw.wa.gov, website wdfw.wa.gov.
April 9, 2020
Michele K. Culver
Rules Coordinator