EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: December 23, 1999.
Purpose: To adopt WAC 232-28-42300A.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-28-423.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.040.
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: In the 1998-99 season, the department received funding from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to monitor goose harvest in Western Washington Goose Management Area 2. Harvest monitoring is required to ensure that the harvest of dusky Canada geese is within established quotas. The department expanded the season from three to five days per week for the November-January goose season in this area, to assist goose depredation control efforts. The department anticipated the same federal funding level for the 1999-2000 season, and established a five day per week season for 1999-2000. Recent Congressional and USFWS actions reduced the level available for harvest monitoring. The season reduction of four days in January is needed to contain harvest monitoring costs within available budgets. Insufficient time necessary to file a permanent rule.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.
December 23, 1999
J. P. Koenings
Director
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-423, it unlawful to hunt Canada geese in Zones 2 through 6 of Western Washington Goose Management Area 2 on January 3, 6, 10, and 13, 2000.
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