EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: March 14, 2000.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900I; and amending WAC 220-57-160 and 232-28-619.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 75.08.080 and 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: Closes mainstem Columbia River to salmon and steelhead fishing because impacts to ESA listed stocks (upper Columbia spring and Snake spring/summer) are now expected to occur in this fishery, and because the NMFS has not issued an incidental take permit allowing those impacts. This rule will conform Washington and Oregon rules in concurrent waters of the Columbia River. There is insufficient time to promulgate permanent regulations.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: March 16, 2000, 12:01 a.m.
March 14, 2000
J. P. Koenings
Director
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-57-160, effective 12:01 a.m. March 16, 2000 until further notice it is unlawful to take, fish for, or possess salmon in the Columbia River from the Interstate 5 Bridge downstream to the mouth.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619 effective 12:01 a.m. March 16, 2000 through March 31, 2000 it is unlawful to take, fish for, or possess steelhead in those waters of the Columbia River from Bonneville Dam downstream to the mouth.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 11:59 p.m. March 31, 2000:
| WAC 232-28-61900I | Exceptions to statewide rules. |