PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Use of dogs to take cougar.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: ESSB 5001, Laws of 2000.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The legislature has required the department to draft rules for the use of dogs to take cougars within a game management unit for the purpose of meeting a demonstrated public safety need. These rules will allow the use of dogs on a selective basis for cougar removal.
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 Bruce Bjork, Enforcement Program, Assistant Director, 600 Capitol Way, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, phone (360) 902-2373, fax (360) 902-2942. Contact by August 1, 2000, expected proposal filing August 2, 2000.
May 24, 2000
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator