EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: June 14, 2000.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-28500V; and amending WAC 220-56-305.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Section 7, chapter 107, Laws of 2000.
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: This regulation is intended to keep the recreational harvest of sturgeon from the Bonneville and Dalles Reservoirs and tributaries within the established harvest guidelines. There is insufficient time to promulgate permanent rules.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: June 19, 2000, 12:01 a.m.
June 14, 2000
Jeff P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-305 effective 12:01 a.m. June 19, 2000 until further notice it is unlawful to retain sturgeon for personal use from the Columbia River and its tributaries from Bonneville Dam to John Day Dam.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. June 19, 2000:
| WAC 220-56-28500V | Sturgeon -- Areas and seasons. (00-43) |