EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: July 26, 2000.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-28-278.
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: Recently adopted permanent rules inadvertently opened all of GMU 381 to harvest of mule deer does and less mature bucks. The population level in eastern GMU 381 cannot support such harvest by modern firearm hunters. This rule will make eastern GMU 381 the same as other eastern Washington mule deer units, with a 3-point minimum. There is insufficient time to adopt 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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.
July 26, 2000
Evan Jacoby
for Jeff Koenings
Director
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-278, during the open modern firearm mule deer season in GMU 381, 3-point minimum in that portion of the GMU east of U.S. Highway 395 to the junction with State Route 17 and in that portion east of State Route 17.
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