EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: December 7, 2000.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000I; and amending WAC 220-56-330.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
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: State/tribal allocation balances have been reached for Dungeness crab harvest in Marine Areas 8-1 and 8-2 and these areas reopen to recreational harvest through 4:00 p.m. December 31, 2000. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: December 9, 2000, 8:00 a.m.
December 7, 2000
J. P. Koenings
Director
(1) Effective 8:00 a.m. December 9, 2000 until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for crab for personal use in Puget Sound in those waters of Marine Area 7, the Hood Canal portion of Marine Area 9 south and west of a line drawn from Olele Point to Foulweather Bluff and all waters of Marine Area 12.
(2) Effective 4:00 p.m. December 31, 2000 until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for crab for personal use in Puget Sound in those waters of Marine Areas 8-1 and 8-2.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 8:00 a.m. December 9, 2000:
| WAC 220-56-33000I | Personal use fishery--Allocation closure. (00-241) |