PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Livestock grazing on department lands.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.047, 77.12.210, 77.12.204.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The current WAC language is ambiguous. Amendment of this rule is necessary to clarify when livestock grazing is allowed on department lands and to clarify who has authority to approve grazing permits.
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 Dave Brittell, Assistant Director, Wildlife Program, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, (360) 902-2515. Contact by December 31, 2001, rule proposal filing expected to be January 2, 2002.
November 7, 2001
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator