PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Special closures and firearm restriction areas; seasons, areas and quotas for deer and elk; game management units and boundary descriptions and special game areas.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.047, 77.12.020.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To provide recreational opportunity for hunters.
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) 902-2504. Contact by February 6, 2002, rule proposal filing expected to be February 16, 2002.
December 27, 2001
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator