WSR 06-17-093

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 06-203 -- Filed August 15, 2006, 9:37 a.m. , effective August 15, 2006 ]


     Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900H and 232-28-61900P; and amending WAC 232-28-619.

     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: This emergency rule is necessary to correspond with the original intent of the language in the sport fishing rules pamphlet. Emergency rule is interim until permanent rules take effect.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: August 14, 2006.

J. P. Koenings

Director

by Larry Peck


NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900P   Exceptions to statewide rules -- Nemah River (Pacific Co.)   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619:

     (1) Effective immediately through September 30, 2006, it is unlawful to fish in those waters of the North Nemah River from Highway 101 Bridge upstream to Nemah Hatchery.

     (2) Effective August 16 through November 30, 2006 night closure in effect on south Nemah to confluence with the Middle Nemah.

     (3) Effective August 16 through November 30, 2006, non-buoyant lure restriction in effect on North Nemah upstream from bridge on dead end lower Nemah Road and Middle Neman from DNR Bridge on A-line Road.

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     Reviser's note: The spelling error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 232-28-61900H Exceptions to statewide rules -- Nemah River. (Pacific Co.)

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. December 1, 2006:


WAC 232-28-61900P Exceptions to statewide rules -- Nemah River (Pacific Co.)

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