PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Unclassified nongame animals.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.047.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The department does not have a rule that allows us to cite for possession of unclassified wildlife under RCW 77.15.140. A rule is needed to prohibit possession of unclassified nongame animals and nongame birds, such as red tail hawks and turkey vultures.
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 Lori Preuss, Rules Coordinator, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, phone (360) 902-2930. Contact by July 18, 2008. Expected proposal filing on or after July 23, 2008.
May 29, 2008
Loreva M. Preuss
Rules Coordinator