WSR 13-13-057 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 13-126—Filed June 17, 2013, 4:56 p.m., effective June 19, 2013, 10:02 p.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: June 19, 2013, 10:02 p.m.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900N.
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: Previous in-season run analysis predicted that about four thousand salmon were enroute to the Icicle River. Current in-season run analysis has reduced that estimate to three thousand or fewer. Currently, the majority of these fish are thought to have entered the Icicle River, with few remaining. To assist in preventing a potential shortage of spring chinook needed in the broodstock requirement, it is necessary to close the sport fishery at this time. There is insufficient time to adopt 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 17, 2013.
Joe Stohr
for Philip Anderson
Director
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed at 10:02 p.m. on June 19, 2013:
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