WSR 14-15-127 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 14-177—Filed July 22, 2014, 2:20 p.m., effective August 1, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: August 1, 2014.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-20000S; and amending WAC 220-310-200.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, and 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: The fall chinook forecast for the Hanford Reach area of the Columbia River is expected to be in excess of two hundred thousand adults, well in excess of the spawning escapement and hatchery broodstock needs. In addition, record returns of hatchery chinook to Priest Rapids and Ringold Spring hatcheries are anticipated. Enhancement of this fishery will allow additional angling opportunity. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: July 22, 2014.
Joe Stohr
for Philip Anderson
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-20000S Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Columbia River.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-200, it is unlawful to violate the following provisions, provided that unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
(1) Effective August 1 in the Columbia River from the Highway 395 Bridge in Pasco to Priest Rapids Dam:
(a) Daily limit 6 salmon, up to 3 may be adult salmon. Once the daily limit of adult salmon is retained, anglers may not continue to fish for any species for the remainder of the day.
(b) Anglers may fish with two poles if they possess a valid two-pole endorsement.
(2) From the Hwy. 395 Bridge to the Old Hanford townsite wooden powerline towers: Open for salmon from August 1 through October 31, 2014.
(3) The area of the Columbia River along the Franklin county shoreline between the markers located 100 feet upstream and 100 feet downstream of the Ringold Springs Hatchery Creek and extending in a 100 foot radius (arc) towards mid-river is closed to all fishing.
(4) The Esquatzel Coulee (Block 1) irrigation wasteway embayment at the Columbia River in Franklin Co. (Sec. 13, T10N, R28E) is closed to all fishing from September 1, 2014, until further notice.
Reviser's note: The typographical 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 effective November 1, 2014:
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