WSR 15-01-059 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 14-336—Filed December 10, 2014, 4:20 p.m., effective December 16, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: December 16, 2014.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for the Cascade River.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-19000L; and amending WAC 220-310-190.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.020, 77.12.045, 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 Marblemount Hatchery will not be taking steelhead broodstock in the 2014-15 season, therefore all hatchery steelhead returning are harvestable and the daily limit for hatchery steelhead should be increased. Increasing the steelhead daily limit in the Cascade River will provide 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: December 10, 2014.
Philip Anderson
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-19000L Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Cascade River.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-190, effective December 16, 2014, through February 15, 2015, the daily limit is three hatchery steelhead in the waters of the Cascade River from the Rockport-Cascade Road downstream to the mouth.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective February 16, 2015:
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