WSR 15-10-022 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 14-95—Filed April 27, 2015, 9:16 a.m., effective May 28, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This rule making adds tufted puffin to the list of wildlife classified as endangered species in WAC 232-12-014 Wildlife classified as endangered species. After department review of relevant data related to tufted puffin populations, population data show that the tufted puffin population has strongly declined in recent decades, indicating a need for the tufted puffin to be listed as an endangered species in Washington state.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-12-011 [232-12-014].
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.055, 77.12.020, and 77.12.047.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-01-140 on December 19, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: April 10, 2015.
Brad Smith, Chair
Fish and Wildlife Commission
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 06-04-066, filed 1/30/06, effective 3/2/06)
WAC 232-12-014 Wildlife classified as endangered species.
Endangered species include:
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