WSR 17-15-043
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 17-153—Filed July 11, 2017, 10:37 a.m., effective August 1, 2017]
Effective Date of Rule: August 1, 2017.
Purpose: Amend recreation[al] salmon fishing rules for the Snohomish and Skykomish rivers.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-312-040.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 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: This emergency rule is needed because the department is in the process of adopting permanent rules that are necessary to implement the personal use fishing plans agreed-to with resource comanagers at the North of Falcon proceedings. These emergency rules are necessary to comply with agreed-to management plans, and are interim until permanent rules take effect. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: July 11, 2017.
Nate Pamplin
for J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-312-04000L Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Puget Sound.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-312-040, it is unlawful to violate the following provisions, provided that unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
(1) Snohomish River (Snohomish Co.):
(a) Open effective August 1 through until further notice, from the Burlington-Northern Railroad bridges to Highway 9 Bridge, including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways, but excluding all tributaries; salmon: Daily limit 3. Release Chinook and chum.
(b) Open effective August 16 through until further notice, from the Highway 9 Bridge to the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers and all channels; salmon: Daily limit 3. Release Chinook and chum.
(2) Skykomish River (Snohomish Co.):
Open effective August 16 through until further notice, from the mouth to Lewis Street Bridge in Monroe; salmon: Daily limit 3. Release Chinook and chum.
Reviser's note: The typographical errors in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.