WSR 17-19-067 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 17-250—Filed September 14, 2017, 3:48 p.m., effective September 16, 2017] Effective Date of Rule: September 16, 2017. Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for the Wind River. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-03000H; and amending WAC 220-312-030. 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 necessary because a minimum escapement of five hundred wild summer steelhead is needed to allow the opening of the catch-and-release fishery above Shipherd Falls on September 16. Based on recent survey results and average run timing, the wild escapement is projected to be well below the escapement objective. Summer steelhead returns have been low throughout the Columbia River Basin this year. There is insufficient time 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 Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: September 14, 2017. Joe Stohr for J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-312-03000H Southwest—Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-312-030, effective September 16 through November 30, 2017 it is unlawful to fish in waters of the Wind River from 100 feet above Shipherd Falls to Moore Bridge.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective December 1, 2017:
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