WSR 17-20-055
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 17-271—Filed September 29, 2017, 2:08 p.m., effective October 1, 2017]
Effective Date of Rule: October 1, 2017.
Purpose: To repeal WAC 220-500-03000A, 220-500-11000A, and 220-500-04000A.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-500-03000A, 220-500-11000A, and 220-500-04000A.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, 77.12.047, and 77.32.470.
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 recent changes in weather with forecasting precipitation, lower temperatures and higher humidity levels, have abated high fire hazard conditions for the foreseeable future.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 3.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 29, 2017.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
REPEALER
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:
WAC 220-500-03000A
Operating chainsaws, welding, or operating an acetylene or other torch with open flame.
WAC 220-500-11000A
Fires, campfires and smoking.
WAC 220-500-04000A
Operating a motor vehicle off developed roadways.