WSR 97-14-051

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[Filed June 30, 1997, 8:05 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Licensing rules.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 75.08.080.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The 1997 legislature has amended recreational and commercial licensing statutes and rules clarifying and implementing these statutes are necessary.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Betty Buckley, Assistant Director, Management Services, 600 North Capitol Way, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, (360) 902-2233. Contact by August 16, 1997, expected rule filing August 20, 1997.

July 27, 1997

Evan Jacoby