Date of Adoption: July 22, 2003.

     Purpose: Amend nontoxic shot rule.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-12-068.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-13-088 on June 16, 2003.

     Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: [No information supplied by agency.]

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

July 25, 2003

J. P. Koenings

Director

OTS-6475.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 01-157 [03-129], filed 8/20/01 [6/12/03], effective 9/20/01 [7/13/03])

WAC 232-12-068   Nontoxic shot requirements.   It is unlawful to possess shot (either in shotshells or as loose shot for muzzleloading) other than nontoxic shot when hunting for waterfowl, coot, or snipe. Nontoxic shot includes steel shot, bismuth-tin shot (97 parts bismuth: 3 parts tin with <1 percent residual lead), tungsten-iron shot (40 parts tungsten: 60 parts iron with <1 percent residual lead), tungsten-polymer shot (95.5 parts tungsten: 4.5 parts nylon 6 or 11 with <1 percent residual lead), tungsten-matrix shot (95.9 parts tungsten: 4.1 parts polymer with <1 percent residual lead), ((tin shot (99.9 percent tin with <1 percent residual lead))) tungsten-iron-nickel-tin shot (65% tungsten: 10.4% iron: 2.8% nickel: 21.8% tin, with <1 percent residual lead), or tungsten-nickel-iron shot (50% tungsten: 35% nickel: 15% iron with <1 percent residual lead). The director may adopt additional nontoxic shot types consistent with federal regulations.

     It is unlawful to possess shot (either in shotshells or as loose shot for muzzleloading) other than nontoxic shot in the following areas:

     Bridgeport Bar segment of the Well's Wildlife Area

     Cowlitz Wildlife Area

     Lake Terrell Wildlife Area (including Tennant Lake and other segments)

     Shillapoo Wildlife Area

     Skagit Wildlife Area (all segments)

     Snoqualmie Wildlife Area (all segments)

     Sunnyside Wildlife Area

     The Driscoll Island, Hegdahl, and Kline Parcel segments of the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area

     Vancouver Lake Wildlife Area

It is unlawful to possess shot (either in shotshells or as loose shot for muzzleloading) other than nontoxic shot when hunting for game birds or game animals in the following areas:

     Chehalis River pheasant release site

     Dungeness Recreation Area

     Hunter Farms pheasant release site

     Raymond Airport pheasant release site

     Two Rivers and Wallula Units of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's McNary National Wildlife Refuge

     Whidbey Island Seaplane Base, OLF Coupeville, and Bayview pheasant release sites

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 01-17-092 (Order 01-157), § 232-12-068, filed 8/20/01, effective 9/20/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040, 77.12.020, 77.32.070, 77.32.530. 01-10-048 (Order 01-69), § 232-12-068, filed 4/26/01, effective 5/27/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040, 77.12.010, 77.12.020, 77.12.770, 77.12.780. 00-11-137 (Order 00-50), § 232-12-068, filed 5/23/00, effective 6/23/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 99-17-034 (Order 99-118), § 232-12-068, filed 8/11/99, effective 9/11/99; 98-17-044 (Order 98-152), § 232-12-068, filed 8/13/98, effective 9/13/98; 97-18-026 (Order 97-164), § 232-12-068, filed 8/25/97, effective 9/25/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 77.12.010. 96-18-009 (Order 96-127), § 232-12-068, filed 8/22/96, effective 9/22/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 95-18-072 (Order 95-126) § 232-12-068, filed 9/1/95, effective 10/2/95.]

     Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.

     Reviser's note: The bracketed material preceding the section above was supplied by the code reviser's office.

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