WSR 06-15-084

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 06-167 -- Filed July 14, 2006, 2:40 p.m. , effective July 15, 2006, 12:01 a.m. ]


     Effective Date of Rule: July 15, 2006, 12:01 a.m.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900B; and amending WAC 232-28-619.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 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: During routine biological sampling at Wells and Dryden dams, a small number of chinook will be sampled for management and research purposes. The biological sampling is necessary to better estimate the stock structure and the number of wild fish returning to the upper Columbia River Basin. There is insufficient time to promulgate 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: July 14, 2006.

J. P. Koenings

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900B   Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia and Okanogan rivers.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619, effective July 15 through October 15, 2006, in those waters of the Columbia River from Priest Rapids Dam up-river to Chief Joseph Dam and those waters of the Okanogan River all salmon with an external floy tag must be released.

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REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective October 16. 2006:


WAC 232-28-61900B Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia and Okanogan rivers.

     Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.

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