WSR 97-07-050
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
(Fisheries)
[Order 97-49--Filed March 17, 1997, 3:01 p.m., effective April 15, 1997, 12:01 a.m.]
Date of Adoption: March 17, 1997.
Purpose: Commercial regulations.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-52-03000K; and amending WAC 220-52-030.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 75.08.080.
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: There is adequate resource available for commercial harvest in an area that is not readily accessible to recreational harvest.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, amended 0, repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: April 15, 1997, 12:01 a.m.
March 14, 1997
Dirk Brazil
for Bern Shanks
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-52-03000K Razor clams. Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-52-030, effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to dig for or possess razor clams taken for commercial purposes from Washington waters except as provided for in this section:
(1) Those waters and beaches of Razor Clam Area 1 lying south of the
Willapa Bay Ship channel, west of Ellen Sands, and northerly of a line
of boundary markers consisting of posts and flagging near the northern
tip of Leadbetter Point, are open from 12:01 a.m. April 15, 1997 through
11:59 p.m. May 31, 1997.
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REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is
repealed effective 12:01 a.m. June 1, 1997:
WAC 220-52-03000K Razor clams.