WSR 98-01-212

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[Order 97-250--Filed December 23, 1997, 5:21 p.m.]

Date of Adoption: December 13, 1997.

Purpose: To repeal WAC 232-28-02290 Game management units (GMUs)--Special game areas--Boundary descriptions--Private lands wildlife management areas, 232-28-247 1995 Bighorn sheep auction permit, 232-28-257 Big game auction permits, and 232-28-256 Cougar permit quotas.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-02290, 232-28-247, 232-28-257, and 232-28-256.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.040.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 97-22-094 on November 5, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 4.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.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.

December 22, 1997

Lisa Pelly, Chair

Fish and Wildlife Commission

REPEALER

The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are hereby repealed:

WAC 232-28-247 1995 Bighorn sheep auction permit

WAC 232-28-257 Big game auction permits

WAC 232-28-02290 Game management units (GMUs)--Special game areas--Boundary descriptions--Private lands wildlife management areas