Purpose: Personal use rules.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-56-305.

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: This regulation is intended to allow the recreational harvest of sturgeon from John Day Reservoir and its tributaries to continue within the established harvest guidelines. The harvest quota for 1998 has not been reached. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.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: July 1, 1998, 12:01 a.m.

June 23, 1998

Larry Peck

for Bern Shanks

Director

WAC 220-56-30500B  Sturgeon--Areas and seasons. Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-305, effective 12:01 a.m. July 1, 1998 until further notice, it is lawful to fish for and possess sturgeon from those waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries from John Day Dam to McNary Dam.