Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 98-10-099.

Purpose: To amend WAC 232-16-540 Yakima River Game Reserve.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.010 and 77.12.040.

Statute Being Implemented: RCW 77.12.010 and 77.12.040

Summary: The amendment updates language in the existing WAC to reflect current road names.

Reasons Supporting Proposal: Outdated boundary descriptions in the current WAC make enforcement of this rule more difficult.

Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Implementation: Mike Kuttel, Assistant Director, Wildlife Management, Olympia, (360) 902-2504; and Enforcement: Ron Swatfigure, Assistant Director, Enforcement, Olympia, (360) 902-2932.

Name of Proponent: Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, governmental.

Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.

Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: See above.

Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: See above.

No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW.

Section 201, chapter 403, Laws of 1995, does not apply to this rule adoption.

Hearing Location: Natural Resources Building, Room 172, 1111 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA, on August 7-8, 1998, at July 31, 1998 [8:00 a.m.].

Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Debbie Nelson, TDD (360) 902-2207, or (360) 902-2267.

Submit Written Comments to: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Mike Kuttel, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, fax (360) 902-2162, by July 31, 1998.

Date of Intended Adoption: August 7, 1998.

June 30, 1998

Robin Ayers

for Evan Jacoby

Rules Coordinator

WAC 232-16-540  Yakima River Game Reserve. ((Beginning at the NW corner of SW1/4 of Section 36, Township 9 north, Range 24E.W.M., at which point State Highway #3 and the Old Cherry Lane intersect; thence east following the south edge of said Old Cherry Lane Road to its junction with the north bank of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Power Canal; thence in an easterly direction following the said north bank of said canal to the end of the canal; thence continuing in an easterly direction following the north edge of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Power Line right of way to its intersection with the east line of Section 31, Township 9 north, Range 25E.W.M.; thence south following said section line to its intersection with State Highway #410; thence in a westerly direction following the north edge of the pavement of said State Highway #410 to its intersection with 10th Street, city of Prosser; thence northwest following the northeast edge of said 10th Street to its intersection with Grand Avenue; thence NE following the SE edge of said Grant Avenue to County Bridge #6; thence continuing NE across said bridge to the beginning of State Highway #3; thence north following the east edge of said State Highway #3 to point of beginning.)) Beginning in Prosser at the intersection of Tenth Street and Grant Avenue; then west to the Yakima River and Prosser Dam; then west across Prosser Dam and the Yakima River to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Maintenance Road; then north to Old Inland Empire Highway; then northeasterly on Old Inland Empire Highway to Interstate I-82; then east on the south side of I-82 to the Chandler Canal; then east along the north side of the Chandler Canal to the powerline going across the Yakima River (approximately .4 Miles east of Bunn Road); then south along the powerlines and across the Yakima River to Wine Country Road; then west on Wine Country Road to Tenth Street and the point of beginning.

[Order, filed 7/29/64; Resolution No. 1 (part), filed 3/21/60.]

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