WSR 98-20-089
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 98-215--Filed October 6, 1998, 4:46 p.m., effective October 7, 1998, 12:01 a.m.]
Date of Adoption: October 6, 1998.
Purpose: Personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-57-16000P and 220-57-16000Q; and amending WAC 220-57-160.
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: Opens the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam to chinook angling on October 7, 1998, and on October 12, 1998, above Bonneville Dam. Listed Snake River fall chinook have primarily cleared the Columbia River below Bonneville by this time. Action is consistent with discussions between the United States v. Oregon and the National Marine Fisheries Service, and is consistent with the 1996-98 Management Agreement. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, amended 0, repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: October 7, 1998, 12:01 a.m.
October 6, 1998
Evan Jacoby
for Larry Peck
Acting Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-57-16000Q Columbia River. Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-57-160, effective 12:01 a.m. October 7, 1998 through 11:59 p.m. October 11, 1998, it is unlawful to fish for or possess chinook salmon from those waters of the Columbia River from Bonneville Dam upstream to the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco.
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REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 11:59 p.m. October 6, 1998:
WAC 220-57-16000P Columbia River. (98-197)
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 11:59 p.m. October 11, 1998:
WAC 220-57-16000Q Columbia River.