PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Trapping rules.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.047, Initiative 713, Laws of 2000.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Initiative 713 limits the types of traps that may be used, and imposes additional requirements of the sale of furs. The trapping rules need to be amended to reflect the requirements of the initiative, and the initiative itself contains rule-making direction for issuance of special permits.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Bruce Bjork, Enforcement Program, Assistant Director, 600 Capitol Way, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, phone (360) 902-2373. Contact by February 18, 2001, expected proposal filing February 21, 2001.
December 7, 2000
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator