WSR 01-13-032

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 01-109 -- Filed June 13, 2001, 11:26 a.m. ]

     Date of Adoption: June 12, 2001.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-28200A; and amending WAC 220-56-282.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.

     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 needed to provide additional protection of spawning sturgeon to avoid stress from catch and release handling and potential disruption of spawning. White sturgeon spawn in this river reach during the May 1 through July 15 time frame. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: Immediately.

June 12, 2001

J. P. Koenings

Director

by Larry Peck


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-28200A   Sturgeon--Areas, seasons, limits and unlawful acts.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-282, effective immediately through July 15, 2001 it is unlawful to fish for sturgeon from a floating device downstream from the boating deadline below Bonneville Dam to markers on the Oregon and Washington shores of the Columbia River at Beacon Rock.

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REPEALER


     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. July 16, 2001:


WAC 220-56-28200A Sturgeon--Areas, seasons, limits and unlawful acts.

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