WSR 01-19-048

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 01-202 -- Filed September 14, 2001, 4:32 p.m. , effective September 15, 2001, 12:01 a.m. ]

     Date of Adoption: September 14, 2001.

     Purpose: Personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900W; and amending WAC 232-28-619.

     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: Record numbers of coho salmon are being counted at Bonneville Dam. Though hatchery coho are not released into Wind River, strays are common and large numbers of fish have been recently observed upstream of the Burlington-Northern Railroad Bridge, the current upstream boundary for salmon fishing. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: September 15, 2001, 12:01 a.m.

September 14, 2001

J. P. Koenings

Director

by Larry Peck


NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900W   Exceptions to statewide rules--Wind River.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619:

     (1) Effective September 15, through October 31, 2001, in those waters of the Wind River from the buoy line/markers at the mouth upstream to 400 feet below Shipherd Falls, special daily limit of six salmon of which no more than two may be adult chinook salmon, up to six may be hatchery coho. All chinook salmon must be released from the Burlington-Northern Railroad

Bridge upstream to 400 feet below Shipherd Falls.

     (2) Non-buoyant lure restrictions in effect from the Burlington-Northern Railroad Bridge upstream to 400 feet below Shipherd Falls.

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REPEALER


     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. November 1, 2001:


WAC 232-28-61900W Exceptions to statewide rules--Wind River.

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