WSR 02-18-073

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 02-214 -- Filed August 29, 2002, 3:30 p.m. ]

     Date of Adoption: August 29, 2002.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: 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: This rule is necessary for protection of the sturgeon population that migrates within the Columbia River between Lake Roosevelt and upstream areas in British Columbia. Research indicates that no successful reproduction is occurring in this population. Angling has already been closed in B.C. and a recovery plan is being developed. These rules are interim until permanent rules are adopted in September 2002.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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

August 29, 2002

J. P. Koenings

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900J   Exceptions to statewide rules--Sturgeon.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619, effective immediately until further notice it is unlawful to fish for sturgeon in the following waters:

     (1) Roosevelt Lake tributaries (between Grand Coulee Dam and State Highway 25 Bridge at Northport except Barnaby Creek, Nancy Creek and tributaries listed elsewhere in Special Rules).

     (2) Rufus Woods Lake tributaries (Douglas/Okanogan Counties)

     (3) San Poil River (Ferry County)

     (4) Spokane River (Spokane County) In those waters from the mouth to the Monroe Street Dam.

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