EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: February 10, 2003.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000R; and amending WAC 220-56-330.
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 emergency regulation is necessary to maintain allocation requirements in Marine Areas 9, and 12. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
March 1, 2003, 12:01 a.m.
February 10, 2003
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
(1) Effective 12:01 a.m. March 1, 2003 it is unlawful to fish for crab in all waters of Marine Area 12 and the portion of Marine Area 9 south of a line from Olele Point to Foulweather Bluff.
(2) Effective immediately, it is unlawful to fish for crab in all waters of Marine Areas 8-1, 8-2, Marine Area 9, north of a line that extends from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point, and all waters of Marine Area 10.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-56-33000R | Crab -- Areas and seasons. (02-300) |