WSR 03-23-009

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 03-280 -- Filed November 10, 2003, 11:43 a.m. ]

     Date of Adoption: November 10, 2003.

     Purpose: Amend hunting rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-28-337.

     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 hunt is intended to provide hunting opportunity for senior and disabled hunters. The omission of this portion of the elk area would omit lands where a landowner in the past has been willing to allow senior and disabled hunters to take elk. These elk hunts are a direct response to damage complaints resulting from elk activity. The hunt season structure was designed to address those damage complaints as mandated by statute. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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

November 10, 2003

J. P. Koenings

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-33700A   Deer and elk area descriptions.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-337, effective immediately until further notice, Elk Area No. 6069 is described as: Hanaford (Lewis and Thurston Counties.): Beginning at intersection of Salzer Valley Rd & Centralia-Alpha Rd; E & N on Salzer Valley Rd to W on Little Hanaford Rd to N on Teitzel Rd to W on Big Hanaford Rd to N on Hwy 507 to E on Skookumchuck Rd to first bridge over Skookumchuck Rvr; E along Skookumchuck Rvr to powerline crossing immediately upstream of confluence with Johnson Creek; SW along powerline to E & S on Big Hanaford Rd to Weyerhaeuser Rd E150 to Weyerhaeuser Rd E247 to Weyerhaeuser Rd E240 to S on N Fork Rd to W on Alpha-Centralia Rd to point of beginning.

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