WSR 09-08-070

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 09-43 -- Filed March 27, 2009, 3:59 p.m. , effective March 31, 2009, 8:36 p.m. ]


     Effective Date of Rule: March 31, 2009, 8:36 p.m.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900C.

     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: The steelhead fishery in these waters was authorized under a federal permit that prescribes strict limits on incidental catch of wild steelhead protected under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The closures are now necessary to protect wild steelhead now returning to the Methow and Okanogan river systems.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: March 27, 2009.

Joe Stohr

for Philip Anderson

Director


REPEALER


     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 8:36 p.m. March 31, 2009:


WAC 232-28-61900C Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia, Methow, Okanogan and Similkameen rivers. (09-30)

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