EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: May 26, 2000.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-32-05500B and 220-32-05500C; and amending WAC 220-32-055.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 75.08.080.
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 regulation allows subsistence catch from the Columbia River to be sold and conforms state and tribal regulations. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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.
May 26, 2000
Evan Jacoby
for Jeff P. Koenings
Director
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-32-055, effective immediately through 6:00 p.m. Sunday May 28, 2000, spring chinook, shad, and carp taken with dipnets, hoopnets, setbag nets or hook and line from the Columbia River may be sold. All other fishing gear and methods, including snagging are unlawful.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-32-05500B | Columbia River tributaries--Subsistence. (00-67) |
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 6:01 p.m. May 28, 2000:
| WAC 220-32-05500C | Columbia River tributaries--Subsistence. |