EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: December 13, 2000.
Purpose: Amend hunting rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-28100B; and amending WAC 232-28-281.
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 population of elk in these game management units remains above the level that will cause crop depredation, in part because of the Hanford Reach fire, which caused foraging elk to move south. Harvest of antlerless elk in these units will not cause unacceptable loss of reproductive potential, and will afford additional hunting opportunity. There is insufficient time to adopt 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: Immediately.
December 13, 2000
J. P. Koenings
Director
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 4:41 p.m. December 31, 2000:
| WAC 232-28-28100B | Elk -- GMUs 372 (Kiona) and 382 (East Klickitat) season extensions. |