EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: February 26, 2001.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-35000H and 220-56-38000Z; and amending WAC 220-56-350 and 220-56-380.
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 regulation is needed to adjust seasons to accommodate changes in resource abundance and state/tribal allocations. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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.
February 26, 2001
J. P. Koenings
Director
(1) Dosewallips State Park - Closed until further notice.
(2) Hope Island State Park - Open April 1 through April 30.
(3) Potlatch DNR - Closed through March 31.
(4) Potlatch East - Closed through March 31.
(5) Potlatch State Park - Closed through March 31.
(6) South Indian Island County Park - Closed until further notice.
(6) West Dewatto - Open through April 30.
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Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-38000A
Oysters -- Areas and seasons.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-380, effective
immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to harvest or
possess oysters taken for personal use from the following public
tidelands except as provided below:
(1) Dosewallips State Park - Closed until further notice.
(2) Oakland Bay Recreational Tidelands (Oakland Bay North and West) - Open March 1 until further notice.
(3) Potlatch East - Closed through March 31.
(4) Potlatch State Park - Closed through March 31.
(5) South Indian Island County Park - Closed until further notice.
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The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:
| WAC 220-56-35000H | Clams other than razor clams -- Areas and seasons. (00-269) |
| WAC 220-56-38000Z | Oysters -- Areas and seasons. (00-269) |
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.