EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: September 6, 2001.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900S; and amending WAC 232-28-619.
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: Harvestable numbers of hatchery-origin fall chinook and coho will return to the Yakima River this fall as the result of Yakima fisheries project hatchery production program managed by the Yakama Nation fisheries resources program, with WDFW cooperation. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
September 16, 2001.
September 6, 2001
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
(1) Effective September 16 through October 31, 2001, it is lawful to fish for and possess salmon in those waters of the Yakima River from Highway 240 Bridge at Richland to 400 feet below Prosser Dam (Lower Yakima River) Daily limit - Six salmon, chinook or coho, no more than two adults. Minimum size is 12 inches in length. Night closure and non-buoyant lure restriction in effect.
(2) Effective October 1 through November 15, 2001, it is lawful to fish for and possess salmon in those waters of the Yakima River from Highway 223 Bridge at Granger to 3,500 feet below Roza Dam (Middle Yakima River) Daily limit - Six salmon, chinook or coho, no more than two adults. Minimum size is 12 inches in length. Night closure and non-buoyant lure restriction in effect.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. November 16, 2001:
| WAC 232-28-61900S | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Yakima River. |