EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: September 13, 2001.
Purpose: Personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900R and 232-28-61900V; 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: Fall chinook daily counts at Bonneville Dam have been the third highest on record. Based on the counts, the upriver bright fall chinook return is expected to be larger than the preseason forecast. Originally, 132,700 upriver bright fall chinook were expected to return to mouth of the Columbia. Fishery managers have updated the run size to at least 190,000 fish. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
September 15, 2001, 12:01 a.m.
September 13, 2001
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
(1) Effective 12:01 a.m. September 15 through September 30, 2001, special daily limit of four salmon, of which no more than one may be a chinook.
(2) Effective 12:01 a.m. October 1 through December 31, 2001, special daily limit of six salmon, no more than four adults of which no more than one may be an adult chinook.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. September 15, 2001:
| WAC 232-28-61900R | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia River. (01-186) |
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. January 1, 2002:
| WAC 232-28-61900V | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia River. |