WSR 02-04-019

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 02-14 -- Filed January 24, 2002, 3:46 p.m. , effective February 1, 2002 ]

     Date of Adoption: January 24, 2002.

     Purpose: Amend personal use rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900N; 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: The nontreaty allocation of one hundred seventy wild steelhead is anticipated to be taken by January 31, 2002. Hatchery steelhead remain available for harvest. Sport anglers will be able to continue to fish for and retain hatchery steelhead until the closing date. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: February 1, 2002.

January 24, 2002

J. P. Koenings

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900N   Exceptions to statewide rules--Green/Duwamish River (King County)   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619, effective 12:01 a.m. February 1 through February 28, 2002, in those waters of the Green/Duwamish River from first Avenue South Bridge (mouth) upstream to Tacoma Headworks wild steelhead must be released.

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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.
REPEALER


     The following section of the Washington Administrative is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. March 1, 2002:


WAC 232-28-61900N Exceptions to statewide rules--Green/Duwamish River (King County)

     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.

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