WSR 13-17-054
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 13-197—Filed August 15, 2013, 9:58 a.m., effective August 18, 2013]
Effective Date of Rule: August 18, 2013, one hour after official sunset.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900R.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020.
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: Washington department of fish and wildlife estimates that sockeye available for harvest (those in excess of the natural spawning escapement goal of twenty-three thousand fish) will have been caught and removed from the lake by the end of Sunday August 18, 2013.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: August 15, 2013.
Philip Anderson
Director
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective August 18, 2013, one hour after official sunset:
WAC 232-28-61900R
Lake Wenatchee (13-172)