EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: September 15, 2006, 12:01 a.m.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900T; 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 Columbia River fall chinook runsize is below expectations and impacts of the ESA listed Snake River wild fall chinook allowed for the mainstem sport fishery are expected to be met. Rule is consistent with actions of the joint WDFW/ODFW sport hearing on September 13, 2006. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: September 13, 2006.
Morris W. Barker
for Jeff Koenings
Director
(1) Effective 12:01 a.m. September 15 through December 31, 2006, it is unlawful to retain Chinook salmon in those waters of the Columbia River from the Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam.
(2) Effective 12:01 a.m. September 16 through December 31, 2006, it is unlawful to retain Chinook salmon in those waters of the Columbia River from Bonneville Dam upstream to the Highway 395 bridge in Pasco.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective January 1, 2007:
| WAC 232-28-61900T | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia River. |