WSR 17-15-016 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 17-152—Filed July 6, 2017, 3:41 p.m., effective July 7, 2017] Effective Date of Rule: July 7, 2017.
Purpose: Amends freshwater recreational fishing in the Columbia river.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-06000M.
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: This emergency rule is needed to reopen adult Chinook salmon fishing which was closed by filing WSR 17-14-052. Those waters of the Columbia River from Buoy 10 upstream to Bonneville Dam are being reopened because the upgraded run size has increased the allocation for the lower river. This rule is consistent with compact action of July 6, 2017.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: July 6, 2017.
Joe Stohr
for J. W. Unsworth
Director
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective July 7, 2017:
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