WSR 17-23-012
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 17-305—Filed November 3, 2017, 9:57 a.m., effective November 4, 2017]
Effective Date of Rule: November 4, 2017.
Purpose: Reopens the lower Samish River to recreational fishing.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-04000Y.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, and 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: This emergency rule is needed to reopen the lower portion of the Samish River. This area was closed to all fishing with filing WSR 17-21-020 to facilitate achieving broodstock collection needs for fall Chinook at the Samish Hatchery. These broodstock needs have now been achieve[d]. There is insufficient time to adopt 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: November 3, 2017.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective November 4, 2017:
WAC 220-312-04000Y
Freshwater exceptions to statewide rulesPuget Sound. (17-277)