WSR 16-20-002
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 16-255-Filed September 21, 2016, 1:46 p.m., effective October 1, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: October 1, 2016.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for the south fork Nooksack River.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-19000L.
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 an area of the south fork Nooksack River which was closed by filing WSR 16-17-085. Wild Chinook, and Chinook from the recovery program at Skookum Hatchery in the south fork Nooksack River will have completed spawning by October 1, 2016. Reopening the area for game fish will provide for additional angling opportunity.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: September 21, 2016.
Joe Stohr
for J. W. Unsworth
Director
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective October 1, 2016:
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WAC 220-310-19000L |
Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules-Puget Sound. (16-212) |
