06-09-054

WSR 06-09-054

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 06-72 -- Filed April 17, 2006, 9:31 a.m. , effective May 18, 2006 ]

     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: Repeal rule allowing retention of tagged bottomfish.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-117.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 06-06-088 on March 1, 2006.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: April 7, 2006.

Nancy Burkhart

for Ron Ozment, Chair

Fish and Wildlife Commission

OTS-8662.1

REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 220-56-117

Retention of tagged bottomfish and herring.