09-09-046

WSR 09-09-046

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 09-54 -- Filed April 9, 2009, 2:40 p.m. , effective May 1, 2009 ]

     Effective Date of Rule: May 1, 2009.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900M; 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: Washington department of fish and wildlife predicts that two hundred hatchery spring chinook (approximately 125 age-3 jacks and 75 age-5 adults) will return to the Ringold Springs Rearing Facility in 2009. All returning fish are available for harvest. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: April 9, 2009.

Joe Stohr

for Philip Anderson

Director

NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900M   Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia River.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619, effective May 1, 2009 through June 15, 2009, a person may fish for salmon in those waters of the Columbia River adjacent to Ringold Springs Rearing Facility (in Franklin County), from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife markers 1/4 mile downstream of the Ringold irrigation wasteway outlet, to the markers 1/2 mile upstream of Ringold Springs Creek. The daily limit is two hatchery salmon, and the minimum size is 12 inches in length. Fishing only from the hatchery side (east bank), and only from the bank. Night closure in effect.

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REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective June 16, 2009:

WAC 232-28-61900M

Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia River (Ringold)