ANNOUNCEMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION
PUBLIC HEARING
August 28, 2004
| TIME: |
10:00 a.m. - 2:00* p.m. (*approximate adjournment
time) |
| DATE: |
August 28, 2004 |
| PLACE: |
Kitsap Conference Center
100 Washington Avenue
Bremerton, Washington
Website: http://www.kitsapconferencecenter.com |
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has scheduled
a public meeting to receive testimony regarding possible
amendments to Washington Administrative Code (WAC) rules
related to the two-year statewide moratorium on wild
steelhead retention:
WAC 232-12-619, Permanent Washington
statewide game fish rules; and
WAC 232-28-619, Washington food fish and game
fish - Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules.
This public hearing provides interested persons the
opportunity to make oral comments to the Commission
on whether the wild steelhead retention moratorium should
be rescinded, amended in some fashion, or kept in place.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife filed proposed
rule amendments with the Office of the Code Reviser
on June 18, 2004, for publication in the Washington
State Register (WSR 04-13-094). The proposals may be
viewed by using the search tool at the following webpage: http://search.leg.wa.gov/ People who are interested in providing their views
on the moratorium and/or possible rule amendments but
are unable to attend the August 28 hearing should send
written comments to the Commission at the following
address:
Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission
600 Capitol Way North
Olympia, WA 98501-1091
Comments may also be submitted via email to: commission@dfw.wa.gov Only those letters and email received by the August
26, 2004, deadline will be accepted for consideration.
Oral testimony may be given only at the August 28 hearing,
and each person will be limited to three minutes maximum. No further input will be accepted for consideration
after the August 28 hearing. If you plan to provide comments at the hearing, the
Commission encourages you to bring 11 copies of your
planned oral testimony with you to the hearing. You
may also pre-submit comments electronically to the above
email address.
Final consideration of proposed rule amendments is
scheduled for the Commission's September 2, 2004, meeting,
which takes place via telephone conference call. The
public may listen to the discussion via speakerphone
at the Natural Resources Building, Room 172 at 9:00
a.m. No public input will be accepted during the call.
Contact Susan Yeager in the Commission Office at (360)
902-2267 for further information, and to identify special
accommodation needs for attendance at the August 28
hearing.
For more information, see related letter
to interested citizens.
