Dates are tentative.
| WAC Chapter | Rule Title or Subject | Agency Contact | Current Status | Anticipated Date of Adoption | Short Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WACs 220-340-130 and 220-340-170 | 2024 Annual Oyster Drill | Katy Davis Katherine.davis@dfw.wa.gov | December 6, 2023 CR-101 filing WSR 23-24-102 | TBD | The department is considering updates to beach designations (Oyster Drill Restricted Areas) according to shellfish pest status. |
| WACs 220-330-110 and 220-330-140 | 2024 Clam and Oyster Season | Camille Speck Camille.speck@dfw.wa.gov | January 24, 2024 CR-101 filing WSR 23-21-087 | Spring 2025 | The department is considering annual changes to rules for recreational clam, mussel, and oyster harvest seasons. |
| WAC chapter 330-352 | Quick Reporting Vessel Information | Kelly Henderson Kelly.henderson@dfw.wa.gov | February 9, 2023 CR-101 filing WSR 23-05-040 | TBD | Seeks to explore modification of the Quick Reporting rules to require additional information for the Puget Sound Commercial and Coastal Troll salmon fisheries. |
| WAC 220-440-150, 220-440-180 | Crop Damage | Jim Brown Jim.Brown@dfw.wa.gov | Intended filing August 2024 | TBD | Allow the Department to continue to use contracted crop damage claim adjusters. To do so we must establish updated certification and experience standards for Department contracted crop adjusters. As well as follow 2024 Legislative Substitute Senate Bill 5784, changing the value limits of an appeal |
| WAC 220-417-010 | Trapping Permit | Heather Bonagofski Heather.Bonagofski@dfw.wa.gov | July 3, 2024 CR-102 filing WSR 24-14-151 | September 27, 2024 | Trapping Seasons and Regulations to restrict trapping of red fox. |
| WAC 220-415-100 | Cougar Season Setting | Heather Bonagofski Heather.Bonagofski@dfw.wa.gov | April 30, 2024 CR-102 filing WSR 24-10-080 | July 19, 2024 | The proposal incorporates the Commission’s intent for rule changes based on an accepted rule petition. The rule proposal seeks to maintain biologically sustainable cougar hunting seasons. |
| WAC 220-415-030, 220-415-060, 220-415-070, 220-415-120 and 220-415-130 | Special Hunt Permits | Heather Bonagofski Heather.Bonagofski@dfw.wa.gov | Intended filing in September 2024 | TBD | Seeks to increase the total number of special hunt permits allowed by 738 for the 2024-25 hunting season in order to align with the number of special hunt permits that were drawn in error through the department’s electronic licensing system. |
| WAC 220-415-080 | Spring Bear Black | Heather Bonagofski Heather.Bonagofski@dfw.wa.gov | May 4, 2022 CR-101 WSR 22-10-098 | TBD | Amendments would be needed to set season dates and permit numbers in order to offer a 2023 spring black bear season. |
| WAC chapter 220-410 | Columbia River Commercial Logbooks | Kelly Henderson Kelly.henderson@dfw.wa.gov | January 3, 2024 CR-101 filing WSR 24-02-093 | TBD | This project seeks to collect data about fishing effort and catch and release information from the Columbia River commercial fisheries for management purposes. |
| WAC chapter 220-370 | Amend aquaculture regulations | Kelly Henderson Kelly.henderson@dfw.wa.gov | March 30, 2018 CR-101 filing WSR 18-05-055 | TBD | This is an expedited rule making to amend regulations in WAC chapter 220-370 following passage of ESHB 2957 in the 2018 legislative session. |
| WAC Chapter 220-312-050 | Yellow Perch/Blue, Park and Deep lake | Kelly Henderson Kelly.henderson@dfw.wa.gov | Intended filing of CR-101 in Fall 2024 | TBD | This rule making is from petitions the department has received this past 6 months and the commission has accepted to move forward with regarding changes to closures and openings at these locations. |
| WAC chapter 220-450 | Beaver Relocation | Heather Bonagofski Heather.Bonagofski@dfw.wa.gov | July 3, 2024 CR-102 filing WSR 24-14-150 | September 27, 2024 | The department is developing a new permit for beaver relocation that is consistent with requirements of RCW 77.32.585. |
| WAC chapter 220-500 | Construction, Creation and maintenance of roads, trails, and structures | Heather Bonagofski Heather.Bonagofski@dfw.wa.gov | July 3, 2023 CR -102 filing WSR 24-14-14 | August 16, 2024 | The department is considering adding new sections to WAC chapter 220-500 to prevent further resource damage to department-managed lands. |
| New WAC chapter 220-670 | Fishway and Screening rules | Gabrielle Stillwater Gabrielle.stilwater@dfw.wa.gov | CR -102 Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 | The department is creating a new chapter in WAC (220-670) that defines inadequate fishways and water diversions across the state and compliance actions for inadequate structures. |
| WAC chapter 220-500 | Recreational easements on private lands | Shane Belson Shane.belson@dfw.wa.gov | August 30, 2022 CR 101 filing WSR 22-18-037 | TBD | The department seeks to amend terms used in WAC chapter 220-500 to improve clarity and consistency. |
| WAC Title 220 | Amending and consolidating rules into one chapter under WAC Title 220 | Thomas Knoll Thomas.knoll@dfw.wa.gov | January 23, 2019 CR 101 filing WSR 19-03-170 | TBD | The department seeks to consolidate and clarify its administrative hearing rules into one chapter for all of WAC Title 220. |
| WACs 220-610-010 and 220-200-100 | Periodic Status Review for the Grey Wolf | Julia Smith Julia.smith@dfw.wa.gov | February 7, 2024 CR-102 filing WSR | Withdrawn | This is a periodic status review (PSR) for the grey wolf. |