Source: http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/law/wsr/2012/05/12-05-083.htm
Timestamp: 2020-05-26 10:14:03
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 222', '§ 222', '§ 222', '§ 222', '§ 222', '§ 222', '§ 222', '§ 222']

WSR 12-05-083
[ Filed February 17, 2012, 9:02 a.m. , effective March 19, 2012 ]
• Amend WAC 222-16-080 Critical habitats (state) of threatened and endangered species, to be consistent with federal and other state laws. The rule making reflects the changes made to the federal endangered and threatened wildlife list and changes made to WAC 232-12-014, 232-12-011, and 232-12-292 by the Washington fish and wildlife commission by removing the bald eagle and the peregrine falcon from the board's critical habitats (state) list and removing the option to use a bald eagle site management plan. The proposal also updates the common and scientific names for the Western pond turtle on the board's critical habitats (state) list.
• Amend WAC 222-20-120 Notice of forest practices to affected Indian tribes, to clarify language and to resolve issues with the rule's landowner-tribe meeting requirement.
• Amend WAC 222-30-021 (1)(c)(ii), western Washington riparian management zone clumping strategy, to reflect the board's 2008 historic sites rule making. Clumping strategies for cultural resources are based on the Class IV-special rule for cultural resources. This correction simply replaces old Class IV-special language with the Class IV-special language adopted in 2008.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 222-16-080, 222-20-120, 222-30-021.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 11-19-009 on September 7, 2011, and WSR 11-23-105 on November 18, 2011.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Patricia Anderson, Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 47012, Olympia, WA 98504, phone (360) 902-1413, fax (360) 902-1428, e-mail patricia.anderson@dnr.wa.gov.
Date Adopted: February 14, 2012.
(a) ((Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) - Harvesting, road construction, aerial application of pesticides, or site preparation within 0.5 mile of a known active nest site, documented by the department of fish and wildlife, between the dates of January 1 and August 15 or 0.25 mile at other times of the year; and within 0.25 mile of a communal roosting site. Communal roosting sites shall not include refuse or garbage dumping sites.
(b))) Gray wolf (Canis lupus) - Harvesting, road construction, or site preparation within 1 mile of a known active den site, documented by the department of fish and wildlife, between the dates of March 15 and July 30 or 0.25 mile from the den site at other times of the year.
(((c))) (b) Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) - Harvesting, road construction, aerial application of pesticides, or site preparation within 1 mile of a known active den site, documented by the department of fish and wildlife, between the dates of October 1 and May 30 or 0.25 mile at other times of the year.
(((d))) (c) Mountain (woodland) caribou (Rangifera tarandus) - Harvesting, road construction, aerial application of pesticides, or site preparation within 0.25 mile of a known active breeding area, documented by the department of fish and wildlife.
(((e))) (d) Oregon silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene hippolyta) - Harvesting, road construction, aerial or ground application of pesticides, or site preparation within 0.25 mile of an individual occurrence, documented by the department of fish and wildlife.
(((f) Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) - Harvesting, road construction, aerial application of pesticides, or site preparation within 0.5 mile of a known active nest site, documented by the department of fish and wildlife, between the dates of March 1 and July 30; or harvesting, road construction, or aerial application of pesticides within 0.25 mile of the nest site at other times of the year.
(g))) (e) Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) - Harvesting, road construction, aerial application of pesticides, or site preparation within 0.25 mile of a known active nesting area, documented by the department of fish and wildlife.
(((h))) (f) Northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina).
(((i) Western)) (g) Pacific pond turtle (((Clemmys)) Actinemys marmorata) - Harvesting, road construction, aerial application of pesticides, or site preparation within 0.25 mile of a known individual occurrence, documented by the department of wildlife.
(((j))) (h) Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus).
(5)(a) ((Except for bald eagles under subsection (1)(a) of this section,)) The critical habitats (state) of threatened and endangered species and specific forest practices designated in subsections (1) and (2) of this section are intended to be interim. These interim designations shall expire for a given species on the earliest of:
(d) ((A bald eagle management plan approved under WAC 232-12-292;
(e))) A landowner option plan (LOP) for northern spotted owls developed pursuant to WAC 222-16-100(1);
(((f))) (e) A cooperative habitat enhancement agreement (CHEA) developed pursuant to WAC 222-16-105; or
(((g))) (f) A take avoidance plan issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service prior to March 20, 2000;
(((h))) (g) Surveys demonstrating the absence of northern spotted owls at a northern spotted owl site center have been reviewed and approved by the department of fish and wildlife and all three of the following criteria have been met:
[Statutory Authority: RCW 76.09.040. 10-11-081, § 222-16-080, filed 5/17/10, effective 6/17/10; 05-12-119, § 222-16-080, filed 5/31/05, effective 7/1/05. Statutory Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW, RCW 76.09.040, [76.09.]050, [76.09.]370, 76.13.120(9). 01-12-042, § 222-16-080, filed 5/30/01, effective 7/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 76.09.040 and chapter 34.05 RCW. 97-24-091, § 222-16-080, filed 12/3/97, effective 1/3/98; 97-15-105, § 222-16-080, filed 7/21/97, effective 8/21/97. Statutory Authority: Chapters 76.09 and 34.05 RCW. 96-12-038, § 222-16-080, filed 5/31/96, effective 7/1/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 76.09.040 and chapter 34.05 RCW. 93-12-001, § 222-16-080, filed 5/19/93, effective 6/19/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 76.09.040, 76.09.050 and chapter 34.05 RCW. 92-15-011, § 222-16-080, filed 7/2/92, effective 8/2/92.]