Comment Period on Proposed HPA Rules Extended

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has extended the public comment period on the proposed hydraulic rule updates until September 15.  All documents and the email address for submitting comments may be found on the WDFW website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/hpa/rulemaking/ or comments may be mailed to Randi Thruston, WDFW Habitat Program, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091.

For more background on the proposed HPA update rules, readers may refer to previous posts on this blog here (last section of post) and here.

Fish & Wildlife Commission Meeting Agenda Set

The Washington Fish & Wildlife Commission has released its agenda for the August, 2014 meeting.

According to the published agenda, the meeting will take place on Friday the 8th and Saturday the 9th in Room 172 of the Natural Resources Building, 1111 Washington Street SE, Olympia Washington, 98501.  On both days, the meeting will begin at 8:30 A.M.

Of particular interest to miners, at 3:35 P.M. Friday WDFW "staff will brief the Commission on the CR-102 version of hydraulic code, including a summary of comments received from stakeholders and tribes."  Public input will be accepted at this time as well.

The Commission agenda may be found online at the link here.  As noted earlier on this blog, the proposed HPA rules may be found at the link here.