8. Analysis and Supporting Documents Used to Determine the Effect on Small Business or in Preparation of an Economic Impact Report: The proposed rule will primarily affect recreational anglers who fish the approximate 20 miles of river from the Grand Rapids Dam tailwaters to the Menominee Dam. It is not expected that there will be any economic impact or change directly related to these rule changes. Anglers will still have the opportunity to harvest a legal-sized sturgeon in over 40 miles of waters upstream of the Grand Rapids Dam.
It is not expected that this rule would affect businesses that register sturgeon. There are only two non-department sturgeon registration stations in the area and only 10 lake sturgeon have been harvested above the Menominee Dam since 2006. The Peshtigo DNR Service Center is an alternate registration station.
9. Effect on Small Business (initial regulatory flexibility analysis): It is not expected that there will be any economic impact or change directly related to these rule changes. The proposed rule will primarily affect sport anglers. The proposed rule does not impose any reporting requirements on small businesses nor are any design or operational standards contained in the rule.
10. Agency Contact Person:
Mike Donofrio
101 N. Ogden Rd., Suite A
Peshtigo, WI 54157-1734
(715) 582-5050
11. Place where comments are to be submitted and deadline for submission:
Written comments may be submitted at the public hearings, by regular mail, fax or email to the person listed above. Written comments may also be submitted to the Department using the Wisconsin Administrative Rules Internet website at http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov. The hearing date was September 29, 2015, and the comment submission deadline was September 30. No one attended the hearings and no comments were submitted.
Section 1 NR 23.05 (5) (c) is amended to read:
NR 23.05 (5) (c) LAKE STURGEON
1. Menominee river, upstream from Hattie St. Grand Rapids dam | First Saturday in September to September 30 | 1 per season | 60 |
1m. Menominee river, downstream from Hattie St. Grand Rapids dam | First Saturday in September to September 30 | 0 (catch-and-release only) | Harvest prohibited |
2. All other boundary waters | No open season | -- | -- |
Section 2. Effective Date. This rule shall take effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register as provided in s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats. Section 3. Board adoption. This rule was approved and adopted by the State of Wisconsin Natural Resources Board on December 9, 2015.
