Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources

Rule R657-59

Private Fish Ponds

Notice of Proposed Rule

(Amendment)

DAR File No.: 35438
Filed: 11/15/2011 10:00:59 AM

RULE ANALYSIS

Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:

This proposed revision adds sections of rivers to the list which prohibits stocking of fertile rainbow trout.

Summary of the rule or change:

This rule provides the standards and procedures for private fishponds.

State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:

• Section 23-15-10
• Section 23-15-9

Anticipated cost or savings to:

the state budget:

This revision will add sections of rivers to the list which prohibits the stocking of fertile rainbow trout because this amendment does not create additional workload or programming changes, the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) determines that these amendments do not create a cost or savings impact to the state budget or DWR's budget. The changes will not increase workload and can be carried out with existing budget.

local governments:

Since this new amendment only adds sections of rivers to an already existing list this should have little to no effect on the local government. This filing does not create any direct cost or savings impact to local governments because they are not directly affected by the rule. Nor are local governments indirectly impacted because the rule does not create a situation requiring services from local governments.

small businesses:

Since this revision only adds section of rivers that will prohibit the stocking of fertile rainbow trout and will still allow for the stocking of other game fish, this revision will not impose additional financial requirements on persons requesting to stock a private pond in certain areas of the state and will not affect small businesses.

persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local governmental entities:

Since this revision only adds section of rivers that will prohibit the stocking of fertile rainbow trout and will still allow for the stocking of other game fish, this revision will not impose additional financial requirements on persons requesting to stock a private pond in certain areas of the state.

Compliance costs for affected persons:

DWR determines that since this amendment only eliminates section of river to the stocking of fertile rainbow trout and not to the stocking of other game fish, these amendments will not create a cost or savings impact to individuals who wish to stock game fish in a private pond.

Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:

The amendments to this rule do not create an impact on businesses.

Michael R. Styler, Executive Director

The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:

Natural Resources
Wildlife Resources
1594 W NORTH TEMPLE
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116-3154

Direct questions regarding this rule to:

• Staci Coons at the above address, by phone at 801-538-4718, by FAX at 801-538-4709, or by Internet E-mail at stacicoons@utah.gov

Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:

01/03/2012

This rule may become effective on:

01/10/2012

Authorized by:

James Karpowitz, Director

R657. Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources.

R657-59. Private Fish Ponds.

R657-59-1. Purpose and Authority.

(1) Under the authority of Sections 23-15-9 and 23-15-10 of the Utah Code, this rule provides the standards and procedures for private fish ponds.

(2) This rule does not regulate fee fishing or private aquaculture as provided in Title 4, Chapter 37 of the Utah Code, and Department of Agriculture Rule R58-17.

(3) Any violation of, or failure to comply with, any provision of Title 23 of the Utah Code, this rule, or any specific requirement contained in a certificate of registration or exemption certificate issued pursuant to this rule may be grounds for suspension of the certificate or denial of future certificates, as determined by the division

 

R657-59-16. Species, Strains, and Reproductive Capabilities of Aquaculture Product Authorized by Area for Stocking in Private Fish Ponds Without a Certificate of Registration or Exemption Certificate.

(1) A certificate of registration or exemption certificate must be obtained from the division pursuant to R657-59-6 and R657-59-7 prior to stocking in any private fish pond:

(a) non-salmonid aquaculture product; or

(b) any other species or reproductive capability of aquaculture product not specifically authorized in this Section.

(2)(a) The following subsections designate areas closed to stocking aquaculture product in private fish ponds using a general area identifier such canyon, creek, spring, or location and then followed by a specific area identifier in the form of hydrologic unit code (HUC) or township and range.

(b) The general area identifier is included for purposes of reference only and may include all or part of the associated drainage.

(c) The HUC or township and range designations constitute the legal descriptions of the actual closed areas.

(3) Certified sterile salmonid aquaculture product may be stocked without a certificate of registration or exemption certificate in any private fish pond within the state consistent with R657-59-3, except for ponds located within the following areas:

(a) Washington County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Ash Creek - HUC 150100080405;

(ii) Beaver Dam Wash - HUC 15010010;

(iii) Laverkin Creek - HUC 150100080302;

(iv) Leeds Creek - HUC 150100080906;

(v) Baker Dam Reservoir/Santa Clara River - HUC 150100080704;

(vi) Tobin Wash - HUC 150100080802;

(vii) Sand Cove Wash - HUC 150100080801;

(viii) Manganese Wash/Santa Clara River - HUC 150100080804;

(ix) Wittwer Canyon/Santa Clara River - HUC 150100080808;

(x) Cove Wash/Santa Clara River - HUC 150100080809;

(xi) Moody Wash - HUC 150100080603;

(xii) Upper Moody Wash - HUC 150100080602;

(xiii) Magotsu Creek - HUC 150100080704;

(xiv) South Ash Creek - HUC 150100080405);

(xv) Water Canyon - HUC 150100080701);

(xvi) Chinatown Wash/Virgin River - HUC 150100080508;

(xvii) Lower Gould Wash - HUC 150100080508;

(xviii) Grapevine Wash/Virgin River - HUC 150100080903;

(xix) Cottonwood Wash/Virgin River - HUC 150100080909;

(xx) Middleton Wash/Virgin River - HUC 150100080910;

(xxi) Lower Fort Pierce Wash - HUC 150100080605;

(xxii) Atkinville Wash - HUC 150100080303;

(xxiii) Lizard Wash - HUC 150100080302;

(xxiv) Val Wash/Virgin River - HUC 150100080307;

(xxv) Bulldog Canyon - HUC 150100080310; and

(xxvi) Fort Pierce Wash - HUC 15010009.

([4]) Fertile rainbow trout may be stocked without a certificate of registration or exemption certificate in any private fish pond within the state consistent with R657-59-3, except for ponds located within the following areas and elevations:

Beaver County - stocking is prohibited in the following:

(i) North Creek - HUCs 160300070203, 160300070208; and

(ii) Pine Creek (near Sulphurdale) - HUC 160300070501.

(b) Box Elder County - stocking is prohibited in the following:

(i) Morison Creek - HUC 16020308;

(ii) Bettridge Creek - HUC 16020308;

(iii) Death Creek - HUC 16020308;

(iv) Camp Creek - HUC 16020308;

(v) Goose Creek - HUC 17040211;

(vi) Raft River - HUC 17040210;

(vii) Fat Whorled Pond Snail Springs - Township 10 North, Ranges 4 and 5 West; and

(viii) Mantua Reservoir - HUC 16010204.

(c) Cache County - stocking is prohibited in the following:

(i) Logan River - HUC 16010203;

(ii) Blacksmith Fork - HUC 16010203;

(iii) East Fork Little Bear River - HUC 16010203; and

(iv) Little Bear River - HUC 16010203.

(d) Carbon County - stocking is prohibited in any private fish pond above 7000 feet in elevation.

(e) Daggett County - stocking is prohibited in any private fish pond above 7000 feet in elevation.

(f) Davis County - no areas closed to stocking fertile rainbow trout.

(g) Duchesne County - stocking is prohibited in any private fish pond above 7000 feet in elevation.

(h) Emery County - stocking is prohibited in any private fish pond above 7000 feet in elevation.

(i) Garfield County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Birch Creek/Main Canyon - HUC 140700050102;

(ii) Center Creek (tributary to East Fork Sevier R) HUC 160300020412;

(iii) Cottonwood Creek - HUC 160300020406;

([iii]iv) East Fork of Boulder Creek/ West Fork Boulder Creek - HUC 140700050206; and

([iv]v) Ranch Creek (East Fork Sevier River drainage) - HUC 160300020405.

(j) Grand County - stocking is prohibited in any private fish pond above 7000 feet in elevation.

(k) Iron County - no areas closed to stocking fertile rainbow trout.

(l) Juab County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Sulphur Wash - HUC 160203011303;

(ii) Middle Pleasant Valley Draw - HUC 160203011402;

(iii) Lower Pleasant Valley Draw - HUC 160203011403;

(iv) Cookscomb Ridge - HUC 160203011501;

(v) Outlet Salt Marsh Lake - HUC 160203011502;

(vi) Deep Creek Range - HUC 160203011503;

(vii) Snake Valley - HUC 160203011504;

(viii) Little Red Cedar Wash - HUC 160203011505;

(ix) Trout Creek - HUC 160203060101;

(x) Smelter Knolls - HUC 160203060104;

(xi) Toms Creek - HUC 160203060201;

(xii) Goshute Canyon - HUC 160203060202;

(xiii) Indian Farm Creek - HUC 160203060204;

(xiv) Spring Creek - HUC 160203060803;

(xv) Fifteenmile Creek - HUC 160203060804;

(xvi) East Creek/East Deep Creek - HUC 160203060805;

(xvii) East Creek/East Deep Creek - HUC 160203060806;

(xviii) West Deep Creek - HUC 160203060808;

(xix) Horse Valley - HUC 160203060304;

(xx) Starvation Canyon - HUC 160203060305;

(xxi) Cane Springs - HUC 160203060307;

(xxii) Fish Springs Range - HUC 160203060308;

(xxiii) Middle Fish Springs Wash - HUC 160203060309;

(xxiv) Lower Fish Springs Wash - HUC 160203060403;

(xxv) Fish Springs - HUC 160203060405;

(xxvi) Wilson Health Springs - HUC 160203060407;

(xxvii) Vernon Creek - HUC 160203040102;

(xxviii) Outlet Chicken Creek - HUC 160300050206;

(xxix) Little Valley/Sevier River - HUC 160300050403;

(xxx) Pole Creek/Salt Creek - HUC 160202010104; and

(xxxi) West Creek/Current Creek - HUC160202010107.

(m) Kane County - no areas closed to stocking fertile rainbow trout.

(n) Millard County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Outlet Salt Marsh Lake - HUC 160203011502;

(ii) Sulphur Wash - HUC160203011303;

(iii) Cockscomb Ridge - HUC 160203011501;

(iv) Tungstonia Wash - HUC 160203011302;

(v) Salt Marsh Lake - HUC 160203011304;

(vi) Indian George Wash - HUC 160203011301

(vii) Outlet Bishop Springs - HUC 160203011203;

(viii) Warm Creek - HUC 160203011204;

(ix) Headwaters Bishop Springs - HUC 160203011202;

(x) Indian Pass - HUC 160203011107;

(xi) Chevron Ridge - HUC 160203011110;

(xii) Petes Knoll - HUC 160203011109;

(xiii) Red Gulch - HUC 160203011102;

(xiv) Horse Canyon - HUC 160203011106;

(xv) Hampton Creek - HUC 160203011105;

(xvi) Knoll Springs - HUC 160203011103;

(xvii) Browns Wash - HUC 160203011101;

(xviii) Outlet Baker Creek - HUC 160203011004;

(xix) Outlet Old Mans Canyon - HUC 160203011003;

(xx) Hendrys Creek - HUC 160203011104;

(xxi) Headwaters Old Mans Canyon - HUC 160203011002;

(xxii) Rock Canyon - HUC 160203011001

(xxiii) Silver Creek - Baker Creek - HUC 160203010806;

(xxiv) Outlet Weaver Creek - HUC 160203010804;

(xxv) Conger Spring - HUC 160203010702; and

(xxvi) Sheepmens Little Valley - HUC 160203010607.

(o) Morgan County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Weber River - HUC 16020102;

(ii) East Canyon Creek - HUC 16020102; and

(iii) Lost Creek - HUC 16020101.

(p) Piute County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Birch Creek HUC 160300010603;

(ii) Clear Creek HUC 1603000301;

(iii) Manning Creek - HUC [160300030203.]160300030203;

(iv) Tenmile Creek HUC 160300030204.

(q) Rich County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Bear Lake including all its tributaries - HUC 16010201;

(ii) Big Creek - HUC 16010101;

(iii) Birch Creek from Birch Creek Reservoir upstream and tributaries HUC 16010101;

(iv) Little Creek from Little Creek Reservoir upstream and tributaries HUC 16010101;

(v) Otter Creek and its tributaries HUC 16010101;

(vi) Woodruff Creek - HUC 16010101; and

([iv]vii) Home Canyon and Meachum Canyon (Deseret Ranch) - HUC 16010101.

(r) Salt Lake County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Big Cottonwood Canyon Creek - HUC 160202040201;

(ii) Little Cottonwood Canyon Creek - HUC 160202040202;

(iii) Mill Creek - HUC 160202040301;

(iv) Parleys Creek - HUC 160202040302;

(v) Emigration Creek - HUC 160202040303;

(vi) City Creek - HUC 160202040304; and

(vii) Red Butte Creek/Emigration Creek - HUC 160202040306.

(s) San Juan County - stocking is prohibited in any private fish pond above 7000 feet in elevation.

(t) Sanpete County:

(i) stocking is prohibited in the following areas west of the Manti Mountain Range divide:

(A) Dry Creek/San Pitch River - HUC 160300040201;

(B) Oak Creek/San Pitch River - HUC 160300040202;

(C) Cottonwood Canyon/San Pitch River - HUC 160300040203;

(D) Birch Creek/San Pitch River - HUC 160300040204;

(E) Pleasant Creek - HUC 160300040205;

(F) Dublin Wash/San Pitch River - HUC 160300040206;

(G) Cedar Creek - HUC 160300040207;

(H) Spring Hollow/San Pitch River - HUC 160300040208;

(I) Upper Oak Creek - HUC 160300040302;

(J) Petes Canyon/San Pitch River - HUC 160300040306;

(K) Uinta Gulch - HUC 160202020201;

(L) Upper Thistle Creek - HUC 160202020202;

(M) Nebo Creek - HUC 160202020203;

(N) Middle Thistle Creek - HUC 160202020204;

(O) Dry Canyon/San Pitch River - HUC 160300040308;

(P) Maple Canyon/San Pitch River - HUC 160300040309;

(Q) Gunnison Reservoir/San Pitch River - HUC 160300040503;

(R) Outlet San Pitch River - HUC 160300040505;

(S) Beaver Creek - HUC 140700020201;

(T) Box Canyon/Muddy Creek - HUC 140700020203;

(U) Skumpah Creek-Salina Creek - HUC 160300030402; and

(V) Headwaters Twelvemile Creek - HUC 160300040402.

(ii) stocking is prohibited in any private fish pond above 7000 feet in elevation east of the Manti Mountain Range divided.

(u) Sevier County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) [Pole Creek (tributary to] Clear Creek[) -] HUC [160300030103]1603000301;

(ii) Salina Creek - HUC 160300030402; and

(iii) U M Creek - HUC 140700030101.

(v) Summit County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Bear River and all tributaries - HUC 16010101;

(ii) Mill Creek and all tributaries - HUC 16010101;

(iii) Muddy Creek and Van Tassel Creek - HUC 14040108;

(iv) Little West Fork/Blacks Fork - HUC 14040107;

(v) Black Fork - HUC 14040107;

(vi) Archie Creek - HUC 14040107;

(vii) West Fork Smiths Fork - HUC 14040107;

(viii) Gilbert Creek - HUC 14040107;

(ix) East Fork Smiths Fork - HUC 14040107;

(x) Dahalgreen Creek - HUC 14040106;

(xi) Henrys Fork - HUC 14040106;

(xii) Spring Creek and Poison Creek - HUC 14040106;

(xiii) West Fork Beaver Creek - HUC 14040106;

(xiv) Middle Fork Beaver Creek - HUC 14040106;

(xv) Echo Creek - HUC 16020101;

(xvi) Chalk Creek - HUC 16020101;

(xvii) Silver Creek - HUC 16020101;

(xviii) Weber River - HUC 16020101;

(xix) Beaver Creek - HUC 16020101;

(xx) Provo River - HUC 16020101;

(xxi) Kimball Creek - HUC 160201020101;

(xxii) Big Dutch Hollow/East Canyon Creek - HUC 160201020103;

(xxiii) Silver Creek - HUC 160201010403; and

(xxiv) Toll Canyon/East Canyon Creek - HUC 160201020102.

(w) Tooele County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Toms Creek - HUC 160203060201;

(ii) Goshute Canyon - HUC 160203060202;

(iii) Eightmile Wash - HUC 160203060203;

(iv) Indian Farm Creek - HUC 160203060204;

(v) Willow Spring Wash HUC 160203060205;

(vi) Willow Canyon - HUC 160203080104;

(vii) Bettridge Creek - HUC 160203080106;

(viii) East Creek/East Deep Creek - HUC 160203060806;

(ix) East Deep Creek - HUC 160203060807;

(x) West Deep Creek - HUC 160203060808;

(xi) Gullmette Gulch/Deep Creek - HUC 160203060902;

(xii) Pony Express Canyon/Deep Creek - HUC 160203060904;

(xiii) Badlands - HUC 160203060905;

(xiv) White Sage Flat/Deep Creek - HUC 160203060907;

(xv) Lower Fish Springs Wash - HUC 160203060403;

(xvi) Fish Springs - HUC 160203060405;

(xvii) Wilson Health Springs - HUC 160203060407;

(xviii) East Government Creek - HUC 160203040101;

(xix) Vernon Creek - HUC 160203040102; and

(xx) Faust Creek - HUC 160203040105.

(x) Uintah County - stocking is prohibited in any private fish pond above 7000 feet in elevation.

(y) Utah County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Starvation Creek - HUC 160202020101;

(ii) Upper Soldier Creek - HUC 160202020102;

(iii) Tie Fork - HUC 160202020103;

(iv) Middle Soldier Creek - HUC 160202020105;

(v) Lake Fork - HUC 160202020106;

(vi) Lower Soldier Creek - HUC 160202020107;

(vii) Upper Thistle Creek - HUC 160202020202;

(viii) Nebo Creek - HUC 160202020203;

(ix) Middle Thistle Creek - HUC 160202020204;

(x) Lower Thistle Creek - HUC 160202020205;

(xi) Sixth Water Creek - HUC 160202020301;

(xii) Cottonwood Canyon - HUC 160202020302;

(xiii) Fifth Water Creek - HUC160202020303;

(xiv) Upper Diamond Fork - HUC 160202020304;

(xv) Wanrhodes Canyon - HUC 160202020305;

(xvi) Middle Diamond Fork - HUC 160202020306;

(xvii) Lower Diamond Fork - HUC 160202020307;

(xviii) Headwaters Left Fork Hobble Creek - HUC 160202020401;

(xix) Headwaters Right Fork Hobble Creek - HUC 160202020402;

(xx) Outlet Left Fork Hobble Creek - HUC 160202020403;

(xxi) Outlet Right Fork Hobble Creek - HUC 160202020404;

(xxii) Upper Spanish Fork Creek - HUC 160202020501;

(xxiii) Middle Spanish Fork Creek - HUC 160202020502;

(xxiv) Peteetneet Creek - HUC 160202020601;

(xxv) Spring Creek - HUC 160202020602;

(xxvi) Beer Creek - HUC 160202020603;

(xxvii) Big Spring Hollow/South Fork Provo River - HUC 160202030502;

(xxviii) Pole Creek/Salt Creek - HUC 160202010104;

(xxix) Middle American Fork Canyon - HUC 160202010802;

(xxx) Mill Fork - HUC 160202020104; and

(xxxi) Upper American Fork Canyon - HUC 160202010801.

(z) Wasatch County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Willow Creek/Strawberry River - HUC 140600040101;

(ii) Clyde Creek/Strawberry River - HUC 140600040102;

(iii) Indian Creek - HUC140600040104;

(iv) Trout Creek/Strawberry River - HUC 140600040105;

(v) Soldier Creek/Strawberry River - HUC 140600040106;

(vi) Willow Creek - HUC 140600040301;

(vii) Current Creek Reservoir - HUC 140600040401;

(viii) Little Red Creek - HUC 140600040402;

(ix) Outlet Current Creek - HUC 140600040403;

(x) Water Hollow/Current Creek - HUC 140600040404;

(xi) Headwaters West Fork Duchesne River - HUC 140600030101;

(xii) Little South Fork Provo River - HUC 160202030201;

(xiii) Bench Creek/Provo River - HUC160202030202;

(xiv) Lady Long Hollow/Provo River - HUC 160202030203;

(xv) Charcoal Canyon/Provo River - HUC 160202030204;

(xvi) Drain Tunnel Creek - HUC 160202030301;

(xvii) Lake Creek - HUC 160202030302;

(xviii) Center Creek - HUC 160202030303;

(xix) Cottonwood Canyon/Provo River - HUC 160202030304;

(xx) Snake Creek - HUC 160202030305;

(xxi) Spring Creek/Provo River - HUC 160202030306;

(xxii) Daniels Creek - HUC 160202030401;

(xxiii) Upper Main Creek - HUC 160202030403;

(xxiv) Lower Main Creek - HUC 160202030404;

(xxv) Deer Creek Reservoir-Provo River - HUC160202030405;

(xxvi) Provo Deer Creek - HUC 160202030501;

(xxvii) Little Hobble Creek - HUC 160202030402;

(xxviii) Mill Hollow/South Fork Provo River - HUC 160202030104; and

(xxix) Mud Creek - HUC 140600040103.

(aa) Washington County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) Ash Creek - HUC 150100080405;

(ii) Beaver Dam Wash - HUC 15010010;

(iii) Laverkin Creek - HUC 150100080302;

(iv) Leeds Creek - HUC 150100080906;

(v) Baker Dam Reservoir/Santa Clara River - HUC 150100080704;

(vi) Tobin Wash - HUC 150100080802;

(vii) Sand Cove Wash - HUC 150100080801;

(viii) Manganese Wash/Santa Clara River - HUC 150100080804;

(ix) Wittwer Canyon/Santa Clara River - HUC 150100080808;

(x) Cove Wash/Santa Clara River - HUC 150100080809;

(xi) Moody Wash - HUC 150100080603;

(xii) Upper Moody Wash - HUC 150100080602;

(xiii) Magotsu Creek - HUC 150100080704;

(xiv) South Ash Creek - HUC 150100080405);

(xv) Water Canyon - HUC 150100080701);

(xvi) Chinatown Wash/Virgin River - HUC 150100080508;

(xvii) Lower Gould Wash - HUC 150100080508;

(xviii) Grapevine Wash/Virgin River - HUC 150100080903;

(xix) Cottonwood Wash/Virgin River - HUC 150100080909;

(xx) Middleton Wash/Virgin River - HUC 150100080910;

(xxi) Lower Fort Pierce Wash - HUC 150100080605;

(xxii) Atkinville Wash - HUC 150100080303;

(xxiii) Lizard Wash - HUC 150100080302;

(xxiv) Val Wash/Virgin River - HUC 150100080307;

(xxv) Bulldog Canyon - HUC 150100080310; and

(xxvi) Fort Pierce Wash - HUC 15010009.

(bb) Wayne County - no areas closed to stocking fertile rainbow trout.

(cc) Weber County - stocking is prohibited in the following areas:

(i) North Fork Ogden River - HUC 16020102;

(ii) Middle Fork Ogden River and Gertsen Creek - HUC 16020102; and

(iii) South Fork Ogden River and Gertsen Creek - HUC 16020102.

 

KEY: wildlife, aquaculture, fish

Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment: [August 21, 2008]2012

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 23-15-9; 23-15-10