1501:31-7-06 Seasons and limits on ducks, brant, geese, mergansers, and coots.

 

 

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

 

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife will conduct a public administrative hearing on March 9, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. at the Ohio Division of Wildlife, Wildlife District One Office, 1500 Dublin Road, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

The purpose of this hearing is to consider the adoption, amendment and rescission of Administrative Code rules concerning the taking, possession, management and protection of wild and captive held animals that are the responsibility of the Division of Wildlife.

The proposed rules include but are not limited to the establishment of open and closed seasons, methods of taking, bag and possession limits, management of endangered species, administration of division owned, administered, and leased lands, special permits, and commercial fishing regulations. Wild animals include  mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic insects, fish, reptiles, and amphibians, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and all other wild mammals.

A copy of the full text of the proposed Rules or a copy of this public notice may be obtained from: The Chief of the Division of Wildlife, 2045 Morse Rd., Building G-3, Columbus, Ohio 43229 or by going to www.registerofohio.state.oh.us.

The full text of the proposed regulations is available for review in the office of the Chief of the Division of Wildlife and in the six wildlife district offices in Akron, Athens, Columbus, Findlay, Sandusky, and Xenia.

The hearing will be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 119 of the Ohio Revised Code, and Ohio Revised Code 1531.08. Interested persons will have the opportunity to give testimony for or against the proposed rules.