TITLE 312 NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION

Notice of Intent to Adopt a Rule

LSA Document #07-659

Under IC 4-22-2-23, the Natural Resources Commission intends to adopt a rule concerning the following:

OVERVIEW: Amends 312 IAC 9-3-11, 312 IAC 9-3-12, 312 IAC 9-3-13, and 312 IAC 9-3-14 by adding a hunting season for striped skunks and eliminating possession restrictions for furbearing mammals, including beavers, foxes, skunks, mink, muskrats, long-tailed weasels, opossums, and raccoons. Adds 312 IAC 9-3-14.5 governing possession restrictions for furbearers. Amends 312 IAC 9-3-18 to clarify prohibited methods of pursuing and taking wild animals and identifies limited exceptions. Amends 312 IAC 9-10-11 to clarify the methods of taking wild animals and the checking of traps under a nuisance wild animal control permit. Effective 30 days after filing with the Publisher. Questions and comments may be sent to the Division of Hearings, Natural Resources Commission, Indiana Government Center-South, 402 West Washington Street, Room W272, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2739, at nrcrules@nrc.in.gov, or by telephone at (317) 232-4699. Statutory authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-11-2-1; IC 14-22-2-6.

For purposes of IC 4-22-2-28.1, the Small Business Regulatory Coordinator for this rule is:

Linnea Petercheff

Staff Specialist

Division of Fish and Wildlife

Department of Natural Resources

Indiana Government Center-South

402 West Washington Street, Room W273

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

(317) 233-6527

lpetercheff@dnr.in.gov

DIN: 20071010-IR-312070659NIA

Composed: May 07,2024 9:33:22AM EDT

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