Proposed Regulation Changes

(4) The following department areas are closed during high waters:

  [(A) On Donaldson Point Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the Mississippi River water level is at or above thirty-four feet (34') on the New Madrid gauge;

  (B) On Seven Island Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the Mississippi River water level is at or above thirty feet (30’) on the New Madrid gauge; and

  (C) On Hornersville Swamp Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the water level is at or above thirty-eight feet (38') on the Little River Floodway Ditch No. 1 at Hornersville, MO, gauge.]

  (A) On Black Island Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the Mississippi River water level is at or above twenty-eight feet (28’) on the Caruthersville, MO, gauge;

  (B) On Donaldson Point Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the Mississippi River water level is at or above thirty-four feet (34') on the New Madrid, MO, gauge;

  (C) On Girvin (John L. and Georgia) Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the Mississippi River water level is at or above twenty-nine feet (29’) on the New Madrid, MO, gauge;  

  (D) On Hornersville Swamp Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the water level is at or above thirty-eight feet (38') on the Little River Floodway Ditch No. 1 at Hornersville, MO, gauge; and

  (E) On Seven Island Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the Mississippi River water level is at or above thirty feet (30’) on the New Madrid, MO, gauge.

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016. This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-4.115. Original rule filed April 30, 2001, effective Sept. 30, 2001. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed March 1, 2019.

PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at http://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.