The Department of Fish and Wildlife is proposing to amend Wash. Admin. Code §232-12-011 regarding threatened species. Changes would remove the Steller sea lion from the state's threatened species list. A public hearing will be held February 6, 2015, and the deadline for written comment is January 14, 2015. See http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/law/wsr/2015/01/15-01PROP.pdf (pp. 55-56).