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2 volumes of untreated or partially treated pulp and paper 



3 mill wastes into Puget Sound. The ultimate impact of 



4 these vastes on the marine environment was largely un- 



5 documented at the time of the 1962 Conference. The 



g Project's objectives then were these: First of all, to 



7 determine the effects of these wastes on water quality 



g and marine life, secondly to delineate their interference 



9 with legitimate water uses, and third to determine 

 pollution abatement needs. 



11 In order to accomplish this rather 



12 ambitious program, the Project conducted comprehensive 



13 studies consisting of four basic elements: 



14 First, a program of economic studies to 



15 evaluate some of the values of water uses and water re- 



16 sources germane to the problems of pulp and paper mill 



17 pollution. 



18 Secondly, a program of in-plant surveys to 



19 describe the pulp and paper mills and to determine the 



20 quantity and composition of the wastes that they discharge 



21 into the Sound . 



22 Third, a program of oceanographic and 



23 related studies to determine the subsequent distribution 



24 of these wastes in the Sound and to describe their effect 



on the receiving waters. 



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