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1 ' ROY M. HARRIS 



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2 in our Plan of Imp lecne citation. 



3 The report recocnnnends Lhat dLedging and 



4 reoioval of sludge deposits from areas adjacent to mill 



5 outfalls at Whatcom Waterway and Bellinghaui Bay, Everett 

 g Harbor, and the Port Angeles Harbor be perforiijed by the 



7 mills. The report supports this recommendation by demon- 



8 strating acute toxicity to test fish due to hydrogen 



9 sulfide released from the sludge beds. We support this 



10 recommendation. 



11 The report recommends that Georgia-Pacific, 



12 Scott Paper and Weyerhaeuser at Everett modify chip barging 



13 unloading operations to eliminate spillage of wood chips. 



14 We support thic i..:>«^Lu.uendation. 



15 We do, however, suggest that the recora- 



16 mendations in the report be modified to read as follows: 



17 BELLINGHAM AREA 



18 Georgia-Pacific Pulp, Board, and Paper Mill: 



19 And I shall add here to the numbers in the 



20 report as the same numbers here. 



21 Recommendation 1. We suggest it be 



22 modified to provide for primary treatment of all solids- 



23 bearing wastes for removal of all settleable solids prior 



24 to discharge into Bellingham Bay. 



25 Recommendation 2. We have no change suggested 



