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1 Opening Statement - Mr. Stein 



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PROCEED_INGS 



OPENING STATEMENT 



6 BY 



7 MR. MURRAY STEIN 



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9 t CHAIRMAN STEIN: The Conference is open. 



10 This session of the Conference in the matter 



11 of pollution of the navigable waters of the Puget Sound, 



12 the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and their tributaries and 



13 estuaries within the State of Washington is being held 



14 under the provisions of Section 10 of the Federal Water 



15 Pollution Control Act, as amended. The Secretary of the 



16 Interior is authorized to call a Conference of this type 



17 when requested to do so by the Governor of a State, The 



18 Governor of Washington, Hon. Albert Do Hosellini, requested 



19 a Conference on November 2?, 19^1, and the first session 



20 was held January l6 and 17, iy6?. 



21 The purpose of the Conference is to bring 



22 together representatives of the State Water Pollution 



23 Control Agency, representatives of the United States Depart- 



24 ment of the Interior, and other Interested parties, to 



25 review the existing situation, the progress v/hich has been 



