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Conferees. The Secretary is also required to make recons- 

 tuendations for remedial action if such recommendations 

 are indicated. 



A record and verbatim transcript of the 

 Conference is being made by Mrs. Virginia Rankin. This 

 is for the purpose of aiding us in preparing a summary 

 and also providing a complete record of what is said here. 

 We will make copies of the summary and transcript avail- 

 able to the Washington State Pollution Control Commission. 



I should indicate that ^frs. Rankin, who 

 has worked with us many times in the past--and if she 

 wasn't so young I would tell you how many years we have 

 worked together--is an independent contractor who got this 



contract for this Conference by bidding against other 

 court reporters. We have found that the transcript made 

 available to you will be printed and distributed 

 generally in about four months, taking into account the 

 vagaries and problems of Government processing for print- 

 ing. Now, if any of you should want a copy of the tran- 

 script in advance for your own use or any portion of it, 

 I would suggest that you get in touch with Mrs. Rankin 

 and make your own arrangements. I suspect her fees will 

 be as reasonable to you as they are to us. 



However, for the others, if you wish a 

 copy, for maintaining relationships within the State, 



