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 of eight containers. One container held control sea water 

 and the others held concentrations of SWL of about 7, 14, 

 28, 55, 110, 220, and 440 ppm. Two of the control eggs 

 hatched. The larvae lived somewhere between 92 and 337 

 hours, then presumably died of starvation. Two eggs hatched 

 from concentrations of 7,l4 , 28 and 55 ppm SWL. All of the 

 eggs in 110 ppm SWL died. However, two eggs hatched in 

 220 ppm and two eggs hatched in 440 ppm. Those larvae 

 lived from 192 to 236 hours. There can be many objections 

 to this experiment, and I would probably agree with those 

 objections, but I am now firmly convinced that the con- 

 clusion of the Federal report is wrong in some major way. 



I now cannot agree that SWL concentrations 

 in the surface waters of Port Gardner must be less than 

 14 ppm to prevent additional damages and provide minimum 

 protection of these organisms during their most sensitive 

 life stages. The English sole population in Port Gardner 

 does not appear to be suffering from concentrations of SWL. 



In closing, I repeat that I believe the 

 Federal report has reached unsound conclusions. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



CHAIRMAN STEIN: Thank you. Professor 

 English. 



Are there any comments or questions? 



