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1 JOHN VLASTELICIA 



2 extensive damage to oyster larvae. Similar damages would 



3 be expected to occur to other indigenous shellfish, as 



4 j indicated by observed damages to the sessile intertidal 



5 organisms. 



6 To prevent additional damages and to provide 



7 minimum protection of these organisms during their most 



8 sensitive life stages, it again is required that sulfite 



9 waste liquor concentrations not exceed 10 parts per million 



10 in the surface 50 feet of depth beyond an initial waste 



11 dispersion zone. The initial waste disperson zone sug- 



12 gested by the Project is defined as that area of Everett 



13 Harbor and Port Gardner enclosed within a one-and-a-half 



14 mile radius from the southwestern tip of the harbor. This 



15 area encompasses some six square miles. 



16 Wastes from the Simpson Lee Company sulfate 



17 pulp mill are discharged into the Snohomish River some 10 



18 miles upstream from its mouth. This mill is relatively 



19 small but discharges significant quantities of settleable 



20 solids materials that contribute to the extensive bottom 



21 sludge deposits found adjacent to the mouth of the 



22 Snohomish River. 



23 The City of Everett's domestic wastes are 



24 treated in a waste stabilization pond and then discharged 



into the Snohomish River at a point three and a half miles 



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