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1 JOHN VLASTELICIA 



2 that the discharge of raw and partially treated domestic 



3 wastes from the City of Bellingham results in bacterial 



4 concentrations in the Bellingham Harbor hazardous to 



5 human health. 



6 RECOMMENDATIONS 



7 To provide abatement of pollution occurring 



8 in Bellingham Harbor and throughout the Bellingham-Samish 



9 Bay system, the Project recommends this: 



10 For Georgia-Pacific pulp, board and paper 



11 mill, five recommendations: First, provide primary treat- 



12 ment of all solids-bearing wastes to obtain removal of 



13 all settleable solids and to obtain 70 percent removal of 



14 volatile suspended solids. 



15 Second, to provide for a reduction in the 

 Ig discharge of sulfite waste liquor solids by that degree 



17 necessary to achieve the recommended levels of water 



18 quality in the Bellingham study area. That is a maximum 



19 of 10 parts per million sulfite waste liquor in the surface 



20 50 feet of depth beyond the initial waste dispersion zone. 



21 Third, that they construct a submarine out- 



22 fall equipped with an adequate diffuser to permit discharge 



23 of all residual wastes outside the confines of Whatcom 



24 Waterway into a depth of not less than 25 feet, measured 



25 at mean lower low water. 



