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JOHN VLASTELICIA 



principal source of wastes present In waters of the 

 Belllngham study area. These wastes discharge directly 

 Into Whatcom Waterway adjacent to the odIII and are found 

 dispersed In near-surface waters throughout the Belllngham- 

 Samlsh Bay system, on occasion even In the Anacortes area 

 some 12 to 14 miles distant. 



Our studies demonstrated that waste levels 

 present In the system are excessively damaging to the 

 Indigenous marine community. These damages are essentially 

 of two specific types: 



First, those of an acute nature, occurring 

 mainly In the Belllngham Harbor area and associated with 

 concentrated sulfite waste liquors and settleable solids 

 bearing wasfes discharged into Whatcom Waterway; 



And secondly, those damages of a more 

 chronic nature occurring throughout the outer waters of 

 the Bellingham-Samish Bay system and associated with dilute 

 concentrations of sulfite waste liquors. 



In Belllngham Harbor, waste discharge 

 from the Georgia-Pacific mill results in high waste con- 

 centrations , sludge deposits, and attendant water quality 

 degradation. Specifically, the wastes have been shown to: 



First, be injurious to juvenile salmon, 



resulting in extensive damage to the salmon fishery while 



