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2 mill and the Scott Paper Company pulp and paper mill. 



3 Concentrated pulping wastes from these two operations are 



4 discharged through a deep-water outfall to Port Gardner, 



5 while large volumes of log-barking, pulp-washing, bleach- 

 5 ing, and paper-making wastes are discharged to Everett 



Harbor immediately adjacent to the two mills. A portion 



8 of these latter wastes receive primary treatment prior 



9 to discharge. 



10 Our studies have shown that damages result- 



11 ing from these discharges are again of two types: 



12 Those associated with or caused by the dis- 



13 charge of large volumes of Solids-bearing wastes, some 



14 31 tons per day, discharged to Everett Harbor adjacent to 



15 the mills. These solid wastes occasionally contain toxic 



16 chemicals. 



17 And secondly, there are those damages 



18 resulting from the toxic effects of the sulfite waste 



19 liquor itself when diluted and dispersed throughout the 



20 j surface waters of the Port Gardner, Possession Sound, 



21 ! Port Susan and Saratoga Passage. 



22 Specifically, these discharges have been 



23 I shown to: 



24 One, cause injury or mortality to juvenile 

 salmon migrating through Everett Harbor. 



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