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Mr. Harris. 



MR. HARRIS: At this tirae I should like to 

 call on a representative of the State Departsnent of Health 

 to present a statement on behalf of that agency. 



STATEMENT OF JAMES C. PLUNTER 

 HEAD, SANITARY ENGINEERING SECTION 

 WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 



MR. PLUNTER: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

 Members of the Conference and ladies and gentlemen. 



My name is Jim Plunter, and I represent 

 the Washington State Department of Health. 



The technical questions under study at 

 this hearing are undeniably complex. We claim no exper- 

 tise in the field of industrial ''aste. Our concern and 

 responsibility is the preservation, the protection, and 

 promotion of the health and vrell being of the people of the 

 State, and as such, our position is simply stated. 



We are committed to keeping the total 

 environment, including water, as clean as possible, 

 as free of contaminants or pollutants or foreign materials 

 as is technologically feasible. 



We believe this is a sound principle which 

 will aid substantially in protecting public health and 

 assuring the preservation of the enviior.uient for future 



generations . 



