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JAMES E. PHILLIPS 

 questionable; problem for a possibly very real and serious 

 problem, that of air pollution. 



We have lived with the pulp and paper 

 industry long enough to kaow Chat a recovery process involved 

 the burning of some of the wastes, and that this in turn 

 can in many oases lead to at least intermittent air 

 problems no matter how careful the industry may be. 



Frankly, gentlemen, from a simple public 

 standpoint, we do not feel that our water in Port Angeles 

 Harbor is in such bad shape. In fact, one has to go out 

 and search to find the questionable conditions. We have 

 seen times and places in other towns where this is not 

 true in respect to the air. Sometimes it just plain 

 smells . 



I repeat, we are not sure if a probleoo 

 actually exists. In the last issue of Sports Illustrated 

 dated September A, 1967, on Page 10 they carry a story 

 called "Population Explosion". I would like to read from 

 this article if I may. I quote: 



"Sometimes it happens--a river becomes too 

 crowded with fish for fish to survive, for sportsmen to 

 catch them and even for biologists to count them. It has 

 been happening this summer on the Dungeness, a pretty little 

 Alder-lined stream that forms in Washington's Olympic 



