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1 STATE PRESENTATION (Continued) 



2 MR. HARRIS: As the first speaker after 



3 the recess, I should like to call on Mr. Donald J. Benson, 



4 Executive Secretary of the Northwest Pulp & Paper 



5 Association. 



6 PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY PRESENTATION 



7 STATEMENT OF DONALD J. BENSON 



8 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 



9 NORTHWEST PULP & PAPER ASSOCIATION 



10 MR. BENSON: Conferees, Mr. Stein, Mr. Poston, 



11 Mr. Harris. 



12 My name is Donald J. Benson. I am Executive 



13 Secretary of the Northwest Pulp & Paper Association. 



14 This non-profit corporation was founded in 1957 by the 



15 pulp and paper industry of Oregon and Washington to con- 



16 duct technical investigations, to sponsor research and 



17 to prepare information regarding air and water quality 



18 control for this industry. 



We have followed the FWPCA survey of Puget 



20 Sound waters of 1962-1966 and have reviewed the resulting 



21 report, "Pollutional Effects of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastes 



22 in Puget Sound", dated March 1967. We solicited advice 



23 and counsel in this review from professional experts of 

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various talents, both from within the industry and from 

 those outside the industry. These consultants have all 



