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STATEMENT BY STORES WATERMAN 



people commissioned by the Natural Resources Committee of 



AWI previously described by Mr. Graunke. 



My statement today will review the Information 



Bulletin prepared for this hearing by the Pollution Control 



Commission. 



"We generally support with two provisions 

 hereinafter noted, the existing water quality standards 

 as previously adopted by the Commission and as quoted on 

 Pages 8 and 9 of the Information Bulletin. The first pro- 

 vision Is that the Interpretation of deleterious effect 

 on "related forms of aquatic life" does not preclude any 

 change in an array of aquatic organisms. Our contention 

 is that as long as the species of aquatic life that is importar 

 to man for example, the fishes, is in satisfactory condition, 

 variations in the make-up of the food web of aquatic life 

 leading to such a satisfactory condition is not of primary 

 Importance. The Appendix "A" attached describes this con- 

 cept in more detail. 



"Our second provision is that these standards 

 should also recognize that less than 5mg/L oxygen may satis- 

 factorily serve the full usefulness of certain zones of the 

 sound and coastal waters. 



"Reference is made to the foldout sheet of the 

 Information Brochure which is between Pages 10 and 11 and 



