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TAHOMA SPORTSMEN'S CLUB 



1 Just to recall a little history, a hearing 



2 on pulp mill pollution was held in Olympia , Washington, 



3 February 5, 1958 . almost ten years ago. 



4 We strongly urge that a transcript of that 



5 hearing be placed into the record of this conference. 



6 Two of the present state's Water Pollution Commission 



7 members of 1958 are members of this same commission today, 

 g The then Director of Fisheries, Mr. Milo Moore, had the 



9 courage to propose standards in 1958 based on many years 



10 of research, but was given no support as far as can be 



11 determined, by any of the other four on the Water Pollution 



12 Commission of 1958. 



13 We request again population raw sewage 



14 equivalents for various industries wherever these 



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equivalents would be applicable. It is much simpler for 

 the public to comprehend than pages of numbers setting 

 ly pollution standards. Numbers used by technicians mean 



18 nothing to the general public, but raw sewage equivalents 



19 based on population wherever possible gives the public a 



20 graphic comprehension of the problem. This is the same 



21 type of comparison given at the first conference in 1962 



22 regarding sulphite waste liquor pulp mills. It was quite 



23 a revelation, and the comparison still holds true today. 



24 The area water classifications should be "clean, semi- 



25 polluted, polluted, and grossly polluted" as was proposed 



