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 mortalities reported for zones A and B is reduced when 

 it is recognized that only limited conditions of tide and 

 weather produced unsatisfactory conditions at the time 

 of the bioassays. 



These tests were conducted under conditions 

 which are essentially of historical interest only. Sub- 

 sequent to the tests, the Scott Paper Company has installed 



clarification facilities, effluent diff users and connected 

 sanitary sewers to the City sewage collection system. 

 Weyerhaeuser Company has installed woodroom clarification 

 facilities, connected sanitary sewers to the City system 

 and has planned noajor outfall modifications in cooperation 

 with the Washington State Water Pollution Control Com- 

 mission. In addition, the City of Everett no longer dis- 

 charges municipal wastes into this area. 



Pursuing the concept of evaluation field 

 conditions, the Technical Committee sponsored extensive 

 studies by Dr. T. Saunders English on populations and the 

 life cycle of the English sole. His work has produced 

 significant discrepancies in findings with the Project's 

 laboratory work. The Project has attempted to correlate 

 Pearl-Benson positive material with toxicity to sole eggs 

 and larvae. Dr. English's work clearly shows that any 

 laboratory correlation they were able to produce is 



