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1 STATEMENT BY JOHN B. GRAY 



2 community is almost entirely dependent upon thriving wood 

 products Industries. We do not believe that realistic and 



4 appropriate water quality standards can be achieved with 



5 such a generalized and arbitrary approach. 



g "9. As applied to the Port Angeles area, 



Y the list of uses both present and proposed does not adequately 

 g recognize the economy of the area. We call your attention 

 Q to the ommission as present and proposed uses of several 



historic water uses of vital importance to the economy of 

 jj the Port Angeles area; namely, log booming, storage and 

 .« movement; navigation; and waste assimilation. Port Angeles 

 is a thriving community because of the forest products 

 industries here. It is adjacent to extensive forest re- 

 sources and it is located on the edge of a vast body of 

 tidal salt water with a tremendous waste assimilative capacity, 

 ,- 70 to 80^ of the people in Clallam County depend primarily 

 jg or secondarily on the forest products industries. 



"10. We question the inclusion of swimming, 

 bathing and shellfish culture as legitimate present and 

 proposed uses of the waters in the Port Angeles area. 

 Bathing and swimming in the conventional sense are not 

 feasible because the water is too cold, generally around 

 50° F. 45 minutes is regarded as the average survival 

 time in these waters. We know of no significant shellfish 



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