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ROBERT I. THIEME 

 marine life in the harbor. Most of the studies in the 

 Everett area were made prior to the installation of our 

 clarifiers and dock front diffuser and none are indicative 

 of conditions as they exist today. For example, the study 

 stating that depths of settleable solids have an adverse 

 effect on juvenile salmon was conducted prior to our com- 

 pletion of the improvements which I have just mentioned. 

 Certainly the requirement for additional facilities of, 

 at best, marginal effectiveness would require further 

 justification than has been presented. 



For the reasons I have stated, and for the 

 reasons contained in the statements made by the Northwest 

 Pulp and Paper Association and the Everett Mills Technical 

 Committee, we seriously question the validity and inter- 

 pretation of the scientific studies in the report with 

 respect to the effect of pulp and paper mill wastes on 

 water quality and marine life in the Port Gardner Bay and 

 Guemes Channel area. As a matter of fact, the natural 

 abundance of Puget Sound and its recognized fertility are 

 incompatible with the conclusion of the studies that 

 pollution exists in this area. 



And I would like to digress at this point, 

 Mr. Chairman, to make reference to matters which were 

 brought up in the Mount Vernon hearings, and which I 



