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ROBERT I. THIEME 

 Except for samples taken imniediately adjacent to the out- 

 fall, the report acknowledges that values of DO, pH and 

 transparency in the area approach those of the ambient 

 sea water. 



In spite of this, the report recommends 

 primary treatment for Anacortes mill, in addition to new 

 pumping and diffusion equipment. In view of the excellent 

 water quality conditions found in the Anacortes study, we 

 question how this recommendation can be justified. 



At our Everett mills, we have taken a num- 

 ber of steps to protect and improve water quality in the 

 vicinity of our mills. Some of these steps have involved 

 our manufacturing processes and others have involved 

 methods of handling our effluents. Since 19A7 we have 

 spent about $2,500,000 on pollution control projects and 

 we are currently spending almost $150,000 per year to 

 operate water protection facilities and to maintain tech- 

 nical study and monitoring programs of both process and 

 receiving water quality. 



In 1951 Scott and Weyerhaeuser jointly 

 a 

 constructed/deep-water diffuser pipeline, which has been 



mentioned before, whereby spent liquors from the two mills 



are discharged to the Bay at depths of 350 feet through a 



diffuser section. The report verifies that this means of 



