STATEMENT BY JOHN B. GRAY 

 1. Most of the wastes are confined to the 

 upper water layers of the south shore of the harbor. 



"2. From the distribution of oxygen. It 

 Is concluded that only a small proportion of the assimilative 

 capacity of the harbor is used and this use is confined to 

 the immediate vicinity of the mill. The mill's effluent 

 comprises only 0.065^ of the available dilution volume of 

 54 billion gallons. 



"3. Currents at the end of the Rayonier dock 

 run in an east by northeast direction; consequently little, 

 if any, waste from Rayonier 's effluents gets into the 

 westerly portion of the harbor. The flushing action is 

 so rapid that in 5 to 6 hours over 95^ of the effluent leaves 

 the harbor. 



"4. The presence of a wide variety of organisms j 

 Including the plankton feeders, attest to the adequacy of the 

 food chain within the harbor. 



" 5. The large numbers of fish and diversity 

 of vertebrate and invertebrate organisms attest to the ex- 

 cellent water quality of the harbor. 



"6. The maintenance of the steelhead run in 

 Ennis Creek, the mouth of which is only 50 yards from the 

 mill's outfall, demonstrates that the mill's discharge 

 does not prevent the passage of upstream and downstream 



