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BOB 0. BOWER 

 to the fiscal department. 



MR. BOWER: Thank you. 



CHAIRMAN STEIN: Mr. Harris. 



MR. HARRIS: I would like now to call on 

 Mr. R. N. Steele. 



STATEMENT OF R . N. STEELE 

 OF THE 



ROCK POINT OYSTER COMPANY 



MR. STEELE: Mr. Chairman, Conferees, 

 ladies and gentlemen. 



To clarify, my name is R. N. Steele. I am 

 the owner of the Rock Point Oyster Company in Samish Bay. 

 We are still salvaging oysters from Samish Bay, but I 

 make my living in the waters of Deboh Bay off Hood Canal 

 growing oyster seed. 



I have made a study of the report entitled 

 "Pollutional Effects of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastes in Puget 

 Sound", March 1967. It is a very good report of con- 

 ditions as they exist in Puget Sound. 



As an oyster farmer living in a very fast- 

 growing state, I am particularly interested in the future 

 of our vast natural resource, the water of Puget Sound. 

 A recent study made by Mr. Ron Westley of the Washington 

 Department of Fisheries lists the maximum potential of 



