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1 ROBERT I. THIEME 



2 disposal has proven quite effective. Page 300. 



3 Within the past four years, we have sub- 



4 stantially reduced the suspended solids discharged to 



5 Everett Harbor, Everett's inner harbor, by the installa- 



6 tion of clarifiers in compliance with permits issued by 



7 the Washington Pollution Control Commission. The report 

 g states that the clarifiers have effected the reduction 



9 of about 60 percent in both total suspended solids and 



10 volatile suspended solids discharged into the Everett 



11 Harbor, Page 255. 



12 In September 1963 we converted our method 



13 of discharge to the Everett Harbor of mill and bleach 



14 plant white waters from the surface outfall to a submerged 



15 dock front dif f user . The Everett study found that this 



16 changeover has had a beneficial effect in reducing foam 



17 problems, water murkiness and in speeding dilution of 



18 mill effluent, Page 290. 



19 Our monitoring shows that improvement has 



20 resulted and is continuing in these inner harbor waters, 



21 and Mr. Miller spoke of this as a result of the Everett 



22 Technical Committee work. While these waters are not 



23 equal in all criteria to waters outside the initial waste 



24 dispersion zone, we cannot accept the report's outdated 



25 finding of detrimental effect on juvenile salmon or other 



