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BOB 0. BOWER 

 Sound . 



The joint Federal-State report, "Pollutional 

 Effects of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastes in Puget Sound," 

 dated March 1967, recoramends: 



"Reduction of SWL discharges so that con- 

 centrations are 10 parts per million or less beyond the 

 \«aste dispersion zones." 



This same report states. Page lOA: 



"It is concluded that waste solids dis- 

 charged by the Georgia-Pacific mills cause substantial 

 damage to benthic life in Bellingham Harbor." 



The Bellingham Pulp Mill waste permit 

 which expires December 18, 1967, in Section I, Sub 1, 

 Paragraph f, states: 



"Detrimental sludge deposits, if any, 

 which violate the Pollution Control Act are to be removed 

 and disposed of in a manner approved by the Pollution 

 Control Commission." 



This clause and similar clauses in other 

 pulp mill permits are apparently to be ignored by the 

 Commission or excused as "an exceptional case" as provided 

 in the recently adopted State Water Standards. 



In view of all these submitted facts and the 

 continued procrastination of the Pollution Control Commission 



