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WILLIAM J. DITTRICH 



"In conclusion, we would like to express our 



thanks to the Conference for the opportunity to express our vlpws. 



(The foregoing statement and appended exhibits 

 are marked Exhibit 9 and are on file at the FWPCA Headquarters 

 In Washington, D. C. , with copies on file at the FWPCA Regional 

 Office in Portland, Oregon, and the State of Washington WPCC 

 office in Olympia, Washington.) 



CHAIRMAN STEIN: Thank you, Mr. Dlttrlch. 



Any comments or questions? 



Thank you very much. You know, when we trans- 

 ferred from the Public Health Service to the Interior Depart- 

 ment I thought one of the unearned increments I was going to 

 get was no more dump problems, but I find since I have been 

 over there we have been pretty busy, and I don't want to 

 deprecate this problem at all. The Conferees will give it 

 careful consideration. 



You know, when I went to undergraduate school, 

 which was a long time ago in the 30's,we used to learn about tljie 

 Holy Roman Empire, and that, we were told, was neither holy nor 

 Roman nor an empire. These dumps any more are called sanitary 

 landfills, and from the nature of complaints the people think a 

 lot of them are neither sanitary nor land nor a fill. 



But I think we will have to revise our schedule 

 and the Conferees, I hope, can come back with an announcement 

 at 4:15, at least on the procedural question, and then we will 

 decide if we can go into further executive session or not. 



