A 04 

 TACOMA SPORTSMEN'S CLUB 



polluters eventually won there. "The trial de-novo" as 

 we know is a legal technique to allow trials to go on 

 for years by referral and referrals. 



The multiple use concept is now generally 

 relied on as the solution to air, land, and water use. 

 The pollutors stand four square for multiple use since 

 they advocate the dumping of tremendous amounts of pollu- 

 tants, depending on the so-called "assimilative capacity" 

 of the waters to absorb the pollutants. The dilution 

 concept has been going on for years but now we have 

 reaped the "National disgrace" of polluted waters. There 

 can be only one standard for clean water within an indus- 

 try, otherwise the legal avenues for "trial-de novos" 

 are open that much more. 



In the Port Angeles area for example, on 

 May 19, 1967, permits were issued to "clean-up"; to 

 Rayonier Incorporated, Fibreboard Products, and Crown 

 Zellerbach. Rayonier was required to remove all settleable 

 solids and 85 percent of the dissolved solids. Fibreboard 

 was allowed to discharge out into the straits. Crown 

 Zellerbach, dilution into the straits of the dissolved 

 solids and apparently an undetermined restriction on the 

 settleable solids. The pulping industry apparently is 

 the largest single pollutor in the state. The requirements 

 to "clean up" must be the same for all paijties within an 



