Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, agreed that: the waters of 

 Puget Sound, Strait of Juan de Fuca and their navigable tributaries and 

 estuaries are waters subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Water 

 Pollution Control Act; and that pollution of these waters exists as a 

 result of waste discharges coming from various municipal and industrial 

 sources in the Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca area, and notably 

 from the pulp and paper industry. 



The conferees recognized the excellent progress that had been made by 

 many industries in the State of Washington in controlling pollution. They 

 also recognized that the permit system of the State of Washington is a 

 reasonable method of controlling pollution in the State. The conferees 

 concluded that measures taken to date by some of those contributing pollu- 

 tion to the waters of Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca area had 

 not been adequate or sufficient to control water pollution, and that 

 delays had been encountered in taking corrective actions by those contrib- 

 uting pollution. 



With respect to the seven pulp and paper mills contributing the largest 

 percentage of the total pollution, the waste discharge permits issued by 

 the Washington Pollution Control Commission prior to the conference had 

 established January 1, 1962, as the date by which the mills could propose 

 an alternate plan to achieve the pollution-control goals established by 

 the permits. The Commission had also established March 1, 1962, as the 

 date by which the mills were to submit engineering plans to carry out pro- 

 posals to control pollution. In view of the fact that the January 1, 

 1962, date had passed, the conferees agreed to extend to July 1, 1962, 

 the date by which alternate plans for the control of pollution were to be 

 submitted by the mills to the Washington Pollution Control Commission; 

 and, further, that engineering plans for control of pollution were to be 

 submitted to and approved by the Washington Pollution Control Commission 

 not later than January 1, 1963. Thus, the conferees' action in this 

 regard was to the effect of giving the pulp and paper mills additional 

 time: six more months to submit alternate plans and ten more months to 

 submit engineering plans, to meet the requirements established by the 

 Pollution Control Commission under State of Washington law. 



In addition, the conferees concluded that the Washington Pollution Control 

 Commission should proceed under State of Washington law to develop a plan 

 for controlling pollution from all remaining municipal, industrial, and 

 other sources of pollution in the Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca 

 area to prevent pollution from interfering with public health or water 

 uses. Finally, the conferees agreed to the development of a joint action 

 program between the parties of the conference to carry out the conclu- 

 sions and recommendations of the conference. 



PURPOSE OF THE TECHNICAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE 



The purpose of the Technical Coordinating Committee is to provide the 

 necessary scientific, legal, and other counsel and direction to the Wash- 

 ington Pollution Control Commission and the U. S. Public Health Service 



