The Federal Act provides that the State concerned can invite such persons 

 as it desires to the conference. Under this provision the Washington Pol- 

 lution Control Commission invited, for their voluntary acceptance, fifty- 

 eight individuals, groups and agencies for the purpose of allowing them 

 to make any statement they so desired to the conferees. Invitations were 

 extended by the Commission to twelve pulp and paper mills; thirteen indus- 

 tries other than pulp and paper mills; the mayors of ten cities; the 

 health officers of two major county health departments; three major 

 sportsmen's councils in the State of Washington; three Federal departments; 

 and eight fisheries groups including oyster growers, salmon groups and 

 the gill netters association. Others invited included one State Repre- 

 sentative; representatives of the Association of Washington Cities, the 

 Seattle Harbor Advisory Committee, the Seattle Metropolitan Council, and 

 the Northwest Pulp and Paper Association; and two University of Washington 

 professors. Supplementing the direct letters of invitation, three hundred 

 news releases about the conference were distributed to all daily and 

 weekly newspapers in the State, to radio and television stations, to five 

 labor unions, and to thirteen members of the State legislature. 



In response to these invitations, voluntary presentations were made to 

 the conferees during the two- day session by the Washington Pollution Con- 

 trol Commission, the State Departments of Fisheries, Game, Health, 

 Commerce, and the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission; the 

 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U. S. Corps of Engineers; one 

 sportsmen's council, one individual, one State Legislator, the Seattle 

 Metropolitan Council, five oyster growers associations, two labor unions, 

 the Northwest Pulp and Paper Association, and four pulp and paper mills. 



Summary of the Conference 



The enforcement section of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act pro- 

 vides that, following the voluntary presentations, a summary of the 

 conference discussions be prepared. The law provides that this summary 

 include information on the occurrence of pollution of interstate and 

 navigable waters subject to abatement under the Act; the adequacy of 

 measures taken toward the abatement of pollution; and information about 

 the nature of the delays, if any, being encountered in abating the pollu- 

 tion of waters under consideration. 



At the conclusion of the two-day conference, and after listening to the 

 presentations of the various points of view, the chairman summarized the 

 conference discussions. The representatives of the Washington Pollution 

 Control Commission and the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and 

 Welfare, as conferees, were in full agreement that pollution of inter- 

 state and navigable waters subject to abatement under the Water Pollution 

 Control Act was occurring; that measures being taken toward abatement of 

 the occurring pollution were not adequate; and that delays were being en- 

 countered in abating the pollution. 



