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2 "2. No dissolved oxygen concentrations 



3 below five parts per million attributable to a waste or 



4 pollutant. 



5 "3. A pH range of five to nine. 



6 "After adoption of these water quality 



7 standards, the Commission should define dilution or dis- 



g persal areas for each industrial and municipal sewer out- 



9 fall. 



10 "The location of sewer outfalls and the 



11 extent of dispersal areas should be compatible with the 



12 needs of other water users and public and private marine 



13 resources, 



14 "Permits authorizing dilution or dispersal 



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areas should include a statement that substandard water 

 conditions which may be attributed to the holder of the 

 permit will be considered a violation of the Pollution 



18 Control Act." 



19 This was submitted to the Commission at 

 their meeting in Bellingham in 1958. Senator Henry Jackson, 

 of Washington State, Chairman of the Senate Committee on 



22 Interior Affairs, in a speech September 3, 1957, said: 



23 "The public has become aware that something 

 can be done about pollution of our natural resources. 

 Interested people must speak out and influence public 



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