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 suffered the same as oysters. The Dungeness crab landings 

 at Anacortes are down from a million crabs annually to a 

 few thousand per year. 



The State of Washington very properly 

 called in a consultant on this problem in 1961. The 

 Federal Government was well qualified as the consultant 

 and also furnished one and a half million dollars neces- 

 sary to gain the scientific data for a comprehensive 

 report. The Federal Government also had a specific 

 interest as the navigable waters of Puget Sound had always 

 been under Federal jurisdiction. 



There is one all-important recommendation 

 of the report, namely: 



"Provide primary treatment of all solid- 

 bearing wastes to provide for (a) removal of all 

 settleable solids and (b) 70 percent removal of volatile 

 suspended solids." 



The Washington Water Pollution Control 

 Commission, by its June publications, has rejected any use 

 of the Federal report. No mention of the above recommen- 

 dation or the limiting of the sulfite waste liquor to 10 

 parts per million beyond an initial waste dispersion area. 

 The State proposes no meaningful waste dispersion zone, 

 including all of Bellingham Bay north of the line from 



