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EDWARD J. GRUBLE 



In 1956 this mill received a permit from 

 the Pollution Control Commission dated June 6th which 

 stipulated that "waste not to exceed 31^500,000 gallons 

 per day may be discharged to Bellingham Bay" and further 

 stipulated that "within one year of the date of Issuance 

 of this permit, a firm proposal shall be made to the Com- 

 mission indicating the method by which BOD and total waste 

 solid characteristics of spent sulfite waste liquors, in- 

 cluding washing, will be further reduced to achieve a total 

 reduction of at least 85 percent." This permit expired on 

 June 10, 1957, and was extended for another two years despite 

 evidence pointing to the widespread dispersal of the toxic 

 discharge throughout the Bellingham-Samlsh Bay system and 

 over the complaints and protests of oystermen and other 

 water users of the area. 



In December 1962 this mill was given a 

 five-year pennit expiring on December I8, 1967. It allows 

 the mill to discharge wastes not to exceed 45,000,000 gallons 

 per day into Bellingham Bay, an increase of 13,500,000 gallors 

 of waste per day over that of the 1956-59 permit. 



A company-initiated by-product program started, 

 in 1945 using sulfite waste liquor for alcohol production 

 does not eliminate the waste disposal problem, since the 

 fermentation residues are nearly as objectionable as the 



