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ROGER TOLLEFSON 

 to review these technical data in any detail in the 

 limited time available during this Conference. However, we 

 do want to address ourselves to what we regard as the 

 major points. 



We have made every effort, including a very 

 recent review of many of the original records in the 

 Regional Office, to determine the basis for the asser- 

 tions and conclusions stated in the Federal report. 

 Despite this, we have been unsuccessful in obtaining an- 

 swers to the following questions: 



1. Why is it that the industrial use of 

 the waters of Port Angeles Harbor for waste assimilation 

 by Rayonier is precluded when such use is regarded as 

 acceptable for others within the same harbor and as 

 acceptable in another water area at Anacortes? The un- 

 published studies in connection with the report agree with 

 our findings that there is very rapid flushing in Port 

 Angeles Harbor and conclude that the principle of dis- 

 charge into that bay with a diffuser outfall is completely 

 feasible . 



2. What bearing can limitations on dis- 

 solved solids possibly have on contended sludge bed for- 

 mation or effects? Representatives of the Federal Water 



Pollution Control Administration have told us that they 



