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MURL MILLER 

 good condition and requireioents of all users are essentially 

 Qoet. 



The major portion of the two sulfite mills' 

 viaste load is discharged into Port Gardner Bay through a 

 3,000-foot deep-water diffuser line. The report says, 

 Page 300: 



"The Scott and Weyerhaueser mills have 

 taken advantage of geomorpho logical and hydraulic features 

 by disposing their strong pulping wastes at depth through 

 a deep-water diffuser, and this means of disposal has 

 proved quite effective. Accordingly, excessive pollution 

 of the surface waters of the study area has been alleviated 

 by transfer of this pollution to the deep waters." 



The report further states. Page XIII; 



"Review of presently available literature 

 and considered judgment, however, have not produced any 

 available evidence of damage or injury sustained by the 

 marine life which populates the deep waters of the Everett 

 area and which would be affected by the deep-water diffuser 

 wastes." 



We propose, then, to direct our attention 

 to the two study areas considered by the report in which 

 an attempt has been made to establish evidence of sig- 

 nificant damage. These are: 



