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1 ROBERT I. THIEME 



2 assumption on which the studies vete conducted was that 



3 pulp and paper mill company wastes in general are polluting 



4 Puget Sound waters. We submit that this assumption is 



5 erroneous. It is our belief that the studies support 



5 our position that our effluents have not teen shown to have 

 Y a material adverse effect on water quality and marine 

 g life in the Puget Sound area. Nor do we believe that we 

 are interfering with any other legitimate water use. 



Second, there is a very important omission 

 in the report which is of serious concern to our company. 

 That is the absence of any discussion in the report of 

 the economic aspects of the various water uses involved 

 and the costs of implementation of the recommended require- 

 ments . This is somewhat surprising, since in the interim 

 report of November 13, 1964, and also in your statement, 

 Mr. Kari's statement presented on Page 5, the four inter- 

 related elements of the study plan was stated to be as 

 follows, and one of these: 



"A program of economic studies to examine 

 the values of the various uses of Puget Sound waters and 



22 to investigate the costs and financial impact incident 



23 to the mill's provision of treatment for their sulfite 



24 waste liquors." 



25 This appears on Page 3 of that interim 



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