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2 in chemical savings and by-products Is rarely mentioned. 



3 On the other hand, a speed limit for sul- 



4 fite waste liquor has long been a pulp mill request. 



5 Therefore, v»e wish to review the record and repeat a 



6 recommendation, believing that how the mills accomplish 



7 the desired quality of receiving waters should not con- 



8 cern the Commission. 



9 The water standards adopted in 1945 stated, 



10 "No industrial waste shall be discharged into any of the 



11 waters of the State that will cause toxic conditions that 



12 are deleterious to fishes and related forms." The vague 



13 and incondite standard "less than acute or chronic problem 



14 levels of toxic substance" adopted this year cannot be 



15 regarded as an improvenoent . 



16 A Washington Department of Fisheries report, 



17 dated 1949 and signed, among others, by Roger Tollefson, 



18 states, "It is recommended that no SWL be permitted in 



19 Olympia oyster waters since the hypothetical threshold 



20 of tolerance lies between concentrations of zero to thirteen 



21 parts per million." 



A report from the Association of Washington 

 Industries, dated 1957, recommends , "No concentrations of 

 substances toxic to man, animal or plant life." 



A Washington Department of Fisheries report. 



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