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ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN PULP AND PAPER WORKERS 



been an avid sportsman, skin-diver and fisherman - particu- 

 larly in the area around Port Angeles. 



"As a Union Representative, I am very con- 

 cerned about the impact of the Government's study on the 

 pulp and paper industry in the Puget Sound area and certainly 

 I must admit that our actions - mine as well as other interest^ 

 are motivated to a degree by selfishness. 



"In my every day dealings with the pulp and 

 paper industry and my knowledge of the activities of other 

 industries in the Puget Sound area, I must point out clearly - 

 and it certainly is known to the Commission - that the pulp 

 and paper industry has, through the past several years, spent 

 considerable amounts of money on pollution control. They 

 have also, diligently, through their research departments and 

 technical help from other agencies, endeavored to find ways 

 of cleaning up their waste disposal facility. The Government 

 must agree that the contribution of the pulp and paper in- 

 dustry toward pollution control in the past few years has 

 been a considerable contribution and certainly this is not 

 true of many of the other industries in the area. 



"It is easy to see in observing a pulp mill 

 operation, their outfalls, the change in the color of the 

 water by the discharge of sulphite waste liquors, and so it 

 becomes a very obvious thing to point to by any and all 



