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STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES - EXHIBIT C 

 by the Washington Pollution Control Commission. Please 

 remember I am a taxpayer not a lawyer, but it is my im- 

 pression that so long as the holder of such a disposal 

 permit doesn't violate that permit, he is essentially 

 immune to litigation from any party who feels he has 

 suffered damage from waste materials discharged by the 

 permit holder (3)- As a taxpayer this seems to say that 

 under these conditions if the waste from some source 

 killed clams or oysters on my beach, I could not, under 

 civil law, recover damages from the party who discharged 

 the waste. Even if the permit were violated I would stand 

 little chance of collecting damages unless I could scien- 

 tifically prove beyond reasonable doubt that this particular 

 waste was the proximate cause of loss (4). 



In a less clear situation where perhaps my 

 property value is depreciated due to unpleasant water 

 color or a build up of sludge or silt, changing my sand 

 or gravel beach to a mud hole, such as I have seen in 

 several areas, my chances of economic recovery will indeed 

 by very poor. Finally any aesthetic deterioration of my 

 property - real or imagined is virtually beyond any type 

 of recovery. Again I repeat I am not a lawyer but a con- 

 cerned taxpayer with an investment to protect. 



Assuming that pollution may affect the value 



