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1 STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES - EXHIBIT C 



2 fish eggs) are the ones most readily enjoyed; Third, I can 



3 buy oyster seed and plant it on my beach Just as I can plant 



4 an apple tree in my yard; Fourth, toxicity of various waste 



5 materials have been measured with clam, musse} and oyster 



6 larvae by Okuba and Okuba in Japan (?). Dimick and Breese 



7 in Oregon (8), and Davis (9) in Connecticut; Fifth, oyster 

 g larvae have been routinely and successfully used to measure 

 9 water quality in Washington waters (10) 



JO As a taxpaying waterfront owner I summarize 



jj my position as follows 



j2 1. I have a substantial investment in a 



j3 type of property which has aesthetic and economic value 



j4 to me (and a total market value of 1.4 billion dollars 



j5 to the State of Washington). 



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2. These values have not escaped the eye 



17 of the tax collector who has invited me to pay a substantial 



share of the cost of government (based on my estimate - 

 waterfront owners will pay at least $110,000,000 real estate 

 taxes this year) . 



3. It seems that once standards are set 

 (although it is said they could be revised in the future) 

 and permits to pollute issued to those disposing of wastes, 

 I will be stuck for any loss I might incur from a waste, 

 so long as the standards are not violated by the permit holder 



