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STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES - EXHIBIT E 

 area, and the additive or synergistic effects of other 

 wastes in the receiving water. The Department of Fisheries 

 should participate in the delineation of dilution areas 

 because of biological considerations that are paramount 

 and necessary in order to minimize the impact of emitted 

 waste on food fish and shellfish. Likewise, water-quality 

 standards for dilution areas should only be established 

 after consultation with the Department of Fisheries. It 

 is our view that any man-made deterioration of water quality 

 is unacceptable unless the water user meets the burden of 

 proving that such use would be noninjurious, directly or 

 indirectly, to food fish and shellfish. 



We believe that the use of the waters 

 (marine, estuarial and fresh) of northern Puget Sound 

 by food fish (including anadromous species) and shellfish 

 is a nonconsumptive, beneficial, and legitimate use of 

 these waters and that such use is recognized by the 

 Washington Pollution Control Commission. \/ 



1/ Reference : Information Bulletin, Proposed 

 Water Quality Standards for Puget Sound waters north of Port 

 Townsend and Mukilteo, the Skagit River, Sumas River, Mount 

 Vernon, Washington, February 9. 196?, PP 13-18, Tables I 

 through VI. Washington State Pollution Control Commission. 



The marine and estuarial waters of North 



