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STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES - EXHIBIT C 

 simple arithmetic indicates that if my rate is average, the 

 property taxes from marine waterfront in this state will 

 produce about 111,000,000 tax dollars this year. I suggest 

 that based on these figures waterfront owners probably pro- 

 vide the largest single block of real tax in the state of 

 Washington - perhaps larger than that paid by any single 

 industry. 



As a taxpayer I am sure that an economist 

 in evaluating waterfront property as an area resource would 

 also take into account the business generated in the form 

 of boat sales, water sports equipment, outboard motors, 

 fishing gear, and other water associated purchases and 

 upkeep. Therefore I submit that owners of waterfront property 

 have a substantial economic investment at stake and as such 

 are vitally concerned with any factor such as pollution 

 which might economically or aesthetically decrease the value 

 of their property. It is my personal conviction that water 

 pollution poses such a threat. I feel that any water quality 

 standards set must protect my investment today and in the 

 future. This is especially true in view of the laws under 

 which these standards will be implemented and administered. 



It is my understanding that once water quality 

 standards are established (whatever they may be), all who 

 discharge waste materials will do so under a permit issued 



