1 STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES - EXHIBIT E 



2 State of Washington Department of Fisheries, 



3 Thor C. Tollefson, Director, Statement to Washington Pollu- 



4 tion Control Commission on Proposed Water Quality Standards 



5 for Puget Sound waters north of Port Townsend and Mukilteo, 

 g Skagit River, Sumas River, presented at Public Hearing Mount 

 7 Vernon, Washington, February 9, 196? 



g We appreciate the opportunity to present 



this statement of our interest for the water quality of 



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the marine, estuarial and fresh waters of Puget Sound 

 jj north of Port Townsend and Mukilteo, including the Sumas 

 12 River, Nooksack River, Skagit River, Stillaguamish River, 



the Snohomish River and such other unidentified interstate 



14 and/or coastal waters being considered at this hearing, 



15 Marine waters. Including estuaries and bays too 

 Ig can be polluted. We take the position that close survell- 

 ly lance should be maintained on marine receiving waters as 



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well as streams or lakes. Evaluation of the biological 

 productivity of the marine and estuarial waters of northern 

 Puget Sound indicates the tremendous food production po- 

 tential of these waters, and that only a small portion of 

 the potential is presently being utilized. There is little 

 knowledge available on the long-term effects of emitted 

 waste discharges upon the biota of these areas. There is 

 a genuine need for such information. "Crash" Investigations 



