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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON 



MR. POSTON: The letter from the League of 

 Women Voters, Bellingham. 



LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON 



"September 29, 196? 



"The League of Women Voters of Bellingham, 

 Washington, is concerned with the effects of existing and 

 potential polluters to the waters in the Puget Sound area, 

 particularly Bellingham Bay and the adjacent Straits of 

 Georgia. 



"Our regional planners have as yet done 

 nothing to protect our natural resources from industrial 

 expansion which threatens an important fishing and shell 

 fish industry as well as an unusual diversity of year- 

 round recreational activities. 



"The Washington State Pollution Control Com- 

 mission proposes to assign at this time a "B" classification 

 to Bellingham. Bay and a "C" classification to Inner Belling- 

 ham Bay hoping to raise water quality to those levels in five 

 years. After that time the commission plans to raise the 

 classification standards for Bellingham Bay from "B" to "A" 

 and for Inner Bellingham Bay from "C" to "B" . 



"Our studies indicate that setting v/ater 

 quality standards in a series of five-year plans for these 

 two bodies of water would seriously complicate pollution 



