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RESOLUTION NO. Jj-t:l,
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles protesting the acts of the State of Washing-
ton and the United States Government in connection
with the Joint State-Federal Conference on Water
Pollution Con~ol held in Olympia, Washington
January l6-17~ 1962.
WHEREAS, the Washington State Pollution Control Commis-
sion has on file appeals by seven pulp and paper mills which
appeals are from requirements established by the Washington
State Pollution Control Commission in temporary permits granted
to the mills and are based on the contention that the State has
not in accordance with law set reasonable standards for waste
disposal but has on the other hand set arbitrary standards not
based on facts and studies; and
WHEREAS, the State did call for the assistance of the
Federal Government in bringing about pollution control before
it, the State~ had heard the appeals and determined that pollu-
tion actually existed in violation of legally set reasonable
standards; and
WHEREAS, the act of calling in the Federal Government was
premature in that the Federal Government has no place in the
matter until the State cannot enforce its standards Which have
not yet been legally set; and
WHEREAS, the Conference Chairman, Mr. Murray Stein,
chief of enforcement for the U. S. Public Health Service, and
Mr. James M. Quigley, Assistant Secretary, Health; Education
and Welfare, adopted the State's view that pollution exists
which is subject to abatement under Federal law, and that this
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pollution comes notably from the pulp and paper industry be-
fore the industry and appellants had had an opportunity to pre-
sent their side of the case~ and
WHEREAS~ the City of Port Angeles is vitally interested
in the multiple-use concept of public waters~ and two of its
largest industries are Rayonier Incorporated and Fibreboard
Paper Products Corporation; now, therefore;
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles that it go on record as protesting the actions of the
State and Federal Governments in handling the problem of pollu-
tion control in a one-sided manner before any extensive hear-
ings have been held and studies made wherein the appealing
mills have had an opportunity to present their case~ and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution
be circulated to our representatives and senators in Washing-
ton, D. C. as well as other interested persons, including the
Secretary of Health; Education and Welfare.
PASSED by the City Council this 15th day of February,
1962.
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Attest:
-Mayor
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.City Clerk
Approved as to form:
City Attorney
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