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t II LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION AtO LSXINOTON AVCMUt N[W VO A* 17. H. V. i i Setterfcer a, 1951 Lto KTOim A.VP iffm Fui.fris '-.5V 99 i Te Mwliiri of the Lead Industries Associations s Thoa c t our Meters who have read the Lofialatlve Beport# leeoed tqr this offloe during the current y#r will have noted the 4 any bills dealing with subjects of air and water pollution* A 1 The greatly increased attention given to these jrohlaae tgr' both state aid federal lamakera and their consequently enhanced Importance to our Industries makes It seen north while to diatribe eta to our weuU>ra the two enclosed recent and authoritative paper** one on Air Pollution by Dr H. H. Schrenk of the Inditrial lb-flan* revocation, end the other on Water Mlutlon by Mr* Robert R* Harris of the United btatea Public Health Senrloe. 5 CIOs"ubfr Hr.fTed Bonditch Director of Health and Safety /-- CHKMICAL ANI) KN(.INKKH!N(i NICE'S Amk j u c x k Cmr h ic a l So c i*t t iw r> /Vf. itte Aril u. ini Iv&l \<j tto* AvrrtrM Cto--*t*} **d by j rnnlwiia ad tto* wyjrtjhl 4 ^srMAOOU* 0 OiCAJSTtlM HCAiM AMO lAttTT Air Pollution H. N. 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Ibooolroo, oro noil toioiiid ttono, iW btoto of ttmv*f nMwtb --9 i----fill-- of ntrftoU*t f-- to-- n--oto# 4 oir to r--*t>4r oro--r goto* oro p**i TW r--**l of got loxWit *!!< fro-- 4*-- to tort roMifWt iK*o to now**) of gm TW --MbW-- of to portkto to |>*A*toV Tto prm tartao of Oto palbftoi to to to-- o*d ton* TVo I nb o boa* toil-- of tto tan i to b--ftod ood flii--teal oad ptotoerf ra nt-- --hod I* op--<100*1 p--odmo 4-Id tody-- orWeb-- ftora to ktoto ta to oo oto pnfWttoo probto-- o*4 Mi oato*L Ca*--d--nna cu tto* to ft--n to fnoobto ebon--a I* pr--on, fa-- of WV1----. o*4 ntofd prttadnto. to to nay o* oto polttoia* prut to-- torn to |0-- wtfrd 0*4 tto *ard for tonf-- ebaopi I* i--rut oodtaonMi oandAlo** tto--I *ftl F--tbnnora, o b*4 rrprtaOa* oi oaf to-- b**a atoibtoabrd. hmrUn to ato-- n--a dtfUn o*4 cb--f -- (ton Uirfin Qm4 j I) 1--. ft K, 1*4 Cog. Cbow 41, ivai ntot). <!) . I A^ FrooblK t C, o*4 (^.U, ll A. (' I to-- of W--. toft M Mill). (}j MWH W M, r*4 ornHtio^ f*4 fog fW* ft, I4M (I00*>. (41 (b*dft*, W F, lod--arul ^iptol fMtda--.U4Wa tmrf* ut-- Ml-- toUwu* H* ft (ttid) (m <w -- * a m-- to nrwot> --4 m m UP--wu tU--b --4 CHIMiCAl A NO (NCINlfllNO Nl VS --WM^--iHj--np-- 5 i t C; 1: ! 13- C' f .Uj1` V", r: fc- r i : *\ % i X 'i "3 m 2l -m i . `3 .--Vi.'i i j'u- S:~ fr.H " i.latrlbrjted privately to Its Dftsbora by the Load TT^-iiTrlti ..itccTTCioO vlth the author** persdesion, Publication Subject to penllng cfflclftl policy clearance. ra mnx rcmri?* q c s t s o l nwjjt An addrass by Rosrsr f . Rma Snice* 5ar.lttry lyigir.aer, Officer In Charge Division of Hater Pollution Control 0. ft. Futile Health Serrio* Fcrtlend, Oregon Before tha Idaho Mining lasociatica Son Talley, Idaho, July 9$ 1951 Mr, Shoemaker, wenbara of tha Idaho Minina Association and guests. It gives m croat pleasure to discuss tha Utter Pollution Control frograa of tha Public Bealth ftorvlea bsfore this Association, rirox, X ahwild Ilka, very briafly, to give you s o b* historical background on national Cater Pollution Control legislation. Such legislatlon ha> baan kicking around In our national congress for about $0 yaara. Industrial groups havs advooatod that water pollution should ba controlled on tha rtata anl local basis, Sportasen and conservation groups bars advooatod strong Federal oontrols. Tbs present legislation# as is true of soot oontrovarrial legislation, is a cotprmlse containing . the bettor thinking of both groups. Also Congress, recognising the controversial issues, sew fit to Xinlt tha presout law under diich wo are operating to flvw yasre. It has boon just thrao yoaro sinoo ftbllo law ftiiS, known as ths Fadaral Titer Pollutico Control lot, was passed by the 80tb Congress. However, no appropriations wore nod# for operations under this act until July 1st, 1?U9. Consequently, tha present progrsa his been in operation only two years, Unless new or continuing legislation is enacted, tbs present law will expire on June JO, 1953 after only four, instoad of five years of operation. The following discussion will doecrib* briafly s o bs of tha water pollution control activities on a national level and tha activities here in tha psclflo Northwest during tha past two /oars, I . w it h poixunct oarraa - EAnoat irm. Puhllo lew ilif provided that then should ba created a National Tatar Pollution Control Advisory Board, whose duties would ba to rwvtws . tha policies anl progrsa of tha Publlo Health Service, and Mice reoooMndatlons thereon to tha Surgeon General, This board has wet on eight separata occasions durlrg the past two year*. One of tha meetings wsa held in the Pacific Northwest, tram July 10th to July 15th of 1950, The weabera of the board, while In this area, obtained suoh valuable in* formation fron nunieipal and Industrial officials, sportsman, conservation and other groups, and frm state and federal agencies. At least two washer* of tha Idaho Mining Association net tha wenbera of this National Board anl had tha opportunity to discuss your probles# with them. The Federal Hater Pollution Control Advisory Board is ccwpcaed of four govarrwant officials (originally five) and six other neater* m2*. t appointed tgr tS* president. Of the ill Biabin appointed by the ( President, flvo mat represent the following! 1, th* field of sanitary engineering, 2, the Council of State Government, 3> the Aaerloan Municipal Association, U. Wildlife conservation grtp*, and 5. Industry, The four gowerne-entil m-.'.lcytrti represent th* Department of ths Amy, the Department of the Interior, ths Department of Agri ) culture, and tha Poderal Security Agency, Reports submitted to tha Surgeon Oeneral ty this board hsra been vary helpful la organising tha Public Health Service water pollution control work and dareloping an over-oil progran for pollution' abat ant* ; AdalnUtreticn of Futile Law 815 la tha responsibility of tha 1 Division of Watar Pollution Control la tha Futile Health Service, Under tha direction of ttr. Carl E, Schwab, tha Division has aoecm* plishod a Boat difficult task In a abort period of time, It has been able to staff not only tha Washington headquarters afflee, bet ten river basin offices aa well. Proa data collected through tho stats vatar pollution control agendas and tha tan river basin offleas, it has prepared and published a national eumatry report on water pollution, tha title of this report is "Katar Pollution 1a tha United States,* Any of you iho are intarostad in obtaining a copy of this report amy do so by writing to the Idaho Stats Department of Public Health at Balsa or to tha River Basin Offioa in Portland, Fallowing ar* *aa* of the oth*r activities of tha Division of Water Pollution Controli lnvestl-- gated special Industrial waste research projects, coordinated tha < : research and field activities of tho Environmental Health Canter, Cincinnati, Ohio (Public Health Servloe strain sAdtattoo and field survey center) with these of the Division of Water Pollution Control, n. performed aaay ether addnlstretlve end technical functions relating to water pollution ocntrol and, last but net least, assisted 1a organising a Rational Task Ccncdttee on Industrial Castes, The Rational Task Coedttee on Industrial Wastes is Bontleoed last because you should beeone familiar with eoee of the alas of this group. Also I should like to infora you that your secretary, lr. Harry Harsh, , Is a comber of this national ccmltte* representing tht mining industry, i 1 feol sure that in the near future he will be calling cn aary of you c;>. to assist hin with his aotlvltlee on this ccxxdttee. The eonmdtte* Is compoeed of representatives fren twenty-two of tha nation's leading industries, Ultirutely the ecmlttee hopes to have several hundred of its technicians serving cn eub-c emittoes devoted to speciflo industrial waste probleos. The chief concern of the main cormltte* is to solve the difficult Industrial waste disposal problem* now affecting the quality of this nation's water resources. The cardttee works through r*' various industrial groups in promoting and disseminating information on research and develcgnont work on utilisation, treatment and control of industrial wastes, in order that each individual plant may be in* fanned and kept abreast of nee develcpconts. One of Its important current activities is extending aid to tha rutile Health Servloe In tht preparation of "industrial waste guides,* Th* Ccnrcllte* feel* that, ty their activities, problems In waste disposal which new oenfront a given industrial group nay be solved In the shortest period of time. How to get bsok to th* Nationsl Report, For comparison purposes, th* following statistics were talon from the report, "Tatar Pollution ' In th* Unltsd States,*  *' V ... - '>'* ...... ' f-J- r.' -\r g!3BglS8 .i-fr..i iifj Jk&P,-,'u . I -3- j nai z t c t a l s im t h e u n it e s t a t e s ftouroee of Pollution - TfMtMAt Plant* - Treatment Plant Jteeda Deaoriptlon ttiniolpel Industrial Total Soparete aouroee of Foliation 11,800 10,100 22,200 With Vaate TTeataent Plant* 6,62a 2,595 9,223 Treatment Plant Capaeltgr Satlafaotcrjr -- 3,531 1,090 -- i*,6a Oaaatlafaotecy 2,511 657 3,196 2 Vniacm 583 81*0 1*1*31 ZTeatnent Plant Cperetlons Satiefactory b,3U 1*360 5,678 UMatlafaotcqr 1*506 316 1,822 AtaM 0 831 919 1*750 Treatoeni Plante Weeded 'I Wee Plante -<J 1,209 2,793 7,00* - I Jteplaoe Exietlnj Plante 722 9 820 Additions or telarfeente 1,61*5 Weeda not presently datendnad 1,627 591 5,532 *,236 7,159 r.sV-- Scat nunloipalltiee hare nor* than eno treatawnt plant* i, TMa report l*o pcinta out that ,storing th* poatnr period nunlriLpal and lnduatrial waato troatnent plant4n*truotloo aooelerated at a rapid rtU| aa *111 be noted fren Table II* i tms n 3 Karan or h as t e TrsAwwr pwm c o n s t t o c t zd x x w e o u t sure bx t eam, l?U6~l?k9 (inol) vxn VtX KWTCJPAt ik w t c j ai SP* 19L7 93 97 190 JLr\ a iwi y 191*9 ITS 3<t2 1#1 I^7T t TOTAL S7 567 J.. i' `1V " *V wr^i* * .a rifUMlrta,;. i&` 1* t- `WrStii'T -A' t*'.- -5- 4.Ate,{>iav'Lij Wlthin the next to worth*, a report < water pollution entitled Miter Pollution in t)> Paciflo Htrthwwst* will be published. Thll report will contain details regarding lourees cf pollution end resulting deaegee, witer u*o* , pollution prevention cnaiurei In effect end pollu tion prevention ceaeures needed. Tie report le prepared In two parte. Part Coe corut! '* t!>e water pollution problms of the entire Xart>**Mt ee e whole, part two briefly presortt data for each of fourteen rubbasins. These vub-bMine ore dlviaod os followsi 1. tootenai, 2. dutc fork - Pyl Cnllle, 3. Cpokona, U. Tokina. 5. Colvffibt* River above south 'of Tokina, 6, Upper Snake, 7* Central Snake, o. Kiddle and lower Snake, 9. Willtsetto, 10. Colvasbla Hirer below Tokina, 11. Puget Sound, 12. Washington Coast, 13. Orecon Coast, 11. Or*cn Lakes. The report will also Include a list of prelect* knoun to be needed in each of the sub-basin*. As soon as this repert is released, arrangaaont* will be wade with the Idaho State Department cf Public Health end Mr. Barry Marsh, your secretary, for thoee of you who have an interest ia this repert to reoeive a oepy of sane. In Pabrusry, iy$l, the River Basin Office was seated to wembarehip ia the Coltnbia Basin Inter-Agency Cacxittoe representing the federal Security Agcnqy. is wost cf you probably know, the CSUC la responsible for coordinating tho activities of all state and federal agencies ia connection with tbo develcpaont of the water and land resooreoe of the Ccluabia River Basin, One activity of the River .hasia Ctffloo in #ilch we take great pride ia our trorfc with the Pollution Control Council of the Pacific northwest. Thla council Is an inform! group aade up of engineering representative* of the pollution control agencies and Health Department* of the etatoe at Idaho, Dentana, Oregon and Washington, Prcnrinoe of British Cdsmbda, Territory of ilaaka, Canadian Department of Health and Welfare and the Puhlio Health Service. Rf sitting dam eround the table and dlsoussing the prehlaea of the various areas, we have been able to eocospllah a greet deal and will aeccopliah e groat deal aero in the future. Through the regular meeting* of this council, there has developed a siaocre feeling at understanding end cooperation, following are a tra ct the council's acoagvlishuents to datei 1. freperod and adeptod "Mlni)aai Standards far the frevaitioo at Industrial Waste Pollution.* 2. freperod and adopted Standard for Sew*go Works Design. 3. Coordln-vtod tho industrial west* reacaroh aetlvitlea being oorried on by the various educational institutions in the Pacific Northwest. t b. Co-sponsored throe industrial waste conference* (0, of Wash., 15>h9| Ore* 6tate College, 1950j Wash, State Collage, 1?$0)* f Has a eoRmittee aetlvely engaged la developing "Water polity Standards,* V' - .1 -K' . *? ''?' ' \ ''-"''i*g''! -' 1 . "t ' : ; '' V . . - -,,- - - _' v-.-. ' V-...'.^J ' "fTMf*v*'^7*r V . ,1 - 81a m the fell of 19b? and at the requoet of the Atend o Energy Coenls a Ion, the 'officer la charge* of the Dralnago Basin Office hie served on the Columbia Rivor Advisory Orcup to tho Atcxie Znargy Conciseion* In addition to tho ahere, the Drainage Baals Office hae pcrforaed any other routine functions at natters relating to water polluticn* It haa fumlahed a gr*at doal of technical aaalstance to tho . tate water pollution control agencies on natters relating to the offecto of wmetoa on tho physical, chcoloal and tdologloal charactorlatlea of both eurfaae and underground wetore* Tlao does sot permit a detailed dlaouaalan of these activities here* Before closing this discussion, Z should like to if ( few words about your Vater Pollution Control Progrea here Is Idaho* As you probably know, the Idaho Department of Public Health Is your official pollution control agency. It has no statutory authority cr funds as such. Ten have a Very active "Veter Boeouroes Advisory Ccsadttoe* In this state rtlch has boon of great value la advising your official state agency* Mr* Barry Marsh, your secretary, and Mr* CushaJn, president of tho Idaho Charter of Caascroa, arc acabcx* of this Advlscry Ccxmittoe* I bollovo they and tho other aanbert of your state Hater Resources Advisory Caari.ttco roallte that this ~.v state mods to enact cmprehonslvo water pollution oantral legislation. In fact, I understand that one of their ourron* ohjoctivos is to study and prepare such a law for sutadaslon to your mat leglalaturo. Vbon such legislation is drafted. It Should include provisions far all water use Interests to ho represented In dotcruinlng water polluticn control progrea policies. It should contain sufficient pecrs to penait tho onforouaont of a state progrea* and It should provide far tho adept!aa of 'V stress standards. I fccllcvo wo all rcallao that tho host way to get strong federal ooctroi over cur water pollution control prograa* Is to fall to carry out adequate ecntrols on tho stato and local levels* If wo bellow In state rights, and I fool aoet of us do, then tho path should ho cloar* Tho Publlo Health Sarvlco doos not advocate *trace federal octroi oror water polluticn central program* Ms are, after all, Just it)at our nano lspllos, a servloo agency* Vo would profor to dovoto our efforts to service and risearch activities so such relate to public health* As W ioo' Uili progrea, our naln purpose Is to coordinate tho water pollution control program of tho various statos Into a natlcnal prograa, furnish toctalcal advloo and asslstanos to tho statos and, through thoa, to Industry, and to prenote and oarry on research. Vlth the typo of cooperation which wo aro rooulvli^ fraa all interested groups here In tho faciflo Icrthuost, this progrea snst suooocd*