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                   INTERNATIONAL
                   UPDATE
 From the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards

   RAMP:  The Russian Air Management
                  Program

 The Off ice of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS)
 has begun working with the Russian Ministry of Environ-
 mental Protection and Natural Resources to explore
 alternative ways of approaching air quality management
 in Russia.   This cooperative effort, the Russian Air
 Management Program (RAMP), will emphasize helping
 the Russians decide "what to do" and "how to do it" in
 working toward air quality, and not deciding or doing it for
 them. The RAMP approach will be one of people helping
 people, with  substantial involvement from OAQPS air
 policy and technical people as well as experts from the
 EPA Regions and state agencies. The management
 team that oversees RAMP is comprised of EPA Program
 Manager Thompson G. Pace of OAQPS and representa-
 tives of the Russian Ministry,  St. Petersburg's Scientific
 Research Institute of Atmospheric Air Protection, and the
 City of Volgograd Environmental Services Administration
 (VESA).

 The RAMP team will advise and assist in the following:

      assessing and ranking Russian air pollution
      problem areas
      demonstrating specific alternatives to the current
      air quality management system through a pilot
      program in Volgograd
      strengthening the Russian federal air quality
       management capabilities

 RAMP is to be a comprehensive project, helping the
 Russians to set priorities and to strengthen federal legis-
 lation, programs and policies.

 Volgograd was chosen by all participants for the pilot city
 effort because of its progressive and environmentally
conscious local government, diversified industrial base,
and relatively healthy economy.

Through  RAMP, EPA's  Technical Support Division will
directly assist the Russians as they evaluate their
  etnission factors and inventory methods.  Pending ap-
  proval by the Russians, RAMP plans to:

         determine the basis of emission factors and
         estimation methods used in Russia
         review the current Russian national inventory
         (sources, methods, completeness)
         define future emission inventory needs and users
         review inventory quality assurance procedures
         assess emission factors and inventory
         procedures and guidance, and revise as
         appropriate
         evaluate the Volgograd inventory and revise
         procedures to produce an inventory usable for
         dispersion modeling

  For further information contact Tom Pace (OAQPS) at
  (919) 541-5634, or David Misenheimer (OAQPS) at
  (919)541-5473.
              AUTHOR, AUTHOR!

  The following was recently published by an Agency
  employee:

  Kane, Michael J., Senior Advisor, Office of Policy
  Analysis (OPPE). "Promoting Political Rights to Protect
  the Environment." Yale Journal of International Law.
  (Winter1993).  Vol.18 No.1: pp. 389-411.

  If you have written or edited a journal article or book on an
  international environmental topic, please let us know by
  sending the information to INFOTERRA, 3404 or e-mail
  library.infoterra.
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               New Books

The following books have recently been added to
INFOTERRA's Reference Collection .  They do not
circulate but are available for your use at
INFOTERRA in the Headquarters Library:

A Business Guide to European Community
Legislation. Wiley Law Publications.  1993.
Ref. KJE7312.B87.1993.

Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's Living
Resources. World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
1992.  Ref.QH313.G58.1992.

National Geographic Atlas of the World. Revised
6th Edition. National Geographic. 1992.
Ref. G1021.N381.1992.

Pollution Control and Abatement Expenditure in
OECD Countries:  A Statistical Compendium.
Organization tor Economic Co-operation and
Development.  1990.  Ref. TD172.5.P56.1990.

Sweden: National Report to UNCED 1992.
Ministry of the Environment, Sweden.  1991.
Ref. HC380.E5.S96.1991.

World Atlas of Nations.  1993 Revised  Edition.
RandMcNally.  1993. Ref.G1021.R36.1993.

The World Environmental Business Handbook:
Global  Industry Strategies for  the  1990s.
EUROMONITOR Pic. 1993.
Ref. HC79.E5.W675.1993.
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         Journal Articles of Interest

Adams, Patricia. "Planning for Disaster: China's Three
Gorges Dam." Multinational Monitor.
(September 1993). Vol.14 No.9: pp,16~2&

Kindler, Janusz and Stephen F. Lintner. "An Action Plan
to Clean Up the Baltic." Environment.  (October 1993).
Vol.35 No.8: pp.6*12+.

Lavi, Lester B. and Hadi Dowlatabadf. "Climate Change
Policy." Environmental Science & Technology.
(October 1993). Vol.27 No.10: pp. 1962-1971,

Lee, Gong Dan.  "Cleaning Up South Korea."  Earth
Island Journal. (Summer 1993). VoI.SNo.3: pp. 28-30.

Lee, Sang Don.  'The Effect of Environmental Regula-
tions on Trade: Cases of Korea's New Environmental
Laws." Georgetown International Environmental Law
Review. (1993). Vol.5 No.3: pp.651-668.

Morton, Katherine. "Moving Mountains." [environmental
expectations in Hong Kong]  Environmentrisk.
(September 1993): pp.33-35.

Richardson, Mark.  "Wrestling With the Preservation of
the Korup Rain Forest,"  Our Planet. (1993),
Vol.5 No.4: 4-7.

Rose, Julian.  "Polluting Emissions Register." {EC
Emissions Inventory]. Environmental Science &
Technology. (June 1993). Vol.27 No.6: pp.1012-1013.

Smetana, Susannah. "Sustainable Development in the
Czech Republic and Slovakia; The Integration of
Environmental Protection and Economic Development."
Georgetown international Environmental Law
Review. (1993). Vol.5 No.3: pp.783-814.

"Taiwan:   End of the Line for Endangered Species."
Earth Island Journal. (Summer 1993)
Vol.8 No.3: pp.44-50.

EPA Staff may request copies of artictes by sending
e-mail to library.infoterra, calling (202) 260-5927, or
visiting INFOTERRA in the Headquarters Library.
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