Number 12
              August, 1973
       SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
             REPORT
 U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

           Washington, D. C. 20460

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                             FOREWORD
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agencies in other countries, EPA is building a collection of environ-
mental reports issued by foreign governments and international organi-
zations.  This is a monthly announcement listing of foreign documents
received through the exchange agreements.

The original documents can be obtained through the Library Systems
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can be provided when required.  Full text translations, which are expen-
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Translation Services Requisition form #1350-1 is used to request trans-
lations.

A computerized search system is being developed which will allow future
retrieval of these summaries by:

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     b.  subject area
         air                           legal/legislative/regulatory
         water                         management/planning
         noise                         scientific/technical
         pesticides                    socio-economic
         radiation
         solid waste management

This series, which is devoted to summaries of government reports and
concentrated on the legislative, economic and social aspects, supple-
ments foreign scientific and technical literature abstracts covered by
other EPA information services:

     APTIC                                                PIC
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               U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                      Washington, D. C.  20460

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                   TABLE  OF  CONTENTS

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                                 AIR                                  .

BeIgium
     Mar 26, 1971 -- Royal Decree on the Prevention of Air Pollu-
       tion Caused by Heating and Burning Facilities  	     1
     Jul 26, 1971 -- Royal Decree on Creation  of Special Zones
       for Protection against Air Pollution, amended by the Royal
       Decree of Jul 3, 1972	     1
     See NOISE (Belgium) -- Control No. 00986  	     4
Czechoslovdkia
     Environmental Care in Member Countries of the Council of Mutual
       Economic Assistance 	     2
France
     Motors and Nuisances:  For a Programme of Action  •	     2
Great Britain
     Air Pollution Legislation in Great Britain  	     2
Sweden
     Environmental Planning in Sweden, No. 32	     3
Switzerland
     Message of the Federal Council to the Federal Assembly Con-
       cerning the Insertion in the Constitution of Article 24
       (Subsection 7) Regarding the Protection of Man and His Natural
       Environment Against Noxious and Disagreeable Pollutants  ....     3
     Current Situation and the Outlook in the Area of Air Pollu-
       tion in Switzerland 	     4
     See WATER (Switzerland) -- Control No. 01012  	    15

                               NOISE

Belgium
     Mar 14, 1968 Decree Regarding the General Police Regulation
       of Traffic	     4
     Aug 6, 1971 Decree Regarding the Approval of Admissible Noise
       Levels by Type of Motor Vehicle	     5
     Aug 9, 1971 Decree Amending the Mar 15, 1968 Decree on General
       Regulations on Technical Conditions for Motor Vehicles and
       Trailers  	     5
     Aug 13, 1971 Decree on Motorbike Speed and Noise of Motorbikes,
       Motorcycles and (Light) Three- and Four-Wheeled Motor
       Vehicles  	     5
     Penal Code	     6
Canada
     Canada Noise Control Regulations  	     6
Switzerland
     See AIR (Switzerland) -- Control No. 00992	     3
     See WATER (Switzerland) -- Control No. 01012  	    15

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                           PESTICIDES

Germany., Fed Rep of
     Ordinance Concerning Plant Protection Materials,  Pesticides
        and  Stock Protection Materials in or on Foodstuffs  of
        Vegetable Origin (Pesticide Tolerances Ordinance) of
        Nov  30, 1966	     7
     Plant  Protection Law of May 10,  1968	     7
     Ordinance Concerning Prohibitions and Limitations of  Use  for
        Plant Protection Products of Jul 23, 1971	     7
Japan
     Agricultural Land Pollution Control Law 	     8
     Enforcement Order of the Agricultural Land Pollution  Control
        Law	     8
South Africa
     Pesticide Regulation in South Africa  	     8

                            RADIATION

Great Britain
     The Radioactive Substances (Carriage by Road)  (Great  Britain)
        Regulations 1970, No. 1826  	     9
     The Radioactive Substances (Road Transport Workers)  (Great
        Britain)  Regulations 1970, No. 1827 	     9
     The Radioactive Substances Act,  1948, Appropriate Minister
        Designation (No. 1) Order 1964, No. 699, as  amended	     9
     The Radioactive Substances Act,  1948, Appropriate Minister
        Designation (No. 2) Order 1964, No. 1576, as amended  	    10
     The Radioactive Substances Act,  1948, Appropriate Minister
        Designation (No. 3) Order 1969, No. 1495	    10
     The Radioactive Substances Act,  1948, Appropriate Minister
        Designation (No. 4) Order 1971, No. 1731	    10
United  States
     See WATER (United States)  -- Control No. 00470  	    16

                          SOLID WASTE

Belgium
     Penal  Code, Book II,  Title 9	    11
Canada
     Criminal  Code	    11
Czeohoslovakia
     See AIR (Czechoslovakia)  -- Control No.  01007	     2
France
     See AIR (France)  -- Control No.  00977	     2
Italy
     Sanitary  Laws.   Unified Text of  Jul 27,  1934,  No.  1265	    11
     Urban  Solid Waste Law of Mar 20,  1941, No.  366	    12
Netherlands
     Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands	    12
     Law on  Municipalities	    12
Sweden
     See AIR (Sweden)  -- Control No.  00974	     3

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                               WATER

Belgium
     Creating a Provincial Commission for Water Problems  	    12
     Decree on Drinking Water  	    13
     Protection of Waters Against Pollution   	  .  .    13
Czechoslovakia
     See AIR (Czechoslovakia) -- Control No.  01007  	     2
Italy
     See SOLID WASTE (Italy) -- Control No. 00835	    11
New Zealand.
     Marine Pollution Bill	    14
Sweden
     Memorandum on National Regulations on Disposal of Waste Aboard
       Ships	    14
     See AIR (Sweden) -- Control No. 00974	     3
Switzerland
     Agreement Between Switzerland and Italy  on the Pollution  Control
       of Italo-Swiss Waters 	    14
     Federal Water Protection Law  	    15
     Problems of the Environment in Switzerland   	    15
     Guidelines on the Composition of Sewage  	    16
     See AIR (Switzerland) -- Control No. 00992	     3
United States
     Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of  1972  (Ocean
       Dumping)  	    16

                             GENERAL

Canada
     See SOLID WASTE (Canada) — Control No.  00839  	    11
Czeohoslovakia
     See AIR (Czechoslovakia) -- Control No.  01007  	     2
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                                 AIR

Belgium     Article/Source Title:  26 mars 1971 -- Arrete Royal    Control
              relatif a la prevention de la pollution atmospher-   11 o. 01021
              ique engendree par les installations de combustion
              (March 26, 1971 -- Royal Decree on the Prevention
              of Air Pollution Caused by Heating and Burning
              Facilities)
            Date/'Place of Publication:  1971, Belgium
            Pagee:  1-3             Languages:  French/Flemish
            Source Repository:   EPA	

            This mimeographed document reproduces the March 26, 1971 Royal
Decree on the Prevention of Air Pollution Caused by Heating and Burning
Facilities (taken from Moniteur Beige, August 5, 1971).  This decree applies
to all facilities for heating or burning except for certain types covered by
the General Regulation for the Protection of Labor.  Any such apparatuses
which are made, imported or sold in Belgium must meet standards established
by the Minister of Public Health after agreement with the Minister of
Economic Affairs and the Minister of Employment and Labor.  No such apparatus
may be sold without a notice concerning conditions for installation, regula-
tion and operation, including types of combustibles for which it is designed.

Belgium     Article/Source Title:  26 juillet 1971 -- Arrete       Control
              Royal relatif a la creation de zones de protec-      Ho.  01022
              tion S£eciale contre la pollution atmospherique,
              modifie par Arrete Royal du 3 juillet 1972 (July
              26, 1971 -- Royal Decree on Creation of Special
              Zones for Protection against Air Pollution,
              amended by the Royal Decree of July 3, 1972)
            Date/Place of Publication:  1972, Belgium
            Pagee:  1-4            Languages:  French/Flemish
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This mimeographed document reproduces the text of the July 26,
1971 Royal Decree on Creation of Special Zones for Protection against Air
Pollution, amended by the Royal Decree of July 3, 1972 (taken from Moniteur
Beige, August 5, 1971 and September 26, 1972).  This decree establishes
special protective zones against air pollution in areas where average
annual level of sulfur oxides exceeds 150 micrograms per cubic meter.  Within
these zones, it is prohibited to heat buildings with peat, lignites, or
unpurified compressed fuels.  Liquid and solid fuels used for heating cannot
contain more than one percent by weight of volatile sulfur.  Heating instal-
lations are subject to inspection and must be maintained according to fixed
standards.  Burning of trash or vegetable matter is prohibited except in
certain circumstances.  Removal of furnace ash must be carried out under
conditions established by the Minister of Public Health.

Belgium     See NOISE (Belgium) — Control No. 00986

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                                 AIR

Czeohoslo-  Article/Source Title:  "Environmental Care in Member   Control
vakia         Countries of the Council of Mutual Economic          No.  01007
              Assistance."  Dept of State Airgram, A-47.
              Amembassy Prague, U.S. Dept cf State.
            Date/Place of Publication:  Apr 6, 1973, Prague
            Pages:  1-2            Language:  English
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This Airgram, prepared by the U.S. Embassy staff in Prague, re-
ports the recent publication of an English-language book in Czechoslovakia
titled "environmental Care in Member Countries of the Council of Mutual
Economic Assistance"  (COMECON).  It is a compilation in summary form of en-
vironmental protection measures undertaken by the member states of COMECON.
The book contains country-by-country descriptions of environmental protec-
tion philosophies and legislation, followed by a detailed bibliography of
the laws and regulations of the various COMECON states pertaining to various
aspects of environmental protection.  The U.S. Embassy staff believes that
the book is of more than routine interest, "since it represents what is to
our knowledge the first one-volume study of this sort available in Czechoslo-
vakia and perhaps in all of Eastern Europe and the USSR."

France      Article/Source Title:  Motors and Nuisances:  For      Control
              a Programme of Action.                               No.  00977
            Date/Place of Publication:  1971, Paris
            Pages:  1-97           Language:  English
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This publication is the report of a research team appointed by
the French Prime Minister to study nuisances caused by motor vehicles.   An
introductory section reviews the purpose, findings, and recommendations of
the team.  The two major sections then deal with pollution from engines and
pollution from noise and traffic.  Each of these sections discusses the
nature of the problems involved, reviews French legislation regarding them,
discusses technological means for pollution control, and finally presents
the conclusions and proposals of the research team.  A brief final section
then treats the problems of disposing of scrapped vehicles.

Great       Article/Source Title:  Air Pollution Legislation       Control
Britain       in Great Britain.                                    No.  00973
            Date/Place of Publication:  1972, Great Britain
            Pages:  1-8            Language:  English
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This mimeographed publication discusses clean air legislation
as it applies to England and Wales; similar legislation, with minor varia-
tions, applies to Scotland.  It outlines the provisions of the Alkali,  etc,
Works Regulation Act, 1906; the Public Health Act, 1936; the Clean Air Acts,
1956 and 1968; the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations, 1969;
and the Road Traffic Acts, 1960 and 1972.

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                                 AIR

Sweden      Article/Source Title:  Environmental Planning in       Control
              Sweden, No. 52.  Lars Emmelin                        No. 00974
            Date/Place of Publication:  Aug 1972, Stockholm
            Pages:  1-4            Language:  English
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This publication contains selected information from the 1971
yearbook of the Swedish National Environmental Protection Board.  New legis-
lation mentioned includes laws concerning refuse collection and disposal as
well as food and food additives.  Government attempts to reduce sulfur con-
tent of fuel oils are mentioned.  The implementation of these and other
measures is the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Board  (EPB),
which has consequently undergone a reorganization and expansion.  EPB is also
responsible for laws dealing with emissions from industries and municipali-
ties and water pollution.  The report also briefly summarizes the results
of a survey of the total emission of sulfur into the air in 1970, reports an
investigation on the effects of increasing acidity of precipitation on lakes
in southwest Sweden, and discusses the effects of mercury on fish.

Switzer-    Article/Source Title:  Message du Conseil federal      Control
land          a 1'Assemblee federale relatif a 1'insertion         No. 00992
              dans la constitution d'un article 24 septies sur
              la protection de 1'homme et de son milieu naturel
              contre les atteintes nuisibles ou incommodantes
              (Message of the Federal Council to the Federal
              Assembly Concerning the Insertion in the Constitu-
              tion of Article 24 (Subsection 7) Regarding the
              Protection of Man and His Natural Environment
              Against Noxious and Disagreeable Pollutants).
              Document No. 10564.  President of the Swiss Con-
              federation .
            Date/Place of Publication:  May 6, 1970, Bern
            Pages:  1-20           Language: French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This message from the Swiss Federal Council to the Federal
Assembly on the insertion in the Constitution of an article underscoring the
need to protect man and his environment from noxious and disagreeable pol-
lutants describes what has already been accomplished in the fight against
pollution in Switzerland, abroad, and on the international level and points
up the desirability of inserting a constitutional amendment for guaranteeing
the needed anti-pollution protection and for leaving for cantonal implementa-
tion that which is not specifically reserved to the Confederation.

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                                 AIR

Switzer-    Article/Source Title:  Situation actuelle et           Control
land          perspectives dans le domaine de la pollution de      No. 01013
              1'air en Suisse  (Current Situation and the Out-
              look in the Area of Air Pollution in Switzerland).
              Federal Office of Environmental Protection.
            Date/Place of Publication:  Oct 12, 1972, Bern
            Pages:  1-4            Language:  French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This information sheet traces Swiss efforts to curb air pollu-
tion, beginning with the Federal Commission on Air Hygiene, set up in 1961
on an interdisciplinary basis  to study the emissions of industry, home work-
shops, domestic dwellings, and motor vehicles; the effects of air pollution
on man and his  environment; and the protective measures that can be taken.
This information sheet outlines legislation now in force and cites such
recent developments as the 1971 Constitutional amendment, the creation of
the Federal Office of Environmental Protection, and the limitations placed
on the emission of smoke.  Listed are the acceptable sulfur and ash contents
for heating oils and the allowable lead content in automotive gasoline.  A
concluding paragraph mentions  a new pollution law dealing specifically with
air and noise that is currently being drawn up.

Switzer-    See WATER  (Switzerland) — Control No. 01012
land

                               NOISE

Belgium     Article/Source Title:  "March 14, 1968 Decree Re-      Control
              garding the General Police Regulation of Traffic."   No. 00986
              Les codes et les lois speciales les plus
              usuelles, 32d ed., v. 2.
            Date/Place of Publication:  1969, French
            Pages:  1178, 1191-1192    Language:  French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            Article 47 of this Decree restricts the use of automobile horns
and other acoustic warning devices to situations in which their use is
necessary to avoid an accident and to those in-which a driver in a non-
residential area wants to signal his desire to overtake another vehicle.
Article 83 states the requirements for automobile horns and other acoustic
warning signals such as those  used for ambulances and police vehicles.
Article 86 describes how motor vehicles must be maintained and operated in
order to avoid polluting abnormally or disturbing people or animals by noise
or smoke proceeding from their motors.

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                               NOISE

Belgium     Article/Source Title:  "August 6, 1971 Decree Re-      Control
              garding the Approval of Admissible Noise Levels by   No. 00988
              Type of Motor Vehicle."  Bulletin usuel des lois
              et arretes, No. 17.
            Date/Place of Publication:  Sep 25, 1971, Brussels
            Page:  1059            Language:  French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            By this Decree, Belgium sets standards for admissible noise
levels for automobiles capable of speeds of over 25 km per hour to conform
with those established in Point I of the Appendix to the "Directive of
Feb 6, 1970, of the Council of the European Community Concerning the Recon-
ciliation of the Legislation of Member States Relative to Admissible Sound
Level and to Exhaust Devices for Motor Vehicles."  The controls of noise
levels are to be put into effect by the Foundation for the Study and Research
of Traffic Safety.

Belgium     Article/Source Title:  "August 9, 1971 Decree Amend-   Control
              ing the March 15, 1968 Decree on General Regula-     No. 00981
              tions on Technical Conditions for Motor Vehicles
              and Trailers."  Bulletin usuel des lois et arretes,
              No. 17.
            Date/Place of Publication:  Sep 25, 1971, Brussels
            Pages:  1059-1061      Language:  French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This decree deals with the measurement of noise levels in motor
vehicles in a manner complying with the "Feb 5, 1970 Directive of the Council
of the European Community on the Reconciliation of the Legislation of Member
States Relative to Admissible Sound Level and to Exhaust Devices for Motor
Vehicles."  Automobiles already in operation are permitted a noise level
slightly higher than that required for new vehicles.  Also specified are noise
level measuring conditions considered equivalent to those established by the
Council Directive; admissible noise levels for various vehicles under these
alternative testing conditions are given.  [This decree amends Article 40 of
the "March 15, 1968 Decree on General Regulations on Technical Conditions for
Motor Vehicles and Trailers" (Moniteur Beige,  March 28, 1968), Article 39
of which requires special devices for curbing the exhaust from motor vehicles,
in order to keep them sufficiently quiet.]

Belgium     Article/Source Title:  "August 13, 1971 Decree on      Control
              Motorbike Speed and Noise of Motorbikes, Motor-      No. 00987
              cycles, and (Light) Three- and Four-Wheeled Motor
              Vehicles."  Bulletin usuel des lois et arretes,
              No. 17.
            Date/Place of Publication:  Sep 25, 1971, Brussels
            Pages:  1062-1064      Language:  French
            Source Repository:  EPA	
            Article 5 of this Decree states the regulations for allowable
noise levels for new motorbikes, motorcycles, etc., listed by vehicle type;
conditions for making tests to determine noise level are also detailed.

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                               NOISE

Belgium (Control No. 00987) continued:

Article 6 states similar provisions for vehicles already in operation; higher
noise levels are permitted for such vehicles.  Other articles state the con-
ditions under which approval for vehicles is applied for and granted and out-
line the role of the Foundation for the Study and Research of Traffic Safety
in performing necessary tests for determining noise level.

Belgium     Article/Source Title:  "Penal Code."  Les codes et     Control
              les lois speciales les plus usuelles, 32d ed.,       No. 00985
              v. 2.  Jean Servais and E. Mechelynck, comps.
            Date/Place of Publication:  1969, Brussels
            Page:  142             Language:  French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            Article 561 of the Code specifies fines for those found guilty
of making noises or disturbing the peace at night.  A court judgment, re-
lating to this article and defining the meaning of "night" in the article as
covering the period of darkness following twilight and preceding the actual
dawn, appears in "Pasicrisie beige," 1944, pt. 1, pp 385-386.

Canada      Article/Source Title:  "Canada Noise Control Regu-     Control
              lations."  SOR/71-584, 105 Can. Gaz. Pt. II          No. 00984
               (Nov 2, 1971).
            Date/Place of Publication:  Nov 24, 1971, Ottawa
            Pages:  1936-1938      Languages:  English/French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            These Regulations, issued under the "Safety of Employees" section
of the Canada Labor Code, define "sound level" as "the intensity of sound
measured in decibels," and stipulate that "no employer shall permit any of
his employees to work at work sites where the sound level is 90 decibels or
more."  Exceptions to this basic principle are, however, permitted where it
is not "reasonably practicable" for an employer to comply.  In this connec-
tion, a schedule is included showing the lengths of time during which em-
ployees may be exposed to sound of up to 115 decibels.  Also included are
provisions requiring the wearing of hearing protectors for workers exposed
for longer periods of time as well as for workers exposed to high intensity
impact sounds.  Furthermore, workers may work at sound levels of under 95
decibels, if it is medically determined that they can do so without impair-
ment.  The Regulations also provide for noise surveys to determine sound
levels and require the posting of warning signs in high noise level areas.

Switzer-    See AIR (Switzerland) —  Control No. 00992
land            WATER (Switzerland) — Control No. 01012

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                          PESTICIDES

Germany     Article/Source Title:  "Ordinance Concerning Plant     Control
Fed Rep of    Protection Materials, Pesticides and Stock Pro-      No. 00590
              tection Materials in or on Foodstuffs of Vege-
              table Origin (Pesticide Tolerances Ordinance) of
              Nov 30, 1966."  Bundesgesetzblatt, n. 55.
            Date/Place of Publication:  Dec 10, 1966, Bonn
            Pages:  667-675        Language:  German
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This Ordinance, made pursuant to the Plant Protection Law of
May 10, 1968, establishes tolerance levels for a large range of substances
in or on vegetable-origin foodstuffs and provides for penalties for viola-
tion of the Ordinance.

Germany     Article/Source Title:  "Plant Protection Law of        Control
Fed Rep of    May 10, 1968."  Bundesgesetzblatt, n. 28.            No. 00589
            Date/Place of Publication:  May 15, 1968, Bonn
            Pages:  352-358        Language:  German
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This Law is aimed at protecting plants and stored plant products
against pests and diseases and at the same time preventing damage to human
or animal health arising from the use of pesticides.  The Federal Minister
of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry is empowered to enact ordinances prescrib-
ing or prohibiting the use of specific pesticides and may also prohibit or
restrict the use of licensed pesticides on specific plants used as foodstuffs
if this is necessary to protect health.  The Law provides that pesticides be
licensed by the Federal Biological Institute for Agriculture and Forestry,
whose tasks also include providing information on pesticides to the Federal
Government and conducting research in this area.  The Law also specifies the
information which must appear on pesticide labels and further requires
persons using pesticides to inform the competent authorities at the time of
commencement of operations.  For amendments, see BGB1, 1968, n. 33, p 531
and BGB1, 1971, n. 73, pp 1161-1163.

Germany of  Article/'Source Title:  "Ordinance Concering Prohi-     Control
Fed Rep of    bitions and Limitations of Use for Plant Protec-     No. 00591
              tion Products of July 23, 1971."  Bundesgesetz-
              blatt, n. 71.
            Date/Place of Publication:  Jul 29, 1971, Bonn
            Pages:  1117-1119      Language:  German
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This Ordinance, made pursuant to the Plant Protection Law of
May 10, 1968, lists plant protection products subject to limited use or
prohibited for certain purposes.

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                          PESTICIDES

Japan       Article/'Source Title:  "Agricultural Land Pollution    Control
              Control Law."  Law No. 139, Dec 25, 1970, as         No. 00602
              amended by Law No. 88, May 31, 1971.
            Date/Place of Publication:1971, Tokyo
            Pages:  287-291        Language:  Japanese
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This Law seeks to prevent the production of crops and livestock
that could be injurious to human health and to remove impediments to the
growth of crops by controlling the pollution of agricultural land by speci-
fied harmful substances.  When the prefecture governor believes that agri-
cultural soil pollution has become so extreme as a result of the use of these
substances that human health is likely to be impaired, he may designate the
affected area as an agricultural soil pollution area.  In this case, he is
empowered to set more rigid standards.  He may even recommend that farmers
refrain from planting certain crops or from using those crops as livestock
feed.  In Order No. 43, the Prime Minister's Office announced the procedure
to be used in designating an agricultural soil pollution area.

Japan       Article/Source Title:  "Enforcement Order of the       Control
              Agricultural Land Pollution Control Law."  Cabinet    No. 00605
              Order No. 204, Jun 24, 1971, as amended by Cabinet
              Order No." 219, Jun 50, 1971.
            Date/Place of Publication:  1971, Tokyo
            Pages:  252-256        Language:  Japanese
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This Order designates cadmium and its compounds as harmful sub-
stances.  In its Ordinance No. 47 of Jun 24, 1971, the Ministry of Agricul-
ture and Forestry announed the procedure to be followed in ascertaining the
amount of cadmium in an agricultural soil pollution area.

South       Article/Source Title:  "Pesticide Regulation in     ,   Control
Africa        South Africa."  Reprint from Residue Reviews,        No. 00972
              v. 35.  I.H. Wiese and J. Bot.
            Date/Place of Publication:  1971, New York
            Pages:  49-63          Language:.  English
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            With certain exceptions all pesticides are subject to compulsory
registration in South Africa.  The Department of Agricultural Technical
Services administers the scheme, which covers pesticides used in the agri-
cultural, veterinary, public health and domestic fields.  Control over pesti-
cides is operative at the federal level, there being no provincial control
over the use of these products.  Other legislation, administered by the
Department of Health and the Department of Agricultural Economics and Market-
ing exercises indirect control over specific areas such as residues on
agricultural commodities marketed locally and overseas and the sale and
storage of highly toxic products.

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                           RADIATION

Great       Article/Source Title:  "The Radioactive Substances     Control
Britain       (Carriage by Road) (Great Britain) Regulations       No. 00683
              1970, No. 1826."  Statutory Instruments 1970,
              Part III, Section 2.
            Date/Place of Publication:  1971, London
            Pages:  5953-71        Language:  English
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This Act applies to transport by road of any radioactive sub-
stance with specific activity over 0.002 microcurie per gram.  Persons in-
volved in such transport must "exercise reasonable care" to ensure that no
injury or health hazard is caused during transport.  The Consignor must
certify that radioactive material is safe to carry, packaged securely and
properly labelled according to provisions of this Act.  Vehicles carrying
radioactive material are prohibited from carrying explosives, inflammable
material and certain chemicals.  They must have a separate personnel compart-
ment and display warning signs.  Drivers must take precautions against loss,
escape or theft of radioactive material.  In case of radiation accident,
police and Secretary of State must be notified.  Contaminated vehicles must
be removed from service until properly decontaminated.  Vehicles must not be
left unattended or parked for more than an  hour in public places.

Great       Article/Source Title: "The Radioactive Substances      Control
Britain       (Road Transport Workers) (Great Britain) Regula-     No. 00684
              tions 1970, No. 1827."  Statutory Instruments
              1970, Part III  Section 2.
            Date/Place of Publication:  1971, London
            Pages:  5973-86        Language:  English
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            These Regulations provide safeguards for transport workers ex-
posed to radioactive materials.  Employees must be informed of the hazards
involved and instructed on necessary precautions.  A scheme of work indicat-
ing the number of hours a worker is likely to be exposed to certain levels
of radiation during a calendar quarter must be approved by the licensing
authority.  New employees must be certified by doctor after an examination
which includes a blood test.  Further medical examinations are required for
workers who receive more than a specified level of radiation.  Workers must
wear radiation exposure indicators and employers must keep dose records for
each employee.  No person other than an approved worker may travel in a
vehicle used in transport of radioactive material except in an emergency.

Great       Article/Source Title:  "The Radioactive Substances     Control
Britain       Act, 1948, Appropriate Minister Designation (No. 1)  No. 00682
              Order 1964, No. 699,  as amended."  Statutory
              Instruments 1964, Part II.
            Date/Place of Publication:  1964, London
            Page:  1344            Language:  English
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This Order designates the Secretary of State for Employment and
Productivity (who took over the functions of the Minister of Labor when that

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                           RADIATION

Great Britain  (Control No. 00682) continued:

Ministry was dissolved by Statutory  Instrument  1968, No. 729) as the person
responsible under the Radioactive Substances Act,  1948, for establishing
safety regulations  for use of radioactive  substances and irradiating apparatus
in laboratories and institutions engaged in scientific research or teaching.

Great       Article/Source Title:  "The Radioactive Substances     Control
Britain        Act,  1948, Appropriate Minister Designation          No. 00680
               (No.  2) Order  1964, No.  1576, as  amended."
               Statutory  Instruments  1964,  Part  III, Section 1.
            Date/Place of Publication:1965, London
            Page:   3547            Language:  English
            Source  Repository:  EPA	

            This Order designates the  Secretary of State for the Environment
(to whom the functions of the Minister of  Transport were transferred by
Statutory  Instrument 1970, No.  1681) as the person responsible for making
safety regulations  under the Radioactive Substances Act, 1948, concerning
the transport  of radioactive substances by road in Great Britain.

Great       Article/Source Title: "The Radioactive Substances      Control
Britain        Act,  1948, Appropriate Minister Designation          No. 00679
               (No.  3) Order  1969, No.  1495."  Statutory Instru-
               ments 1969, Part  III,  Section 1.
            Date/Place of Publication:1970, London
            Page:   4792            Language:  English
            Source  Repository:  EPA	

            This Order makes the Secretary of State for Employment and Pro-
ductivity  responsible under  the Radioactive Substances Act, 1948, for
establishing safety regulations for  use of irradiating apparatus used in
fitting people with footwear in retail stores.

Great       Article/Source Title:  "The Radioactive Substances     Control
Britain        Act,  1948, Appropriate Minister Designation          No. 00681
               (No.  4) Order  1971, No.  1731."  Statutory Instru-
               ments 1971, Part  III,  Section 1.
            Date/Place of Publication:1972, London
            Pages:   4718-19        Language:  English
            Source  Repository:  EPA	

            This Order designates the  Secretary of State for Employment as
the Minister responsible for safety  regulations at premises where radio-
graphic or fluoroscopic  examinations are made.

United
States      See WATER (United States)  — Control No. 00470
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Belgium     Article/Source Title:  "Penal Code, Book II,           Control
              Title 9."  Les codes et les lois speciales les       No. 00812
              plus usuelles, 52d ecL, v. 2.  Jean Servais
              and E. Mechelynck.
            Date/Place of Publication:  1969, Brussels
            Pages:  138-140        Language:  French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            Article 539 of the Code specifies penalties for persons who, with
malicious intention, throw into rivers, canals, brooks, ponds, fish ponds or
reservoirs, any substances which kill the fish.  Article 552 establishes
fines for (1) throwing, exposing or abandoning on the public roads things
which may cause injury either in the act of falling or by giving out in-
salubrious exhalations, and (2) abandoning in the streets, roads, fields or
public places certain items such as nails, ladders, metal bars, or any other
machines, instruments or arms which may be misused by thieves or other crimi-
nals.

Canada      Article/Source Title:  "Criminal Code."  Can. Rev.     Control
              Stat., c. C-34 (1970).                               No. 00839
            Date/Place of Publication:  1970, Ottawa
            Page:  1583            Language:  English/French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This Law on nuisances (including solid wastes among other acts of
a noxious nature) states that a person who commits a common nuisance by en-
dangering the lives, safety and health of the public or by causing physical
injury to any person is guilty of an indictable offense and is liable to im-
prisonment for two years.  A common nuisance is committed when a person does
an unlawful act or fails to discharge a legal duty that endangers the lives,
safety, health, property or comfort of the public or obstructs the public in
the exercise or enjoyment of any right that is common to all Canadian subjects

Czechoslo-
vakia       See AIR (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. 01007

France      See AIR (France) — Control No. 00977

Italy       Article/Source Title:  Leggi Sanitarie.  Testo Unico   Control
              27 Luglio 1934 N. 1265 (Sanitary Laws.  Unified      No. 00835
              Text of Jul 27, 1934, No. 1265)
            Date/Place of Publication:  1972, Milan
            Pages:  69-74          Language:  Italian
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            Chapters 4, 5, and 6 of this text comprise general regulations
for the assurance of sanitary measures in all communities, both urban and
rural.  These regulations apply primarily to effluents, exremental matter,
and refuse.  The legislation empowers the administrative authorities, such as
prefects, communal heads, and police to enforce fully all laws relating to
the protection of the environment.

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                         SOLID  WASTE

Italy       Article/'Source Title:   "Urban Solid Waste Law of       Control
              Mar 20,  1941, No.  366."  Le Leggi di Uso Comune.     No. 00836
              Gaetano  Azzarati,  comp.
            Date/Place of Publication:  no date, Rome
            Pages:  6472-6478       Language:   Italian
            Source Repository:   EPA	

            This Law deals extensively with the problems of solid waste, in-
cluding its collection,  transportation and elimination.  It provides that the
highest authorities in the matter of solid wastes shall be the Minister of
the Interior and his representatives as well as the police authorities.  The
Law further provides that the handling and removal of solid wastes are the
responsibilities of each commune.   Each commune may undertake and carry out
these responsibilities either directly or indirectly through concessions to
private concerns.  It  also prescribes that the commune authorities shall im-
pose a tax for the rendering of  waste disposal services.

Nether-     Article/Source Title:   Grondwet voor het Koninkrijk    Control
lands         der Nederlanden  (Constitution of the Kingdom of      No. 00826
              the Netherlands)
            Date/Place of Publication:  1972,  Zwolle
            Page:  709             Language:   Dutch
            Source Repository:   EPA	

            Article 153  of the Dutch Constitution delegates to local au-
thorities the regulation of solid waste collection, indicating that the re-
spective municipal councils will issue the necessary ordinances.

Nether-     Article/Source Title:   Gemeentewet (Law on Munici-     Control
lands         palities).  C. Borman, comp.                         No. 00827
            Date/Place of Publication:  1970,  Zwolle
            Page:  75               Language:   Dutch
            Source Repository:   EPA	

            Article 168  of this  Jun 29, 1851 Law  (Stb. 85) specifies that
the municipal councils shall issue  ordinances  necessary in the public in-
terest or for reasons  of morality or health  (for the control of solid
wastes).

Sweden      See AIR (Sweden) —  Control No. 00974

                              WATER

Belgium     Article/Source Title:   "Creating a Provincial Com-     Control
              mission  for Water  Problems."  Bulletin usuel des     No. 00452
              lois et  arretes.
            Date/Place of Publication:  1967,  Brussels
            Pages:  382-383         Language:   French
            Source Repository:   EPA	

            This Decree  of May 10,  1967, calls for the creation in each
province of the Kingdom  of a. coordinating commission for water problems.

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                               WATER

Belgium (Control No. 00452) continued:

Among the commissions' duties is that of exchanging information regarding the
pollution of water courses and the means of supplying potable water to the
population.

Belgium     Article/Source Title:  "Decree on Drinking Water."     Control
              Les codes et les lois speciales les plus usuelles    No. 00455
              en vigueur en Belgique, 52d ed., v. 2.
            Date/Place of Publication:1969, Brusse1s
            Pages:  591-592        Language:  French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This Decree of Apr 24, 1965, as amended, establishes standards
that potable water must meet before it reaches the public.  The annex to the
law defines and lists properties that when found in water constitute pollu-
tion.

Belgium     Article/Source Title:  "Protection of Waters Against   Control
              Pollution."  Les codes et les lois speciales les     No. 00455
              plus usuelles en vigueur en Belgique, 32d ed.,
              v. 5.
            Date/Place of Publication:  1969, Brussels
            Pages:  287-288        Language:  French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This Law of Mar 11, 1950, as amended, defines and prohibits pol-
lution of the sea water and of any other water, navigable or not, including
the interior waters of polders and drainage works, either by the throwing or
depositing of objects or materials or by the discharging of liquids.  The
general rules for the discharge of waste water, other than that from com-
munal sewers, are fixed by decree, and any such discharge must be authorized
in advance and meet special conditions.  The law authorizes the Government
to undertake any work necessary to prevent water pollution and to order the
communes to undertake such work with Government financing.  The supervision
of the purification of water is entrusted to the Office for the Purification
of Waste Water.  The law sets up administrative procedures and establishes
penalties.

Czechoslo-
vakia       See AIR (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. 01007

Italy       See SOLID WASTE (Italy) — Control No. 00835
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                               WATER

New         Article/Source Title:   Marine  Pollution  Bill.          Control
Zealand     Date/Place  of Publication:  1972, Wellington           No. 01019
            Pages:   1-120          Language:  English
            Source Repository:   EPA	

            This  bill replaces the  Oil  and Navigable Waters Act,  1965.  Its
purpose  is  to  implement certain  international conventions  for  controlling
marine pollution  by  oil and  other pollutants.   Part  I  gives effect to the
International  Convention for the Prevention of  Pollution of the  Sea by Oil
1954, as amended.  Part II implements the  provisions of the International
Convention  Relating  to  Intervention on  the High Seas in Cases  of Oil Pollu-
tion Casualties,  1969.   Part III imposes  liability for pollution damage on
shipowners  and owners of offshore installations and  brings into  effect the
International  Convention on  Civil Liability for Oil  Pollution  Damage, 1969,
concerning  responsibility of owners of  oil tankers.  Part  IV implements the
International  Convention on  the  Establishment of an  International Fund for
Compensation for  Oil Pollution Damage,  1971.

Sweden      Article/Source Title:   Memorandum on National          Control
               Regulations on Disposal of Waste  Aboard  Ships.       No. 00959
            Date/Place  of Publication:Jun 2,  1972, Stockho1m
            Pages:   1-17           Language:  English
            Source Repository:   EPA	

            This  mimeographed publication  consists of  a series of Swedish
Government  decrees,  standards, legislative stipulations, and precedents
governing the  pollution of waters by shipboard  waste disposal.   The follow-
ing Swedish legislative acts or  ordinances are  referred to or  transcribed:
"Act  (1972:275) Concerning Prevention of Water  Pollution from  Ships," issued
on Jun 2, 1972; and  Ordinance (1972:278) Concerning  Prevention of Water Pol-
lution from Ships,"  also issued  on  Jun  2,  1972.   The Ordinance was issued in
pursuance of the  act, and both deal mainly with oil  pollution.   The complete
terms and articles of these  legislative measures are given.

Sweden      See AIR  (Sweden) —  Control No.  00974

Switzer-   Article/Source Title:   Abkommen zwischen der Schweiz  Control
land           und Italien ueber  den Schutz der  schweizerisch-      No. 01000
               italienischen  Gewaesser gegen Verunreinigung
               (Agreement Between Switzerland and Italy on  the
               Pollution Control  of  Italo-Swiss  Waters)
            Date/Place  of Publication:
            Pages:   1203-1205      Language:  German
            Source Repository:   EPA	

            This  document, indicating neither date nor place of  publication,
reproduces  in  German the original Italian-language text of the Swiss-Italian
agreement on measures to control water  pollution in  those  bodies  of water
adjoining or crossing the common boundary  of the two countries.  .The agree-
ment establishes  a joint Water Pollution Board.   The responsibilities of the


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                               WATER

Switzerland (Control No. 01000) continued:

Board include the investigation and analysis of pertinent pollution problems;
financial planning; determination of necessary anti-pollution measures; and
the preparation of proposals for regulatory measures to be implemented on the
national level.  After three years, either contracting party may terminate
the agreement under conditions of prior notification.

Switzer-    Article/Source Title:  Bundesgesetz ueber den Schutz   Control
land          der Gewaesser gegen Verunreinigung (Gewaesser"No. 00989
              schutzgesetz) (Federal Water Protection Law)
            Date/Place of Publication:  Oct 8, 1971, Bern
            Pages:  1-17           Languages:  German/French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            The first section of this Law handles general matters such as the
area of competence and the purpose of the Law, the duties of the federal and
canton governments with respect to the Law, enforcement measures, the costs
of protection measures, and the provisions regarding inter-canton and inter-
national waters.  The second section, "Prevention of Pollution," contains
provisions relating to:  prohibited effluents; new infiltrations of fluid
wastes; continuing infiltrations and seepage; collection and treatment of
sewage; water testing and rectification; pro'ducts, substances, and production
procedures with harmful effects; underground water; solid substances, etc.
Section III outlines the federal role in water pollution control.  Section IV
deals with questions of liability for violations of the law, and Section V
outlines penalities.

Switzer-    Article/Source Title:  Les problemes d'environnement   Control
land          en Suisse (Problems of the Environment in            No. 01012
              Switzerland).  Switzerland - Federal Office of
              Environmental Protection.
            Date/Place of Publication:  Sep 18, 1972, Bern
            Pages:   1-42          Language:  French
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This document, prepared by the Swiss Environmental Protection
Office for presentation at a conference sponsored by the Council of Europe,
discusses basic national environmental conditions and the urgent tasks to
be undertaken to protect man and his environment.  With particular stress
on the legal and constitutional bases for action, the document devotes atten-
tion to the problems of water, air and noise pollution and to those of the
preservation of the national landscape.  It calls for greater international
cooperation, especially in regard to the establishment of standards in the
construction, equipment, and use of motor vehicles and to the regulations
of the coolants that are used in thermal and nuclear power plants, and for
more intensified research, particularly in the area of pollutant dispersion,
heat pollution, preventive medicine, and of questions concerned with the
socio-medical tolerance of man to noise.
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                               WATER

Switzer-    Article/Source Title:  Richtlinien ueber die           Control
land          Beschaffenheit abzuleitender Abwaesser (Guidelines   No. 00990
              on the Composition of Sewage).
            Date/Place of Publication:  Sep 1, 1966, Bern
            Pages:  1-8            Language:  German
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            These Guidelines, prepared by the Swiss Federal Department of the
Interior, are intended to assist the cantons in performing their functions
with regard to the control of v/aste waters.  Part  I contains basic observa-
tions with respect to sewage controls.  Part II presents the specific re-
quirements which sewage  channeled  to treatment plants must meet with regard
to:  temperature, odor,  color, transparency, toxicity,  salt content, and the
permissible amounts of substances  such as oxygen,  aluminum, arsenic, lead,
iron, copper, mercury, ammonia, cyanide, nitrate,  nitrite, sulfide, phosphate,
and radioactive substances.  Section III lists special  cases such as sewage
from metallurgical industries, incinerators, breweries, food-processing
plants, paper and cellulose factories, and  petroleum refineries.  Enclosed in
the pamphlet is a one sheet flyer  giving a  status  report and explaining
certain aspects of the guidelines.

Switzer-
land        See AIR  (Switzerland)  — Control No. 00992

United      Article/Source Title:   "Marine  Protection,  Research,   Control
States        and Sanctuaries Act  of 1972  (Ocean Dumping)."        No. 00470
              Public Law 92-532, 92d Congress, H.R. 9727.
            Date/Place of Publication:Oct 23, 1972, Wash., D.C.
            Pages:  1-12          Language:  English
            Source Repository:  EPA	

            This act regulates the transportation  of material  from the United
States for dumping into  ocean waters or material from outside  the United States
if the dumping occurs in ocean waters over  which the United States exercises
jurisdiction.  The law thus prohibits the unauthorized  dumping of radiological,
chemical or biological war agents  and high-level radioactive wastes.  With the
exception of fish wastes, permits  are required for transporting and dumping
materials.  The EPA Administrator  may designate dumping sites, to be  located
where possible beyond the Continental Shelf.  The  act assigns  to the Secretary
of Commerce a program of basic research aimed at ending all dumping within five
years.  He is also authorized to designate  as marine sanctuaries those areas
that should be preserved or restored for their conservation, recreational,
ecological or esthetic values.

                             GENERAL

Canada      See SOLID WASTE  (Canada) — Control No. 00839

Czechoslo-
vakia       See AIR  (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. 01007


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