PB 231 665-18

                Number 18
               February 1974
       SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN  GOVERNMENT
      ENVIRONMENTAL
             REPORTS
 U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
           Washington, D. C. 20460

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                             FOREWORD
Under a series of documents exchange agreements with environmental
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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A computerized search system is being developed which will allow future
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                                           c.  type of document

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

This series, devoted to summaries of government reports and other pertinent
literature and focusing on the legislative, organizational, economic, and
social aspects of environmental protection, supplements foreign scientific
and  technical literature abstracted by other EPA information services.
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         SWIRS
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Ultimately, EPA plans to assemble a major collection of foreign govern-
ment environments documents and to develop several approaches to the
dissemination of this information to EPA staff.  This announcement of
documents received is the first step.
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              U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                      Washington, D. C.  20460

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                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                         AIR
      See WATER (Australia) — Control No. 01217A ............      56
Austria
      Autos Take Our Breath Away   ...................       1
Belgium
      Dec 13, 1966 Royal Decree on the Approval of Laboratories and Agencies
        for Sampling* Analyses, Tests and Research in Air Pollution Control     1
      World Energy Conference    ....................        2
Bulgaria
      See GENERAL (Bulgaria) — Control No. 01379A ...........       15
Caeohoalovakia
      Jun 13, 1966 Order No. 45 of the Ministry of Health on the Establish-
        ment and Protection of Healthy Living Conditions ........        2
      Jul 14, 1967 Instruction No.  34 ... on the Maximum Permissible
        Concentrations of ... Harmful Substances in Air ........        3
Finland
      See  GENERAL (Finland) -- Control No. 01118A ...........       17
      Traffic:  Paris in Apoplexy ....................        3
      Concrete Actions Underway to Make the Air Purer and the Cities
        Quieter .............................        4
      See WATER (France) — Control No. 01183A .............       60
Gorman Dm Rep
      Jan 17, 1973, Fifth Implementing Order to the Land Use Law (Clean
        Air Maintenance) ........................        4
      Apr 13, 1973:  First Regulation Pursuant to the Fifth Implementing
        Order of the Land Use Law (Limitation and Monitoring of I mmi ss ions
        and Emissions)   ........................        5
      See GENERAL (German Dem  Rep) -- Control No. 01103A ........       18

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Germany, Fed Rep of
      A Programme for the Protection of the Human Environment	      5
      Everything for Fresh Air	      6
      Smog Warning Plan for the Rhine-Neckar Area	      6
      What are the Chances for Electro-Propulsion?	      7
      If Need Be, Cover Your Mouth With a Handkerchief	      7
      Slowly Drizzling	      8
      See WATER  (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control No. 01009A	     62
      See SOLID WASTE (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 01229A  	     51
      See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control Nos.  01003A and  01233A  .     19
      See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control No. 00957A	     20
Great Britain
      Another Look at London's Traffic	      8
      Natural Resources and the Environment	      9
      Leading Question  	      9
      See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 00957A  	     20
Japan
      The Human Environment in Japan	     10
      Air Pollution Control in Japan	     10
      A Factual Study of Anti Pollution Measures of Various  Countries  ...     11
      Pollution Control Investment by Japan 	     11
      See WATER  (Japan) -- Control No. 00779A  	     68
      See SOLID WASTE  (Japan) -- Control No. 00789A  	     52
Kuwait
      See GENERAL (Kuwait) — Control No. 01036A	     21
Norway
      Environmental Protection in Norway and Norway's National Parks.  ...     12
Romania
      See  GENERAL  (Romania) -- Control No. 01371A	     22
Sweden
      See GENERAL (Sweden) — Control No. 01198A	     24
      See WATER  (Sweden) — Control No. 01205A	     71
SttitzerlanS
      Long-Distance Central Heating is Environmentally More  Suitable.  What
the  Canton of Zurich Has Attained and Planned	     13

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USSR
      On the Problem of Protection of an Atmospheric Basin from Industrial
        Pollution	      13
      Hygienic Evaluation of Standards for Limiting Discharges from
        Industrial Enterprises into the Atmosphere	      14

                                       GENERAL

Australia
      See WATER  (Australia) — Control No. 01028A 	      55
      See WATER  (Australia) — Control No. 01217A 	      56
Bulgaria
      Mar 19, 1966 Decree on the State Sanitary Inspectorate	      15
Canada
      Department of Fisheries and Forestry.  Annual Report for the Fiscal
        Year Ended March 31, 1971	      15
Czeahoelovakia
      Planning and Development and Settlements of Rural Areas in the
        Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 	      16
      Information Report of the Czech Government Environmental Council.  .      16
      The Future of Urban Government	      16
      See AIR (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. 01077A	       2
Finland
      Nov 20, 1970 Ordinance No. 722 on the Environmental Protection
        Commission	      17
      List of the Main Governmental Conservation Agencies in Finland.  .  .      17
      Survey of National Facilities and Resources Serving the International
        Exchange of Information in the Field of Environment 	      17
France
      The Environment and the Quality of Life in the Mediterranean Countries   18
German Dem Rep
      May 14, 1970 Law ... on Land Use in the German Democratic Republic
        (Land Use Law)	      18
      See WATER  (German Dem Rep) -- Control No. 01170A	      61
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Germany. Fed Rep of
      Technology as a Friend to the Environment Methods and Products  .  .       19
      Programs, But No Plans	       19
      See SOLID WASTE (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control No. 01229A.  ...       51
Great Britain
      Second Report:  Three Issues in Industrial Pollution 	       20
      Pollution:  Nuisance or Nemesis?  A Report on the Control of
        Pollution	       20
      See AIR  (Great Britain) -- Control No. 01209A	        9
      See NOISE (Great Britain) -- Control Nos. 00901C and 01177A.  ...       31
Japan j
      ffapan's Central Council for Environmental Pollution Control Suggests
        Comprehensive, Long-Range Goals	       21
Kuuiait
      Human Environment, Kuwait.  National Report	       21
Malta
      Country Monograph on Problems Relating to Environment Malta.  .  ;  .       22
Mexico
      The Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment	       22
Romania
      Law  [No. 9 of June 20, 1973 On the Protection of the Environment]
        On Environmental Protection Passed  	       22
Sweden
      How Do We Want Our World?	       23
      Building Industry	       23
      Sweden's National Report to the United Nations on the Human Environ-
        ment 	       23
      Design of the Swedish National Environmental Information System.  .       24
Switzerland
      The Organization and Tasks of the New Federal Office of Environmental
„ t      Protection	       24
      „!
      Problems of Interactio of Man With the Natural Environment  ....       24
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Australia
      See WATER  (Australia) — Control No. 01217A	      56
Fvanae                    *
      The Situations as Regards French Steelworks  	      25
      See AIR  (France) — Control No. 01182A	       4
      See WATER  (France) — Control No. 01183A	      60
Ge&nan Dem Rep
      May 14, 1970, Fourth Implementing Order to the Land Use Law - Protec-
        tion Against Noise  	      26
      See GENERAL  (German Dem Rep)'— Control No.  01103A	      18
Germany* Fed Rep~of
      Instructions for the Measurement of Motor Vehicle Noise, New Version
        of Sep 13, 1966 (VKB1. S. 531)	      26
      Air Navigation Law in the Version of Nov 14, 1968 (BGB1 I S. 1114)
        Excerpts	      27
      Nov 28, 1968 Regulations on Admissions to Air Traffic  (BGB1 I, S.
        1263) Excerpts	      27
      Air Traffic Regulations in the Version of Aug 10, 1963 (BGB1 I S.
        652) Excerpts	      27
      Mar 30, 1971 Law on the Protection Against Aircraft Noises  (BGB1 S.
        282)	      27
      Traffic Noise -- An Act of Nature?	      28
      A Reduction of Aircraft Noise Is Not Presently in Sight 	      29
      See AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 00964A	       5
      See GENERAL  (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control Nos. 01003A	
        and 01233a	      19
      See AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of ) -- Control No. 01208A	       6
      See AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of ) -- Control No. 01223A	       7
      See SOLID WASTE (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control No. 01229A ....      51
Gveat Britain
      The Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963, C. 41	      29
      The Road Traffic Act, 1960, 8 & 9 Eliz. 2, C. 16, As Amended
        by the Road Traffic Act, 1962, 10 & 11 Eliz. 2, C. 59 	      30

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      The Motor Vehicles (Tests)  (Exemption) Regulations, 1969, N. 419,
        As Amended ...........................        30
      The Noise Abatement Act, 1960, 8 § 9 Eliz. 2, C. 68 ........        30
      The Public Health (Recurring Nuisances) Act, 1963, C. 25  .....        31
      The Town Police Clauses Act, 1889, 52 § 53 Viet., C.  14 ......        31
      Environment Issues Sway the Planners  ...............        31
      Environmental Planning ......................        32
     vvSee AIR (Great Britain) -- Control No. 01178A ...........         8
Japan
      Motor Vehicle Noise ........................       33
      See SOLID WASTE (Japan) — Control No. 00789A ...........       52
      See AIR (Japan) — Control Nos. 01002A and 01193A .........       11
Noinxty
      See AIR (Norway) — Control No. 01018A   ..............       12
Romania
      See GENERAL (Romania) -- Control No. 01371A  ............       22

                                     PESTICIDES

Bulgaria
      See GENERAL (Bulgaria) — Control No. 01379A .............     15
Finland
      Jan 30, 1970 Ordinance No.  93 on Pesticides  .............     34
German. ,
      See WATER  (German) Dem Rep)  -- Control No.  01170A  ..........     61
Germany, Fed Rep of
      See AIR  (Germany, Fed Rep of) --Control No.  00964A .........      5
Great Britain
      See GENERAL  (Great Britain)  — Control No.  00957A  ..........     67
Italy
      Position of  the  Study Group  on Damage From  Anti-Parasite  Products  .  .     35
      Legislation  .............................     36
Japan
      See AIR  (Japan)  — Control No. 01002A  ................     11
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Poland
      May 21, 1963 Law on Poisonous Substances	       36
      Dec 28, 1963 Order on Labeling Poisonous Substances	       37
      Dec 28, 1963 Order Establishing Lists of Toxic and Dangerous
        Substances	       37
Romania
      See GENERAL (Romania) -- Control No. 01371A	       37

                                      RADIATION

Bulgaria
      See GENERAL (Bulgaria) -- Control No. 01379A 	       38
Canada b
      Canadian Nuclear Power Development  	       38
Germany*  Fed Rep of
      See AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control No. 00964A	       38
      See WATER (Germany, Fed REp of) — Control Nos. 01009A and 01206A.       62
Great. Britain
      Radioactive Substances (Civil Defence) Exemption Order 1962, No. 2641    39
      Radioactive Substances (Testing Instruments) Exemption Order 1962,
        No. 2643	       39
      Radioactive Substances (Luminous Articles) Exemption Order 1962,
        No. 2644	       39
      Radioactive Substances (Exhibitions) Exemption Order 1962, No. 2645      40
      Radioactive Substances (Storage in Transit) Exemption Order 1962.
        No. 2646	       40
Great Britain
      Radioactive Substances (Phosphatic Substances, Rare Earth, etc.)
        Exemption Order 1962, no. 2648	       40
      Radioactive Substances (Lead) Exemption Order 1962, No. 2649 ...       40
      Radioactive Substances (Uranium and Thorium) Exemption Order 1962,
        No. 2710	       41
      Radioactive Substances (Prepared Uranium and Thorium Compounds)
        Exemption Order 1962, No. 2711	       41
      Radioactive Substances (Geological Specimens) Exemption Order 1962,
        No. 2712	       41
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      Radioactive Substances (Waste Closed Sources) Exemption Order
         1963, No. 1831 ............................      41
      Radioactive Substances (Schools, etc.) Exemption Order 1963, No. 1832  .  .      42
      Radioactive Substances (Hospitals' Waste) Exemption Order 1963, No. 1833.      42
      Radioactive Substances (Thorium-X) Exemption Order 1963, No. 1834  ....      42
      Radioactive Substances (Attachments to Lightning Conductors) Exemption
         Order 1963, No. 1835 .........................      42
      Radioactive Substances (Precipitated Phosphate) Exemption Order 1963, No.
         1836 ..................................      43
      Radioactive Substances (Tokens for Vending Machines) Exemption Order
         1968, No. 935 .............................      43
      Radioactive Substances (Vouchers for Encashment Machines) Exemption Order
         1968, No. 936 .............................      43
      Nuclear Installations Act 1965, C. 57 ..................      43
      Nuclear Installations (Insurance Certificate) Regulations 1965, No. 1823.      44
      Nuclear Installations (Excepted Matter) Regulations 1965, No. 1826. ...      44
      Nuclear Installations Regulations 1971, No. 381 .............      44
      Radiological Protection 1970, C. 46 ...................      45
      Expert Pollution .............................      45
      Is There a Peaceful Atom? ........................      45
      See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 00957 .............      20
Hungary
      See WATER (Hungary) — Control No. 01091A ................      68
Japan
      See SOLID WASTE (Japan) -- Control No. 00789A ..............      52
      See AIR (Japan) -- Control No. 01002A ..................      52
       See GENERAL  (Romania) -- Control No. 01371A ...............      22
Switzerland
      Future Nuclear Power Plants:  Where They Are Needed, From Lake Geneva
         to Lake Constance ...........................      46
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USSR.
      May 31,  1963  Regulations  on Work With Natural  Radioactive  Substances
          in the  Rare Metal  Industry	     47
      Jun 12,  1964  Regulations  on Collection,  Removal  and  Burial of Radioactive
          Wastes	     47
      Aug 25,  1969  Radiation Safety Standards	     47
      See SOLID  WASTE  (USSR) -- Control No. 01491A	     53

                                            SOLID WASTE

Australia
      See WATER  (Australia) Control No. 01217A	     56
frazil
      See WATER  (Brazil)  — Control No. 00966A	     57
Canada
      Garbage Dumps Here  For Years, Auld Tells Anti-Pollution Group  	     48
Franoe
      See AIR  (France)  -- Control No.  01182A	      4
German Dem Rep
      See GENERAL  (German Dem Rep) --  Control  No.  01103A	     18
      See WATER  (German Dem Rep) -- Control No.  01170A	     61
Germany * Fed Rep of
      Forests Free of Derelict Cars	     50
      Standpoint:  Solid  Wastes Are But Misplaced  Raw Materials  	     50
      Refuse Becomes the  Top Problem	     51
      See AIR  (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control No.  00964A	      5
      See GENERAL  (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control Nos. 01003A and 01233A ....     19
      See AIR  (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control No.  01208A	      6
      See AIR  (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control No.  01230A	      7
Great Britain
      See GENERAL  (Great  Britain) -- Control No. 00959	     20
      See AIR  (Great Britain) -- Control No. 01213A 	      9
Japan
      Environmental Sanitation and Environmental Pollution Control	     52
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      See AIR (Japan) -- Control No. 00780A	      10
      See AIR (Japan) — Control No. 01002A  and 01193A	      11
Romania
      See GENERAL  (Romania) — Control No. 01317A	      22
Switzerland
      The State of Refuse Disposal in Switzerland  as of Jan 1, 1971  	      53
USSR
      Mar 18, 1961 Regulations on Urban Sanitation	      53
      Dec 13, 1968 Principles of Land Legislation  of the USSR and Union Republic     54
      May 14, 1970 Decree Establishing Regulations on State Control of Land Use      54
      May 14, 1970 Decree on Administrative  Responsibility for Violation of Land
         Law	       54
      Jul 1,  1970  Land Code of the RSFSR  (Russian  Republic)	       55

                                              WATER

Australia

      Annual  Report.  The Engineering and Water Supply Department, South Australia
          (Year Ended  30th June, 1971)	        55
      Water Pollution in Australia:  Report  from the Senate Select Committee on
         Water Pollution	        55
      National Capital Development Commission.  Fifteenth Annual Report, 1 July
         1971 - 30 June 1972	        56
Austria
      Expensive Current from the Danube?  Environmentalists Fear Chain of Power
         Plants will  Cost the Landscape its  Charm	        56
 Belgium
      An Achievement  in the Fight Against Pollution:  The Purification of
         Coastal Wastewaters  	        57
      See AIR (Belgium) — Control No. 00781A	         2
 frazil
      Annals  of the First Symposium  on Environmental Pollution; V.4:  Water
         Pollution Committee  	        57

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      Pollution, Up To What Point and How Much?  ................       57
      See GENERAL  (Bulgaria) -- Control No. 01379A ...............       15
Canada
      Canada To Play Prominent Role in United Nations FAO Conference ......       58
      Cleanup of Great Lakes on Davis Agenda in U . S ...............       58
Czechos lovakia
      Water Management, Series A  .......................       58
      See AIR (Czechoslovakia) -- Control No. 01077A ..............        2
      See GENERAL  (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. 01017A ............       16
Finland
      See GENERAL  (Finland) — Control No. 01118A ...............        17
France
      Textiles and the Environment:  Study on a Current Problem by Students at
         the Roubaix Institute of technology .................        60
      See NOISE (France) — Control No. 01181A ................        25
German Dem Rep
      The Sullied Saale River .........................        61
      Man and His Beautiful Planet ......................        61
      See GENERAL  (German Dem Rep) -- Control No. 01103A ...........        18
Germany* Fed Rep of
      Environmental Protection, No. 14 ....................        62
      Then the Rhine is Dead:  Industrial and City Planning From Basel to
         Mainz ................................        62
      See AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 00964A ...........         5
      See AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control No. 01208A ...........         6
      See AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of) -T Control No. 01230A ...........         7
Germany^ Fed Rep of
      See GENERAL  (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control Nos. 01003A and 01233A.  .  .        19
      See SOLID WASTE (Germany, Fed Rep of) -- Control No. 01229A .......        51
Great Britain
      The Water Resources (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations, 1965, C.  38.        63
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Great
      The Oil in Navigable Waters  (Ships' Equipment) Regulations,  1956,  1957  ...    64
      The Oil in Navigable Waters  (Enforcement of Convention) Order,  1958 .....    64
      The Oil in Navigable Waters  (Prohibited Sea Areas)  (Extension of Canadian
         Zone) Order, 1961 ............................    64
      The Oil in Navigable Waters  (Jersey) Order, 1966.                               65
      The Oil in Navigable Waters  (Shipping Casualties) Order,  1971 ........    65
      The Harbours Act, 1814, 54 Geo. 3, c. 159 ..................    65
      The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847, 10  S  11 Viet.,  c.  27  ....    65
      The Public Health Act, 1875, 38 § 39 Viet., c. 55 ..............    66
      The Public Health Act, 1936, 26 Geo. 5 $ Edw. 8, c. 49  ...........    66
      The Clean Rivers  (Estuaries  and Tidal Waters) Act,  1960,  8 § 9  Eliz.  2, c.  54   66
      The Boarder Rivers  (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951,  15 S  16  Geo.
         6 §  1 Eliz. 2, c. 7 ...........................    67
      Marine  Pollution by Dumping .........................    67
      See GENERAL  (Great Britain)  — Control No. 00957A ..............    20
      See AIR (Great Britain) — Control Nos. 01209A and  01213A ..........     9
Hungary
      Jan 23, 1966 Government Decree No. 5 Concerning Harmful Pollution  of
         Waters and the Fines Applicable to the Discharge of  Effluents ......    68
Japan
      Water Pollution Control in Japan  ......................    32
      Pollution-Related Diseases and Relief Measures in Japan ...........    68
      Federal Water Pollution Control Act .....................    69
      See AIR (Japan) — Control No. 00780A ....................    10
      See AIR (Japan) — Control Nos. 01002A and 01193A ..............    11
Kuwait
      See GENERAL  (Kuwait) — Control No. 01036A .................    21
Mexico
      Water Pollution, the World's Worst Threat  .................    70
Norway
      See AIR (Norway)  -- Control  No. 01018A ...................    12
Poland
      See PESTICIDES  (Poland)-— Control No. 01416A ................    36
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Romania
      See GENERAL  (Romania) -- Control No. 01371A  ...............       22
Sweden
      Environmental Protection at Frovifors Bruk ................       71
      See GENERAL  (Sweden) -- Control No. 01198A ................       24
      State of Sweage Treatment in Switzerland on Jan 1, 1971  .........       71
      State of Sewage Purification Plants in Switzerland as of Jan 1, 1971.  .  .       72
      State of Wastewater Purification in Switzerland on Jan 1, 1971 ......       72
      State of Water Protection Works in Switzerland ..............       72
      Annual Report of the EAWAG 1971 .....................       73
      Proportion of the Number of Inhabitants of Switzerland Who Can be Served by
         Communal Water Treatment Plants to Total Population of Switzerland  .  .       73
      National Council:  River Debate on Navigable Waterways ..........       74
      Potable Water from the Rhine .......................       74
      See RADIATION (Switzerland) — Control No. 01211A ............       46
      See SOLID WASTE (Switzerland) — Control No. 00998A  ...........       53
USSR
      See SOLID WASTE (USSR) -- Control No. 01491A ...............       53
      See SOLID WASTE (USSR) — Control Nos. 01492A, 01492B and 01492C .....       54
      See SOLID WASTE (USSR) — Control Nos 01492D ...............       55
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AUSTRALIA


     FH(B)
NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.  FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 1 JOLY 1971 -
30 JUNE 1972
ADSTSALIA.  NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION          EPA
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                         THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES DATA ON ATP POLLUTICN IN VIENNA, RELEASED BY THE AUSTRIAN MINISTRY
                     FOP HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  THE MINISTRY ATTRIBUTES THE POLLUTION CHIEFLY TO
                     AUTOMOTIVE AND HOUSEHOLD EXHAUSTS.  THE RBFOET SHOWS THAT THERE  HAS A SO PERCENT AVERAGE DECLINE
                     IN CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE AIR IN THE CITY CENTER AFTEE THE PROCLAMATION OF A PEDESTRIAN-ONLY
                     ZONE IN DOWNTOWN VIENNA.  TO COMBAT AUTOMOTIVE POLLUTION, THE MINISTRY RECOMMENDS THE PROMOTION
                     OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, STRICTER AUTOMOBILE EMISSION STANDARDS FOR NEWLY-LICENSED VEHICLES AND
                     MORE RIGOROUS CHECKS ON THOSE ALREADY ON THE ROAD, AND STAGGERED WORK HOURS.  TO REDUCE AIR
                     POLLUTANTS FROM HOUSEHOLD HEATTNS, THE MINISTRY ARSUES FOR THE USE OF ELECTRICITY, SAS AND
                     REMOTE-SOURCE HEATING.  THE ACCOMPANYING GRAPHS SHOW MEASUREMENT RESULTS FOR A 24-HOUR PERIOD BY
                     LOCATION AND BY POLLUTANT.  A PROTECTIVE GREEN AREA REGISTERED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CARBON
                     MONOXIDE.  THE MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN IN 1971 AND 1972.
BELGIUM
     LR(A)
"DEC 13, 1966 ROYAL DECREE ON THE APPROVAL OF LABORATORIES AND AGENCIES FOR SANPL-
                                                           -"  MONITEUR BELGE.
                                                             EPA
FRENCH                  00/00/67  FGS  11*20-21        IDt  00436B
ALSO FLEMISH
INS, ANALYSES, TESTS AND RESEARCH IN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL.

                        00/00/67
                         THIS DECREE STATES CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR THE APPROVAL BY THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF
                     LABORATORIES OP AGENCIES CHARGED WITH SAMPLING, ANALYSES, TESTS AND RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF AIR
                     POLLUTION CONTROL, AS PROVIDED ?CR IN THE "DEC 28, 196U LAW ON THE CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION."
                     CONDITIONS WHICH MUST BE MET RELATE TO:  THE POSSESSION OF APPROPRIATE PREMISES, EQUIPMENT AND
                     INSTRUMENTATION; THE AVAILABILITY OF THE APPROPRIATE TECHNICAL STAFF; THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE
                     DIPECTOP; AND THE WILLIN3NESS OF LABORATORY OFFICIALS TO PERMIT INSPECTION OF FACILITIES AND TO
                     SUBMIT REPORTS ON RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AS HELL AS ON LABORATORY MANAGEMENT AND EXPENDITURES.
                     FURTHERMORE, THE DIRECTOR AND CERTAIN PERSONNEL OF SUCH LABORATORIES MAY NOT BE EITHER DIRECTLY
                     OR INDIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH FIRMS WHICH PRODUCE POLLUTION CREATING OR POLLUTION COMBATTING
                     DEVICES.  CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH APPROVAL MAY BE WITHDRAWN ARE ALSO STATED.

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    FUTTLEY,  E.
    ENGLISH                 03/00/72  FGS  13-1H
    ALSO SE —*WOPLD ENERGY CONFERENCE
     HATER
       LOC
IDI  00781A
                         THIS ARTICLE CONSTITUTES  THE  MINUTES  OF  TWO  COMMITTEE  MEETINGS OF THE WORLD ENERGY CONFERENCE,
                     LISTING ATTENDANCE AND REMARKING  ON  THE  REPORT SUBMITTED TO  THE UNITED NATIONS:   "STATUS REPORT ON
                     THE ENVIRONMENT AS AFFECTED BY  ENERGY  PRODUCTION."   THE REPORT  DISCUSSES  RESPONSIBILITY FOR
                     POLLUTION, MEASURES WHICH  HAVE  BEEN  TAKEN A3AINST AIR  POLLUTION AND THERMAL  POLLUTION OF WATER,
                     AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES  OF  COUNTERMEASURES.
BULGARIA


     IS (A)
    "MAP 19, 1966 DECREE ON THE STATE SANITARY INSPECTORATE."
    V. 13.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, CPNP.
    ENGLISH                 00/00/67  PGS  538-539        IDt
    *GENERAI       WATER         PESTICIDES    RADIATION
     INT. DIG. HLTH. LEG.,

       EPA
     01379A
CZECHOSLOVAKIA


     LR(A)
    "JUN 13, 1966 ORDER NO. US 0? THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
    PROTECTION OF HEALTHY LIVING CONDITIONS."  INT. DIG. OF HLTH. LEG., V. 18.
    WORID HEALTH ORGANIZATION, CCMP.                             EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/67  PCS   327-3UO       ID*  01077A
     WATER         GENERAL

    THIS ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION ORDER IS CONCERNED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROTECTION OF
HEALTHY LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS; SPECIFICALLY WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF CLEAN AIR, WATER,
AND SOIL CONDITIONS; FOOD HYGIENE; DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN; AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE WORKING
ENVIRONMENT.  AMONG ITS PROVISIONS, THIS ORDER PROVIDES THAT HEALTH PROTECTIVE ZONES MUST BE
ESTABLISHED AROUND FACTORIES EMITTING AIR POLLUTANTS AND AROUND WATER SOURCES USED AS MAJOR
POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES.  IT FURTHER STIPULATES THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS MUST
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MEANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF WATER, AIR, AND SOU POLLUTION.  THE OFFICIAL
CZECH-LANGUAGE TEXT OF THIS ORDER APPEARS IN SHIRKA ZAKONU, JUNE 29, 1966, P. 189-198.

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AIR

CZECHOSLOVAKIA


     LR(A)
    "JUL 14, 1967 INSTRUCTION NO. 34 ... ON THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS
    0* ... HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN AIR."  INT. DIG. OF HLTH. LEG., V. 23.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COUP.                             EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/72  PGS   660-662       IDf  01077B

    THESE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE HftXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF THE HOST IHPORTANT HARMFUL
SUBSTANCES FOUND IN THF AIP, ISSUED BY THE CHIEF HYGIBNIST OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN CONCERT WITH
THE MINISTRY OP AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AND OTHER RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES, LIST THE MAXIMUM
ALLOWABLE SHOPT-TERM CONCENTRATIONS AND AVERAGE DAILY CONCENTRATIONS OF A NUMBER OF AIR
POLLUTANTS.  THE EE3IONAL HYGIENIST MAY GRANT, HOWEVER, EXEMPTIONS FROM THESE LEVELS, BUT  HE
MAY ALSO IMPOSE STRICTER STANDAPDS OR EVEN RELAX THE STANDARDS TEMPORARILY.  THE MAXIMUM
PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS SPECIFIED IN THESE INSTRUCTIONS DO NOT APPLY TO INDIVIDUAL PLANT
PRECINCTS OR WITHIN HEALTH PROTECTION ZONES SET UP AROUND SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION IF THE  ZONE
HAS BEEN PROPERLY DELIMITED BY THE LAND PLANNING ASENCY.  THE OFFICIAL CZECH LANGUAGE TEXT OF
THESE INSTRUCTIONS IS CONTAINED IN HYGIENTCKE PREDPISY, NO. 30, 1967.
FINLAND


     LR(A)
    "NOV 20, 1970 ORDINANCE NO. 722 ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION"
    INT. DIG. OF HLTH. LEG., V. 23.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, CCHP.                             EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/72  PGS   704           ID#  01118A
    *GENERAL       HATEP
FRANCE

     PM(B)
"TRAFFIC:  PARIS IN APOPLEXY."
DU ROY, ALBERT
FRENCH                  OK/22/73
                                    L'EXPRESS, NO. 1136.

                                      FGS  31-33
ID*
  EPA
01175A
                         THIS ARTICLE, UNDER THE SUBTITLE  "SCARCELY  WAS THE BELTWAY  JOINED THAN  IT  IS  ALREADY  THREATENED
                     BY SUFFOCATION," EXAMINES IN DETAIL THE TRAFFIC  SITUATION  IN  PARIS  AND  BAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
                     ITS IMPROVEMENT.  AMONS THE LATTER ARE METHODS  FOR DISSUADING AUTOMOBILE  USE,  PROMOTION OF SUBWAY
                     TRANSIT WITHIN DOWNTOWN PAPIS, COORDINATTCN  OF  MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, AND ABOVE ALL  THE
                     ESTABLISHMENT OF A SIN3LE TRANSIT AUTHORITY  RESPONSIBLE TO THE  ELECTORATE.  THE ARTICLE ALSO CITES
                     THE DISDAIN WITH WHICH EXISTING  LIMITATIONS  CN  MOTOR VEHICLE  USE  IS TREATED  AND SCORES THE
                     GOVERNMENT FOR FAVCPING AUTOMOBILES FOR THE  1AXES THAT THEY BPING IN.

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AI*

F«?.NCE
     PM(B)
    "CONCRETE ACTIONS UNDEPWAY TO MAKE THE AIP  POPEE AND THE  CITIES  QOIETEP."   LA
    VOIX DO NOP.D.
    JOUTZ, DANIELLE                                               EPA
    FRENCH                  03/09/73  PCS  1-21*            IDI  01182A
    ALSO LSB, SE
     NOISE         SOLID WASTE

    UNDER A BANNER HERALDING A MULTI-FRONT OFFENSIVE AGAINST  POLLUTION,  TBIS ARTICLE  SURVEYS AIP,
NOISE, AND SOLID-WASTE POLLUTION ACPOSS FPANCE, OUTLINES THE  HARMFUL EFFECTS OF POLLUTION,  AND
NOTES THE PROGRESS BEING MADE TOWARD LOWER POLLUTION LEVELS.   THE AUTHOR REPORTS THAT SULFUR POLLU-
TION IN THE ATMOSPHERE OVER PARIS HAS DROPPED BY 10% AND CARBON-MONOXIDE POLLUTION  BY 30X IN RECENT
YEARS, WITH ACHIEVEMENTS GFADUALLY BEING CHALKED OP IN REDUCING THE  LEAD CONTENT OF THE  AIR; THAT
52X OF NERVOUS ILLNESSES MAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO NOISE; THAT  90,000  TICKETS HAVB  BFEN  ISSUED TO
MOTORISTS WHOSE VEHICLES EXCEEDED PEPHISSIBLE NOISE-EHISSION  LEVELS; AND THAT  600,000 CARS  ARE
JUNKED EACH YEAR IN FRANCE.  THE ARTICLE PINPOINTS ORDINANCES RESPONSIBLE FOR  CUTTING THE INCIDENCE
OF POLLUTION, MENTIONS AND DESCPIBES METHODS USED TOWAPD THAT END, AND  POINTS  UP THE  WORK YET TO BE
DONE
FRANCE


     PM(B)
    "TEXTILES AND THE ENVIRONMENT"  STUDY ON A CURPENT PROBLEM  BY  STUDENTS AT  THE
    EOUBAIX INSTITUTE OF TECHNOL03Y."  IA VOIX DO NORD.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  OU/13/73  PGS   89             ID#   01183A
    ALSO SE
    *WATER         NOISE
GERMAN DEM REP


     LR(A)
    "JAN 17, 1973, FIFTH IMPLEMENTING OPDEP  TO THE LAND  USE LAW CLEAN AIR  MAIN-
    TENANCE,"
    GERMAN
OU/2U/73  PCS   157-162
                                                          ID*
  EPA
01092A
                         THIS CLEAN-AIR  MAINTENANCE  ORDER,  ISSUED  BY  THE  PRESIDENT OF  THE  COUNCIL  OF  MINISTERS  AND
                     THE MINISTERS OF  HEALTH,  IS  DESIGNED  TO  PRESERVE THE HEALTH  OF THE  CITIZENRY  IN  KEEPING HITH
                     THE CONTINUING  DEVELOPMENT OF THE  NATIONAL  ECONOMY;  TO  IMPROVE WORKING  AND LIVING  CONDITIONS;
                     AND TO PROTECT  PLANTS  AND ANIMALS  AS  WELL JS  STATE AND PERSONALLY-OWNED  PROPERTY.   INDUSTRIAL
                     FIRMS AND COOPERATIVES ARE REQUIRED TO LIMIT  THE FORMATION OH EMISSION  OF  AIR POLLUTANTS OR TO
                     REDUCE THE  HARMFUL  EFFECTS OF UNAVOIDABLE AIR 'POLLUTION   BY APPROPRIATE  MEASURES.   THE ORDER
                     COVERS:  PLANNING AND  MANAGEMENT OF ANTI-AIR  POLLUTION  MEASURES;  THE  RESPONSIBILITY  OF STATE
                     AND LOCAL BODIES; DEFENSIVE  ACTION IN  THE EVENT  OF UNUSUAL AND SERIOUS  IMMISION  SITUATIONS;
                     THE DUTIES  INCUMBENT ON POLLUTION-PRODUCING FACILITIES;  THE  EQUALIZATION OF ECONOMIC BURDENS
                     OCCASIONED  BY ANTI-POLLUTION MEASUPES; AND  THE RECOURSE OF ONE PLANT  IN THE EVENT  OF POLLUTION
                     HAZARDS FPOM AN OTHER.  IT ALSO COVERS MONITORIN3 SYSTEMS, COMPENSATION CLAIMS,  AND  PENALTIES.

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A IP

GEFH.SN DEM RE?


     LE (A)
"A?E 13, 1973:  FIRST REGULATION PURSUANT TO THE FIFTH IMPLEMENTING ORDER OF THE
LAND USE LAW  (LIMITATION AND MONITORING OF IMMISSIONS AND EMISSIONS)"  GESETZBLATT DER
                                                             EPA
GERMAN                  OU/2U/73  PGS    162-172       ID*  01092B
.  .  (DDR)
                         THIS REGULATION,  ISSUED  BY  THE  MINISTER  OF  HEALTH,  IS  ENTITLED  THE  FIRST  REGULATION
                     PURSUANT TO THE FIFTH IMPLEMENTING  ORDER  TO  THE LAND  USE LAW;  CLEAN ATP  MAINTENANCE
                     LIMITATION AND MONITORING OF IMMISIONS  AND EMISSIONS  (AIR  POLLUTANTS).   THE REGULATION SETS
                     STANDARDS FOR EMISSION AND IMMISSION  CONCENTRATIONS.  IT COVERS  THE DETERMINATION  OF
                     IMMISSION LIMITATION  VALUES;  IMMISSION  CONTROL;  HYGIENIC SURVEYS AS A PART OF CAPITAL
                     INVESTMENT PLANNING;  LIMITATION OF  ANTICIPATED  IMMISSIONS; THE PART THAT DISTRICT  COUNCILS  PLAY
                     IN DETERMINING EMISSION LIMITATION  VALUES; EMISSION CONTROL; AND MEASURES TO  BE  TAKEN IN  THE
                     EVENT OF SITUATIONS INVOLVING EXTREME IMMISSION CONCENTRATIONS.   APPENDED TO  THE REGULATION ARE
                     ANNEXES AND CHARTS LISTING THE  MAXIMUM  IMMISSION VALUES FOR VARIOUS HARMFUL SUBSTANCES  (SHORT
                     AND LONGTERM VALUES), COMPUTATION METHODS FOR ASCERTAINING IMMISSION VALUES,  FORMULAS FOR
                     COMPUTING PERMISSIBLE EMISSIONS OF  HARMFUL SUBSTANCES INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, AND POLLUTION  FEES.
3EF.MAN DEM REP
     LB(A)
"MAY 1", 1970 LAW ... ON LAND USE IN THE 3ERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC  (LAND USE
LAW)."  GESETZBLATT DER DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK, PT. I,  1970.
                                                             EPA
GERMAN                  05/28/70  PGS   67-7(J         ID*  01103A
*GENERAL       WATEF         SOLID WASTE   NOISE
3EPMANY,FIE REP OF

     PM(A)
A PROGRAMME FCB THF PROTECTION OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
                                                             EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PSS  1-126          ID*  0096HA
ALSO LRB
 WATER         SOLID WASTE   RADIATION     NOISE         PESTICIDES
                         THIS DOCUMENT OUTLINES THE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM ADOPTED  BY THE  FEDERAL  REPUBLIC  OF  GERMANY  IN
                     1971 FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.  THE FIRST  SECTION,  "ENVIRONMENTAL  POLICY,"  REVIEWS THE  BASIC
                     ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION, PRESENTS THE OBJECTIVES OF THE  PROGRAM,  AND STATES  THE ORIGINATOR
                     PRINCIPLE, BY WHICH THE COSTS INVOLVED IN CORRECTING POLLUTION WOULD BE  BORNE  BY"  THE  POLLUTER.
                     OTHEF. TOPICS ARE:  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND  INDUSTRY; GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE  AND  THE
                     ENVIRONMENT; FISCAL AND TAX POLICY; THE ROLE OF  SCIENCE  AND TECHNOLOGY;  EDUCATION AND TRAINING;
                     MAN'S ^EfHNICAL ENVIRONMENT WHILE AT WORK; THE CITIZEN'S  ROLE; AND INTERNATIONAL  COOPERATION.
                     THE FINAL SECTION PRESENTS THE "ACTION PROGRAMME"  FOR DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL  PROBLEMS IN
                     AREAS SUCH AS:  NATURE AND LANDSCAPE; WASTE DISPOSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL  CHEMICALS  AND BIOCIDES,  AND;
                     WATER, AIR, NOISE, AND FADIATION POLLUTION.  TWO LISTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL  MEASURES  AND  PLANNED
                     FEDERAL BUD3ET OUTLAYS FOR 1972-75 ARE INCLUDED.

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AT"

.lESMANY.FEC HEP OF


     PM(A)
UNWEITFPEUNDLICHE TECHNIK:   VEPFAHFEH  UND PRODOKTE (TECHNOLOGY AS A FRIEND TO
THE ENVIRONMENT:  METHODS  AND  PRODUCTS) ,   TECHNOLOGY  SERIES 2
BADTHOLOME. E., ANC OTHERS                                    EPA
GERMAN                  00/00/71   PGS   ?37-5U7        IDt  01003A
ALSO SE, ST, AND 1RP
*GENEKAL       WATEF         SOLID HASTE    NOISE
GEFNANY.FEl HEP  CF

     PH(A)
UHWEITSCHUTZ  (ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION)  NO.  1U

                        05/29/72   EGS   1-11
GERMAN
ALSO P. 1-10; SE
                          *WATEP
                                                              EPA
                                                       IDt   01009A
               RADIATION
GERMANY,FEt REP  OF

     PM(B)
"EVERYTHING FOR FRESH AIR."   UMWELT
DREHEP, JUER3FN
GEHM?.N                   03/00/73   PGS
 HATER         SOLID WASTE    NOISE
                                        39-H1
       EPA
IDt  01208A
                          THIS  APTTCLE,  ONE OF A  SERIES ON ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING IN MAJOR WEST GERMAN CITIES, FOCOSES
                      ON  STDTTGART.   AN  ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE CITY BECAUSE OF ITS PHYSICAL LOCATION WITHIN  A BASIN,  ITS
                      HUGE INDUSTRY,  AND ITS RELATIVELY LARGE POPULATION (630,000), THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS
                      INITIATED A NUMBER 0? ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS AND IS PLANNING STILL OTHERS.  AMONG THESE
                      EXAMINED  IN THIS ARTICLE APE:   THE MAINTENANCE OF A GREEN BELT ALONG THE SLOPES SURROUNDING THE
                      CITY TO FACILITATE THE FLOW OF FRESH AIR FROM NEARBY FORESTS, THE CONVERSION OP HEATING PLANTS IN
                      PUBLIC BUILDINGS TO THE USE OF NATURAL GAS, CENTRALIZED REFUSE INCINERATION, BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE
                      TREATMENT PLANTS,  TRAFFIC CONTROL AND NOISE ABSORPTION WALLS ALONG MAJOR ARTERIES, CLOSED RF-
                      FUSE TRUCKS,  AND THE USE OF LIQUIFIED NATOPAL GAS TO POWER CITY VEHICLES.
GERMANY,FEE REP  OF

     PH(B)
"SMOG WARNING  PLAN FOR THE  RHINE-NECKAR  AREA."   UMWELT
GERMAN
ALSO LPB
                        03/00/73  PGS   6-7
                                                              EPA
                                                       IDt   01210A
                          THIS  ARTICLE DESCRIBES  THE RECENTLY INITIATED SMOG ALERT PROGRAM COVERING THE HEIDELBERG
                      MANNHEIM,  LUDWIGSHAFEN,  FRANKENTHAL AREA BY THE RHINE AND NECKAR RIVERS.  THE PROGRAM, THE
                      FIRST  OP  ITS  KIND EVER SIGNED BY TWO WEST GERMAN STATES (BADEN-WUERTTEHBEHG AND THE RHINELAHD-
                      PALATINATE),  INVOLVES THE CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT OF SULFUR-DIOXIDE CONCENTHATONS AT THREE MEASURING
                      STATIONS  ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RHINE, THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF SMOG HATCHES AND VARIOUS STAGES OF SMOG
                      ALERTS, THE ACTION  TO BE TAKEN W.HEN CCNCENTRATIONS REACH PRESCIRBED LIMITS.  THE WATCH BEGINS
                      WHEN "-HE  SULFUR  DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION EXCEEDS A HALF-HOUR AVERAGE OF 0.3 MILLIGRAMS PEP CUBIC
                      METER  AND WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SM03.  THE ARTICLE OUTLINES THE VARIOUS
                      MEASURES  THAT APE ORDEPED FOR THE EACH OF THE SMOG ALERT STAGES.

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ft IP

GERMANY.FED HEP CF

     FM(B)
                                                                                                                          PAGE
     'WHAT ARE THE CHANCES FOR ELECTRO-PROPULSION?"  UHWELT
    GERMAN
    ALSO SE AND ST
     NOISE
09/00/72  PGS  31-33
                                                          IDI
  EPA
01223A
                         THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE FEASIBILITY OF DSTNG ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR CITY TRANSPORTATION,
                     HOLDING OUT THE PROSPECT THAT USE OF BATTERY-POWERED VEHICLES MIGHT BE THE ANSWER TO THE DHBAN
                     DILEMMA CREATED, ON THE ONE HAND, BY AIP AND NOISE POLLDTION AND, ON THE OTHER, BY THE COST OF
                     MEETING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEEDS WITH CONVENTIONALLY-POWERED VEHICLES.  THE ARTICLE PROBES
                     COST FACTORS, LONGEVITY OF BATTERIES, PROBLEMS  OF REGENERATION, AND THE SPEED, DISTANCE, AND WEIGHT
                     FACTORS.  ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO THE USE OF ULECTRIC VEHICLES CHIEFLY AS A MEANS OF THE  POBLIC
                     TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS AND OF THE DELIVERY OF GOODS, I.E. AS A REPLACEMENT FOR CONVENTIONAL
                     BUSES AND TRUCKS WITHIN DRBAN AREAS.  ALTHOUGH ONE OF THE GREATEST DRAWBACKS IN THE ELECTRIC
                     VEHICLE TS ITS INABILITY TO COVER LONG STRETCHES WITHOUT BATTERY RECHARGING, THE ARTICLE CLOSES
                     ON THE OPTIMISTIC NOTE THAT STUDIES IN WEST GERMAN CITIES HAVE SHOWN THAT 90% OF ALL IN-CITY BUS
                     AND TRUCK RUNS AMOUNT TO LESS THAN 50 KILOMETERS PER DAY.
GERMANY,FED REP CF

     PM(B)
    "REFUSE BECOMES THE TOP PROBLEM."  UNWELT
    STIELER, WOLFGANG
    GERMAN                  01/00/72  PGS  U2-HH
    *SOLID WASTE   WATER         NOISE         3ENEP.AL
                              ID*
                                     EPA
                                   01229A
GERMANY,FEE HEP CF

     PM(B)
    "IF NEEDS BE, COVER YOUR MOUTH WITH A HANDKERCHIEF."  UMWELT
    DAPNSTAADT, THOMAS                                           EPA
    GERMAN                  05/00/72  PGS  32-34          ID*   01230A
    ALSO ST
     WATER         SOLID WASTE

    THIS ARTICLE, ONE OF A SERIES APPEARING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNAL "UHWELT" ON POLLUTION
PROBLEMS IN MAJOR WEST GERMAN CITIES AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO CONTROL THEM, DEALS WITH
FRANKFURT/MAIN.  THE AUTHOR CALLS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN THIS CITY ALARMING:  INTOLERABLE
QUANTITIES OF CARBON OXIDES, SULFUR DIOXIDE, LEAD, AND NITROGEN OXIDE IN THE AIP; PERSISTENT
NOISE LEVELS OF 85 PHONS AT SOME LOCATIONS; A WARM AND OVERCAST SKY, WITH FREQUENT WEATHER
INVERSIONS; AND A CONTINUING CONTAMINATION OP THE MAIN PIVER.  THE SITUATION IS COMPLICATED BY
BUILT-UP SUBURBAN AREAS WITH HIGH-RISE CONTRUCTION THAT IMPEDES THE NECESSARY FLOW OF FRESH AIR
INTO THE CITY.  THE AUTHOP DESCRIBES SOME OF THE PLANS TO CONTROL THE ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION,
MANY OP WHICH HAVE FOUNDERED.  SO HELPLESS IS THE SITUATION THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIAL SEES  AN
IMMEDIATE REMEDY IN THE USE OF HANDKEPCHIEFS DURING SMOG ALERTS.  IN THE AREA OF SOLID WASTE,
HOWEVER, FPANKFURT HAS MADE SOMF PROGRESS, THANKS TO AMBITIOUS PLANNING.

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3EPMANY,FED PEP CP

     PM(A)
"PP03RAMS, BUT NO PLANS."  UMWELT
ROTH, CHRISTIAN
GERMAN                  09/00/72   PCS   1U-19
*3ENF"AL       SOLID WASTE   NOISE          HATER
                                     EPA
                              ID*  01233A
GERMANY,FED PEP OF

     PM(B)
"SLOHLY DRIZZLING."  DER SPIEGEL, V.  27,  NO.  1

GERMAN                  01/01/73  PGS   3«-36
ALSO LRB AND ST
                                     EPA
                              IDI  012UOA
                         ACCORDING TO THIS  ACCOUNT,  THE  PASTURE  LAND AROUND STOLBERG-GRESSENICH IN WEST GERMANY HAS BEEN
                     POLLUTED FOR MANY  DECADES  AS  A  FESULT  OF  A  SLOW BUT  STEADY DRIZZLE OF LEAD-LADEN DUST FROM A NEARBY
                     SMELTING PLANT.  CATTLE HAVE  MYSTERIOUSLY DIED OVER  THE YEARS,  GIVING RISE TO THE TERM "GRESSENICH
                     COW DISEASE."   RECENT  INVESTIGATIONS HAVE ATTRIBUTED THE DISEASE  TO LEAD  POISONING AND PARTICULARLY
                     TO THR DAILY EMISSION  OF 276  KILOGRAMS OF LEAD AND  15H  KILOGRAMS  OF ZINC  FROM THE PLANT IN QUESTION
                     THE ARTICLE RECOUNTS THE DIFFICULTIES  INVOLVED IN ARRESTING THE POLLUTION:  THE SECRECY OF EMISSION
                     DATA, RUMORED PAYOFFS, AND  STATEMENTS  ACCORDING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PARABOUNTCY OVER RESTRICTING
                     STANDARDS.  MF.ANWHILE, RESIDENTS  OF THE APEA  CONTINUE TO ABSORB HEAVY METALS NOT ONLY BY BREAKING
                     THEM IN WITH THE DUST  BUT  BY  EATING CONTAMINATED CATTLE AND DRINKING MILK FROM AFFECTED ANIMALS.
GREAT BF.ITJTN

     PH (A)
POLLUTION:  NUISANCE OR NEMESIS?  A REPORT ON THE CONTROL  OF  POLLUTION.
                                                              EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/72  P3S   1-88           IDt   00957A
ALSO SB, ST, IPB
GENERAL       WATER         PESTICIDES    RADIATION
GREAT BRITAIN

     PM(B)
"ANOTHER LOOK AT LONDON'S TRAFFIC
ENGLISH
 NOISE
             ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, V. 261, NO. 6895
                                     EPA
00/00/73  PGS  31             ID*  01178A
                         THIS ARTICLE ASSESSES THE  CURRENT  DEBATE  ON  MEANS  TO  CURB  AUTOMOTIVE  TRAFFIC  IN LONDON.   AS
                     DISCUSSIONS ON  REMEDIAL  ACTION 30  ON  AT  MEETINGS,  UNDER THE  AUSPICES  OF THE  HOME  OFFICE,  BETWEEN
                     THE GREATER LONDON COUNCIL,  THE DEPARTMENT  OF ENVIRONMENT, AND THE  METROPOLITAN POLICE;  HIDE AREAS
                     OF DISAGREEMENT BECOME EVIDENT. INCREASED  PARKING TARIFFS HAVE NOT PROVED EFFECTIVE,  AND "IT IS
                     CLEAR FEOM THE  DEBATE THAT A MARGINAL  REDUCTION  IN THE AMOUNT  OF TRAFFICS DOES NOT  RESTORE THE
                     CITY CENTRE TO  AGREEABLE CONDITIONS."   WHILE  PROSCRIBING  THE USE OF THE AUTOMOBILE  IS  NOT FEASIBLE,
                     ACTIVE  DISCRIMINATION AGAINST  PRIVATE  CARS  IN FAVOR OF PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION IN A VIABLE
                     ALTERNATIVE.  THE ARTICLE STATES THAT  IF PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION IS TO  BE THE  EFFECTIVE  ALTERNATIVE,
                     EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SERVICE  ARE MANDATORY.  BETTER  PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION CANNOT  BE
                     EXPECTED TO PAY FOR  ITSELF DIRECTLY THPOUGH FARES  BUT  RATHER INDIRECTLY THROUGH THE MONEY SAVED ON
                     NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND ON TIME  LCSSES RESULTING FROM TRAFFIC DELAYS.

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A IF

GREAT BRITAIN


     PN(A)
    "NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT."  ECOL06IST, V. 2, NO. 9  (REPRINT FROM
    HANSARD)
                                                                 EPA
    ENGIISH                 09/00/72  PGS  U-7            IDI  01209A
    ALSO SE AND LRB
     HATER         GENERAL

    THIS ARTICLE REPRINTS FROM HANSARD THE TEXT OF THE APRIL 28, 1972 HOUSE OP COMMONS DEBATE ON
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS AND DEPLETION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, WITH THE REPORT A BLUEPRINT FOR
SURVIVAL SERVING AS THE BACKDROP AGAINST WHICH THE CRISIS AND ITS SOLUTIONS ARE ARGUED.  HOUSE
MEMBER DOUGLAS-HANN RAISED THE INTERRELATED PROBLEMS OF POLLUTION, POPULATION, FOOD PRODUCTION,
NATURAL RESOURCES, AND INDUSTRILIZATICN.  IN RESPONDING, THE UNDEH-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT, ELDON GRIFFITHS, STATED THAT TODAY THE AIR AND RIVERS IN GREAT BRITAIN ARE IN THE MAIN
LESS POLLUTED THAN THEY WERE 50 OR EVEN 10 YEARS AGO, THAT LOW GROWTH RATES DO NOT ENHANCE THE
ENVIRONMENT, AND THAT THE POLLUTION FIGHT CONSISTS OF THE PURSUIT OF ONGLAHOROUS DETAILS.  "FAE
FROM SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMIC STAGNATION CAN LEAVE US INSUFFICIENTLY WELL-BREACHED TO PRO-
TECT IT."
GREAT BRITAIN

     PM(B)
"LEADING QUESTION.
HILLS, LAWRENCE D.
ENGLISH                 08/00/72
 WATEP         SOLID HASTE
                         ECOLOGIST, V. 2, NO. 8
                                      PGS  22-24
       EPA
ID*  01213A
                         THIS ARTICLE PROBES THE PROBLEM CF THE TCXICITY OF METAL RESIDUES IN SEWAGE AND IN AUTOMOTIVE  j
                     AND INDUSTRIAL EXHAUSTS IN TERMS OF THF CONTAMINATION OF THE SOIL AND OF THE CONSUMPTION OF PLANTS -.
                     GROWN IN THAT SOIL.  ALTHOUGH THE BUILDUP OF TOXIC METALS IS A CONCERN IN THE OPERATION OF SEHASE  ,
                     FARMS, ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE, THE PROPER TREATMENT OF SEWAGE CAN ELIHINTATB THE HAZAPD.  DANGER '-
                     FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE IS STHICTLY LIMITED IN ENGLAND TO FACILITES DATING FROM THE 1890'S.  THE ARTICLE
                     ALSO DISCUSSES THE DANGER TO GARDEN PLOTS ARISING FROM LEAD EMITTED BY AUTOMOBILES AND INDUSTRIAL
                     FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY TO EDIBLE PLANTS GROWN ALONGSIDE HIGHWAYS AND IN THE VICINITY OF FACTORIES.
                     THE AUTHOR CALLS FOR MORE RESEARCH AND PLANNING AND ASKS YOUNG ENVIRONMENTALISTS THE 'LEADING
                     QUESTION     ARE THEY HILLING TO SACRIFICE AS WELL AS PROTEST TO MAKE POSSIBLE THE NEEDED WCRK IN
                     THIS FIELD.

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AIF

JAPAN
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                    10
                         POLLUTION-RELATED  DISEASES  AND  BELIEF MEASURES  IN  JAPAN.

                         ENGLISH                  05/00/72   PCS  1-29
                         *WATER
                                                           ENVIRONMENT  AGENCY.
                                                              EPA
                                                      IDt   00779A
JAPAN
     PM(A)
THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IN JAPAN.  ENVIRONMENT  AGENCY.

                        02/00/72  PGS   1-92

               SOLID WASTE
ENGLISH
ALSO SE
 WATER
ID*
  EPA
00780A
                         THE  PUBLICATION  CONSISTS  OF  ASSORTED PAPEPS  WRITTEN  BY  THE STAFF ON HUMAN ENVIRONMENT ISSUES.
                     THE VIEWS  EXPRESSED  ARE  HOT NECESSARILY  THE OFFICIAL VIEWS  OF THE AGENCY.   THESE PAPERS FALL INTO
                     FOU^ CATEGORIES,  THE FIPST  AND BRIEFEST  OF WHICH IS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.   OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE THE
                     QUALITY  OF AIR  AND OF WATER,  WITH PAPERS DEALING WITH STANDARDS (MANY FOR  INDIVIDUAL POLLUTANTS)
                     AND WITH CONTROL  MEASURES,  LAWS,  AND MONITORING.  THE FINAL SECTION IS OF  NON-SPECIFIC CATEGORIES,
                     WITH STUDIES  ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, LOCATION  OF POPULATION AND INDUSTRY, HOUSING PLANNING,
                     AND SOIID  WASTE DISPOSAL.
JAPAN
     PM(B)
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL IN JAPAN.  ENVIRONMENT AGENCY.

ENGLISH                 05/00/72  PGS   1-61
ALSO SE, LRB, ST
                                                             EPA
                                                      ID*  00783A
                         THIS PAMPHLET  IS  A  SPECIAL  SUPPLEMENT TO THE NATIONAL  REPORT TO  THE UNITED  NATIONS  CONFERENCE
                      ON THE  HUMAN  ENVIRONMENT.   IT OPFNS  WITH  A SURVEY OF  AIR  POLLUTION IN  JAPAN  WITH  REMARKS  ON
                      CAUSES  AND  INDIVIDUAL POLLUTANTS.  OTHER  SECTIONS DISCUSS  AIR POLLUTION DAMAGE, THE HISTORY OF
                      AIP POLLUTION REGULATIONS,  AND  A  HONITOPING SYSTEM FOR  AIR POLLUTION.   THE MAJORITY OF  THE
                      PUBLICATION IS DEVOTED  TO  DETAILS OF AIR  POLLUTION COUNTERMEASURES,  INCLUDING A BREAKDOWN BY
                      TYPES,  SUCH AS SMOKE, MOTOP EXHAUST, PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG,  ETC.   THERE ARE NUMEROUS TABLES
                      CONCERNING  CONCENTRATIONS  OF POLLUTANTS AND OTHER ASPECTS  OF  THE PROBLEM.

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JAPAN
     PM(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                              11
    "ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION" AND  "ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL."  A BRIEF
    PBPORT ON PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION  IN JAPAN  1970.  MINISTRY 0? HEALTH AND WELFARE.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 11/01/70   P3S   35-UO          IDt  00789A
    *SOLID HASTE   NOISE         RADIATION
JAPAN
     PM(A)
    SH03AIKOKU NO KOGAI-TAISAKU NO JITTAI.   (A FACTUAL STUDY OF ANTIPOLLUTION
    HEASUPES OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES.)   1971-72 EDITION.
                                                                 EPA
    JAPANESE                02/15/72  PGS   1-616          IDt  01002A
    SE, LRB-ENGLAND, FR. , SEED., USA
     HATER         SOLID HASTE   NOISE         PESTICIDES    RADIATION

    THIS SPECIAL EDITION IS A RESDIT  OF AN  EXTENSIVE SURVEY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND
RELEVANT SNTIPOLLUTION MEASURES OF SPECIFIC COUNTRIES AND CITIES CONDUCTED BY THE JAPAN
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH SOCIETY.  THE  VOLUME IS DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR PARTS COVERING THE
FOLLOHING AREAS BY CHAPTERS:  ENGLAND, SHEDEN, LONDON, PARIS, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, PITTSBURGH,
AND SAN FRANCISCO.  IT DISCUSSES:  (1) HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND DISTINCTIVE FEATURES,  (2) THE
CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANTIPOLLUTION  POLICIES, AND  (3) THE PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE REGULATIONS
AND STATUTES CONCERNING ALL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN THE SPECIFIED AREAS.
AN 153-PAGE APPENDIX INCLUDES CHARTS, DIAGRAMS, GRAPHS, AND TABLES.  AN ABRIDGEMENT OF
JAPANESE LAHS RELATING TO POLLUTION IS INCLUDED AS A SUPPLEMENT.
JAPAN
     PH(A>
    "POLLUTION CONTROL INVESTMENT BY JAPAN."  DEPT. OF STATE AIRGRAH,
    NO. A-27, AMEMBASSY TOKYO.
    U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT                                        EPA
    ENGLISH                 01/12/73  PGS  1-5            IDt  01193A
    ALSO SE
     HATER         NOISE         SOLID HASTE

    THIS REPORT, PREPARED BY THE U.S. EMBASSY IN TOKYO, SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF A SUPVEY BY
JAPAN'S MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY ON INVESTMENT IN POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT BY PRIVATE
ENTERPRISE.  THEY SURVEY COVERED 1,02U MININ3 AND MANUFACTURING FIRMS CAPITALIZED
AT MORE THAN 50 MILLION YEN.  IT INCLUDES DATA FOR 1971, ESTIMATED RESULTS FOR 1972, AND TENTATIVE
INVESTMENT PLANS FOB 1973.  THE SURVEY SHOHS THAT INVESTMENT IN POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
INCREASED BY 27.9% BETHEEN 1971 AND 1972.  THE U.S. EMBASSY COMMENTS THAT SALES OPPORTUNITIES FOR
U.S.  MANUFACTURERS OF CONTROL EQUIPMENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO RISE BECAUSE OF THE JAPANESE DEMAND
FO? MOPE ADVANCED EQUIPMENT TO MEET THF EVER STRICTER RESTRICTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT.  APPENDED
TABLES IILUSTPATE THE POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT INVESTMENTS BY MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CATFGORIES AND
BY MAJOR EQUIPMENT CATEGORIES AS HELL AS THE RATIOS OF OUTLAYS TO TOTAL PLAHT AND EQUIPMENT
INVESTMENT BY INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES.

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AIP

KUWAIT

     PN(A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                    12
    HUMAN ENVIRONMENT, KUWAIT.
    ENGLISH
    ALSO I SB
    GENERAL
NATIONAL PEPCBT.

      PGS  1-38
       EPA
ID!  01036A
                                         HATER
NO»WAY
     PN{A)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN NORWAY" AND  "NORWAY'S NATIONAL  PARKS."   NEWS  OF
    NORWAY.
    NORWAY.  NORHEIGAN INFORMATION SERVICE                        EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/73  PGS  19;23-2<»       IDt  01018A
    ALSO SB
     WATER         NOISE

    THE FIRST OF THESE TWO ARTICLES STATES THAT, WHILE A LOW-DENSITY POPULATION AND  THE  WIDESCALE
INDUSTRIAL USE OF CLEAN, SHORELESS HYDHC-ELECTRIVITY MAKE THE PROBLEMS OF POLLUTION  LESS  SEVERE
THAN ELSEWHERE IN EUROPE, THESE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST.  NORWEGIAN  INDUSTRY DOES EXUDE SMOKE  AND
SEWAGE, AND THE DISPOSAL OF WASTES IS A MOUNTING CONCERN.  THE ARTICLE SURVEYS BRIEFLY NORWEGIAN
ACTIONS TO LIMIT POLLUTION AND CITES A PENDING BILL TO CONSERVE THE REMAINING  WATERPOWER  POTENTIAL
IN ITS NATURAL STATE.  IT ALSO OUTLINES THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE NEWLY CREATED  MINISTRY  FOR  THE
ENVIRONMENT.  THE SECOND ARTICLE POINTS UP THE PROGRAM NOW UNDERWAY TO ESTABLISH A SERIES OF  PARKS
TO "PRESERVE NATURE UNSPOILED."  IN THESE PARKS POLLUTION AND ENCRAOCHMENT WILL BE BANNED.  THERE
WILL BE NO TELEPHONE LINES, RATIFOADS, OR ELECTRIC POWER STATIONS.
FONANIA


     LP(A)
    "LAW(NO. 9 OF JUNE 20,1973 ON THE PPOTECTTON OF THE ENVIRONMENT)ON ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION PASSED,"TRANSLATIONS ON EASTERN EUROPE  (ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS),  NO.  959.
    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 09/13/73  PGS  1*8-71          ID#  01371A
    *GENE5AL       WATER         SOLID WASTE   PESTICIDES    RADIATION     NOISE
SWEDEN

     PM(A)
    DESIGN OF THE SWEDISH NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
    PAINLUND, INGAR                                              EPA
    EN3LISH                 00/00/72  PGS   1-19           ID*  01198A
    ALSO ST
    *3ENESAL       WATEP

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A IP

SWEDEN

     PM(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                              13
    ENVI?ONMENTAL PROTECTION  AT  FROVIFORS  BROK
    ENGLISH
    ALSO ST
    *WATER
00/00/72  PCS  1-8
       EPA
ID*  01205A
SWITZERLAND


     PH(B)
    "LONG-DISTANCE CENTRAL HEATING  IS  ENVIRONMENTALLY  BORE  SUITABLE.   WHAT  THE
    CANTON OF ZURICH HAS ATTAINED AND  PLANNED."   NEUE  ZOEECHER  ZEITDNG
    BREITSCHHID, M.                                               EPA
    GERMAN                  03/18/73   FGS   39             ID»   01232A

    THIS PA3E FEATURE, PREPARED  BY  THE CHIEF OF THE ZURICH  HEATING  AND EQUIPHENT  OFFICE,  OUTLINES
THE USE AND ADVANTAGES OF REMOTE CBNTRAI HEATING  INSTALLATIONS  IN THE  CANTON  OF ZURICH  AS A  BEANS
OF RBDUCIN3 AIR POLLUTION FROH THE  MULTIPLICITY OF INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD AND INSTITUTIONAL FURNACES
AND FACTORY HEATING PLANTS.  THE AFTICLE CITES AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CANTON  OF ZURICH  THAT, AMONG
OTHER THIN3S, ENCOUPA3ES THE USE OF LONG-DISTANCE CENTRAL HEATING AND  IS DIRECTED PRIMARILY  AT
BUILDING DEVELOPERS, ARCHITECTS, AND URBAN  PLANNERS.   THE AUTHOR TRACES GOVERNMENT INTEREST  IN  SUCH
PEHOTB HEATIN3 FACILITIES, THE COSTS AND POWER CAPACITIES,  AND  CURRENT AND  PROJECTED  USE  OF  THESE
FACILITIES.  DETAILS ARE ALSO GIVEN ON THE  PLANNED AUBRUGG  FACILITY DUE FOR COMPLETION  IN 1977.
FIFTY INSTALLATIONS OF ITS TYPE, THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES, COULD COVEP  THE AREA-HEATING REQUIREMENTS OF
ALL SWITZERLAND.
USSP
     PM(B)
    "ON THE PROBLEM OF PROTECTION  OF AN ATMOSPHERIC BASIN FROM INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION."
    PROMYSHLENNOYE STROITEL'STVO
    ZHDANOVICH, YU. V,                                            EPA
    RUSSIAN                 12/00/72  PCS   29-32           ID*   01559A

    THIS ARTICLE DEALS PRIMARILY WITH THE  ESTABLISHMENT OF SANITARY PROTECTIVE  ZONES  AROUND
POLLUTING INDUSTRIES, ALONG TRANSPORTATION  ROUTES AND IN CITIES.   WITHIN  SUCH ZONES,  ONLY
NON-PESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS MAY BE CONSTRUCTED, SOURCES OF POLLUTION ARE  RESTRICTED  AND GREEN AREAS
OF SHRUBS AND TREES ARE BSTABLSIHED IN SUCH  A MANNER AS TO IMPROVE DISPERSION OF  AIR  POLLUTION SO
THAT CONCENTRATIONS IN POPULATED AREAS DO  NOT EXCEED HEALTH STANDARDS.  TECHNICAL  MATERIAL IS
PRESENTED ON PRINCIPLES IN PLANNING OF SUCH  PROTECTIVE ZONES.   THE AUTHOR  POINTS  OUT  THAT  SANITARY
PROTECTIVE ZONES CAN BE EFFECTIVE ONLY IF  THE GENERAL LEVEL OF  POLLUTION  IS  LIMITED.   HE  STRESSES
THE NEED TO LIMTT THE QUANTITY OF POLLUTANTS ENTERING THE  ATMOSPHERE BY ESTABLISHING  STANDARDS OF
MA-XIMUM PERMISSIBLE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS, IMPROVING TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES,  AND INCREASING
THE USE OF PURIFICATION APPARATUS.

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USSF
     PM(B)
GENERAL

\USTFALIA


     PH(B)
    "HYGIENIC EVALUATION OF STANDARDS FOR LIMITING DISCHARGES  FPOH  INDUSTRIAL
    ENTEPPRISES INTO THE ATHOSPHERE."  GI3IYENA I SANITARIYA
    GIL'DENSKIOL'D, R.S., PI.I. GUSEV AND F.I. DUBROVSKAYA        EPA
    RnSSIAN                 10/00/72  FGS  76-79          ID*   01560A
    ALSO LRB

    THE AUTHOPS NOTE THAT THE PRINCIPAL GUIDELINES FOK EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS OF  AIR  POLLUTION
CONTROL HEASUPES ARE THE STANDARDS OF MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS  OF  HARMFUL SUBSTANCES  IN
THE AIP.  THEY HECOHNEND THAT ADDITIONAL STANDARDS ON ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF HASTE  EMISSIONS  AFTER
PURIFICATION BE ESTABLISHED TO AID IN PLANNING AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES  AT  INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENTS AND PROVIDING ADEQUATE SANITARY PROTECTIVE ZONES  AROUND SUCH INDUSTRIES. SUCH
STANDARDS ON MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING STUDIED  AT  THE CENTRAL
RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN INSTITUTE FOP INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND APPARATUS.  THE  AUTHORS
FEEL THAT THESE STANDARDS SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS ABSOLUTE  REQUIREMENTS  BECAUSE THEY  WOULD
REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT ACCORDING TO LOCAL CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND  REGIONAL PROBLEMS OF  INDUSTRIAL
CONCENTRATION, BUT THAT THEY WOULD STILL BE OF GREATER VALUE IN DESIGING  NON-POLLUTING INDUSTRIAL
APPARATUS AND PLANNING PROTECTIVE MEASURES AGAINST THE HAZARDS  OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
    WATER POLLUTION IN AUSTRALIA:  REPORT FROM THE  SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
    WATEP POLLUTION.
    DAVIDSON, G.S., CHAIRMAN                                     EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/70  PGS  1-21U          ID*  01028A
    ALSO LPB
    *WATER
AUSTRALIA


     PM(B)
    NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.  FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 1 JULY 1971
    30 JUNE 1972
    AUSTRALIA.  NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION          EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/72  PGS  1-71           ID*  01217A
    ALSO SB
    *WATEP         AIR           SOLID WASTE   NOISE

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                                                                                                              15
GENERAL

BULGARIA


     IS(A)
CANADA


     PH(A)
    "BAR 19, 1966 DECREE OH THE STATE SANITARY INSPECTORATE."   INT. DIG.  HITH. IEG..
    V. 18.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COUP.                             EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/67  PGS  538-539        IDt   01379A
     AIR           WATEP         PESTICIDES    RADIATION

    THIS DECREE AUTHORIZES THE STATE SANITARY INSPECTORATE TO PREPARE DRAFT LEGISLATION  ON
HATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND ISSUE SANITARY RULES AND REGULATIONS.  ITS RESPONSIBILITIES
INCLUDE, AHONG OTHER THINGS, ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON PREVENTION OF  POLLUTION  OF
WATER, AIR AND SOIL.  IT IS TO REVIEW PLANS FOR URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION  REGARDING
SANITARY CONDITIONS AND FACILITIES FOR PURIFICATION OF HASTEWATER AND EMISSIONS INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE.  IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PECULATING PRODUCTION, STORAGE, TRANSPORT AND MARKETING OF
PRODUCTS LIKELY TO AFFECT PUBLIC HEALTH INCLUDING PESTICIDES AND RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS.
(OFFICIAL TEXT IS IN D'RZHRVEN VESTNIK, MAP 25, 1966, N. 2«, PP 1-2.)


    DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND FOPESTRY.  ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED
    MARCH 31, 1971
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/72  PGS  1-51           IDt   00978A
    ALSO FRENCH; ALSO SE

    THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE PRINCIPAL DIVISIONS  OF THE MINISTRY
OF FISHERIES AND FOPESTRY:  (1) THE FISHERIES SERVICE, WITH ITS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BRANCH,
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT BRANCH, INSPECTION BRANCH.  CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION BRANCH, AND ECONOMICS
BRANCH; (2)  THE CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE; (3) THE CANADIAN WILDLIFE SERVICE;  (<4)  THE WATER
MANAGEMENT SERVICE, HITH ITS MARINE SCIENCES BRANCH, INLAND WATERS BRANCH, WATER PLANNING AND
OPERATIONS BRANCH; (5)  .THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE; AND (6) THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIRECTOPATE.
CZECHOSIOVAKIA


     LP(A)
    "JUN 13, 1966 ORDER NO. U5 OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
    PROTECTION OF HEALTHY LIVING CONDITIONS."  INT. DIG. OF HLTH. LEG., V.  18.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP.                             EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/67  PGS   327-3UO       IDt  01077A
    *AIP           WATEP

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                                                                                                                                    16
GENERAL

CZECHOSLOVAKIA


     FB(A)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
     PM(A)
    PLANNIN3 AND DEVELOPMENT AND SETTLEMENTS  OF  RURAL  AREAS  IN  THE  CZECHOSLOVAK
    SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
    SLEPICKA, ALOIS                                               EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71   PGS   1-15            IDt   01011A
    ALSO SB

    THIS PUBLICATION OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK RESEARCH  INSTITUTE  FOR BUILDINS  AND  ARCHITECTURE OUTLINES
WOPK BEING DONE FOR THE RATIONAL AND  PURPOSEFUL  UTILIZATION  OF  RURAL  AREAS.   MAJOF TOPICS TREATED
INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT AND SETTLEMENT OF  FUBAL  AREAS, RURAL POPULATION AND THE PROBLEMS OF ITS
DISTRIBUTION, PLANNING OF THE DEVELOPMENT  AND RENEWAL  OF  RURAL  SETTLEMENTS, CONSIDERATIONS OF
POLLUTION PROBLEMS, AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL,  FINANCIAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN
THIS PLANNIN3 AND DEVELOPMENT.  THE PUBLICATION  CONTAINS  GRAPHS,  HAPS,  AND ILLUSTRATIONS.


    INFOPHACNI ZPPAVODAJ RADY PRO  ZIVOTNI  PROSTREDI  PRI VLADE CSR (INFORMATION
    PBPORT OF THE CZECH GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL)
    SUP, A., ED.                                                  EPA
    CZECH                   09/00/72   PGS   1-36            ID*   01017A
    INTERNATIONAL; ALSO SB AND ST
     WATER

    THIS PUBLICATION PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
SYMPOSIUM ON THE PROSPECTS FOR EUROPEAN COOPERATION  IN THE SOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION
PROBLEMS HELD TN WARSAW IN SEPTEMBER  1972.   REPRESENTATIVES  FROM  15 COUNTRIES,  INCLUDING THE UNITED
STATES, AND SEVEPAL INTERNATIONAL  ORGANIZATIONS  ATTENDED.  SPECIFIC TOPICS TREATED IN THIS PAMPHLET
ARE PERTINENT ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW,  ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, CERTAIN  TECHNICAL AND
ECOLOGICAL ISSUES, URBAN PROBLEMS  RELATING TO THE  ENVIRONMENT,  AND  ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING.  THE
SUMMARY ALSO COVERS THOSE PROBLEMS THAT INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES FACE AND THOSE THAT COUNTRIES FACE IN
COMMON, SUCH AS POLLUTION OF THE BALTIC SEA.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA

     PM(A)
    "THE FUTURE OF URBAN GOVERNMENT,"  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  FUTURE
    KASALICKY, V.                                                 EPA
    ENGIISH                 00/00/72   PGS   519-5«1         ID»   OOU10A
    ALSO SE

    THIS IS A REPRINT OF A  PAPER BY VAC1AV  KASALICKY,  SECRETARY,  CZECH.  ORGANIZING  COMMITTEE,
UN/ECE SYMPOSIUM ON PROBLEMS RELATING  TO ENVIPONMFNT,  AND  DEPUTY  DIRECTOR  OF  THE  CZECH.  RESEARCH
INSTITUTE FOP. BUILDING AND  ARCHITECTURE.   THE  PAPER  WAS  DELIVERED AT THE UN/ECE SYMPOSIUM  ON
PROBLEMS RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT.  THE MAIN TOPICS COVERED ARE:   THE CITY  AS  AN ENVIRONMENT
(DISSATISFACTION IN TOWNS TODAY AND THE FORECASTING  OF FUTDEE NEEDS):  THE  CITY AS A COMPONENT  OF
A WIDER ENVIRONMENT  (THF THREE-TIER SYSTEM  PLANNING  BEYOND THE  CITY BOUNDARIES AND  CREATING
ENVIRONMENTS); FUTURE CITIES AS ENVIRONMENTS (THE NEEDS  OF MAN  WITH RESPECT TO URBAN PLANNING,
UFBAN PLANNING AND LEISURE, AND URBAN  PLANNING  AND THE LINKING  OF PAST,  PRESENT,  AND FUTURE).
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES  AND DISCUSSION  OF THE PAPER ARE PROVIDED.

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GENERAL

FINLAND
     IF (A)
FINLAND

     PM(A)
    '.'NOV 20,  1970 ORDINANCE  NO.  722  ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION"
    INT. DIG. OF HLTH.  LEG.,  V.  23.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COHP.                              EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/72   PCS   70«           IDf  01118A
     AIF            HATER

    THIS ORDINANCE  ESTABLISHES THE  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION TO PROMOTE THE
PRESERVATION  AND PROTECTION  OF THE  LIVING ENVIRONMENT,  TO INCLUDE AIR, WATER, SOIL, AND OTHER
LIVING RESOURCES.   THE  COUNCIL OF STATE MAY ISSUE PROVISIONS TO IMPLEMENT THIS ORDINANCE.
AMONG THF DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION  ARE:  TO SERVE AS A  COOPERATING BODY IN THE FIELD OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TO PPOPOSE  PERTINENT LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES; TO
PPOMOTE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES IN  SOCIAL PLANNING:  TO MONITOR PLANS WHICH
WOULD SIGNIFICANTIY ALTER THE ENVIPCNMENT;  TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS DEALING WITH PERTINENT
RESEARCH, TRAINING,  AND INFORMATION;  TO RENDER EXPERT OPINION AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT:
TO KEEP ABREAST OF  ENVIFONMENTAL PROGRAMS ABROAD:  AND  TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.  THE FINNISH/SWEDISH ORIGINAL OF THIS ORDINANCE
APPEARS IN SUOMEN ASETUSKOKOELMA FINLANDS FCHFATTNINGSSAMLING, NOV. 27, 1970, P. 1367-1368.


    LIST OF THE MAIN GOVERNHENTAL'CCNSEPVATION AGENCIES IN FINLAND
    FINLAND.  STATE NATURE CONSERVATION OFFICE.                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/00   PCS  1-U            IDt  00960A

    THIS LIST, PREPARED BY THE FINNISH STATE NATUPE CONSERVATION OFFICE,  GIVES THE NAME OF THE
CONSERVATION AGENCY, ITS ADDRESS, THE NAME  OF ITS DIRECTOR AND ITS SCOPE.   ATTACHED IS A CHART
SHOWING THE ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE AGENCIES.
FINLAND


     P«(A)
    SURVEY OF NATIONAL FACILITIES  AND  RESOURCES  SERVING  THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
    OF INFORMATION IN THE FIELD  CF  ENVIRONMENT.
    FINNISH ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 06/30/70   PCS   1-22            ID*   00962A

    THIS MIMEOGRAPHED PUBLICATION  PROVIDES  INFORMATION ON  FINNISH ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE
EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT.   SECTION  I,  WHICH  LISTS A  WIDE PANGE OF INFORMATION
PRODUCING ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS  THE FINNISH  NATIONAL  BOARD OF  WATERS AND THE FINNISH FOREST
RESEARCH INSTITUTE, PROVIDES DATA  ON THE FUNCTION,  PERSONNEL,  AND BUDGET OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS,
AS WELL AS ON THE TYPE OF INFORMATION  PRODUCED AND  THE MEANS OF DISSEMINATING IT.  SECTION II LISTS
GOVERNMENTAL BODIES INTERESTED IN  ENVIRONMENTAL  INFORMATION AND MENTIONS THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF
THEIR INFORMATION NEEDS; SOME NON-GOVEENMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS POLITICAL PARTIES ARE ALSO
LISTED.  PART IIT SUMMARIZES THE ACTIVITIES  OF THE  CENTRAL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY
PRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE ENVIRONMENTAL  INFORMATION.  SECTION IV BRIEFLY DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS
INVOLVED IN THE DISSEMINATION OF SUCH  INFORMATION.

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FPANCE
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   18
     PM(B)
    "THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE  TN THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES."   CAHIERS
    LE DOCUMENTATION DE LA C.C.I.M.  (CHAMBRE  DE COMMERCE ET D'INDOSTFIE DE  MARSEILLE),  NO.  2.
                                                                 EPA
    ^ENCH                  00/00/72   F3S   17-8.0          IDt   00950A

    THIS ISSUE OF THE "CAHIERS DE DOCUMENTATION DE LA C.C.I.M." CONTAINS  PAPERS AND  ADDRESSES
PRESENTED AT f COLLOQUIUM HELD IN MAY  1972  IN PORGUEROLLES, FRANCE, AT WHICH REPRESENTATIVES OF
COUNTRIES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN LITTCRAL, AS HELL AS EXPERTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES MET  TO DISCUSS
3ENEPAL QUESTIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE  QUALITY OF LIFE IN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES.
REPRESENTATIVE PAPERS DEAL WITH TOPICS SUCH AS:  20TH CENTURY INDUSTRIAL  CIVILIZATION AND THE
CULTURAL AND HUMAN FUTUBE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN; PLANS FOR A CHARTER FOR THE PROTECTION  OF THE
MEDITERRANEAN; NEW DIMENSIONS OF THE LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRENCH  MEDITERRANEAN;  THE QUALITY
OF LIFE TN A SOCIETY DEVOTED TO GPOWTH; THE CURRENT STATE AND POSSIBILITIES FOR CHANGE  OF THE
NATURAL MARITIME AND LAND ENVIRCNMENT  CF THE  MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; THE RECOGNITION  BY  PLANNERS  OF
ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT; AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING IN VENICE, LEBANON  AND
?RANCE.  PORTIONS OF DISCUSSIONS WHICH FOLLOWED THE PAPERS ARE  ALSO INCLUDED.
GERMAN DEM PEP
     LR(A)
    "MAY 1«, 19^0 LAW ... ON LAND USE IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC  (LAND USE
    LAW)."  SESETZBLATT DBF DBUTSCHEN DEHOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK, PT. I,  1970.
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  05/28/70  PCS   67-7U         ID«  01103A
     AIP           WATEP         SOLID WASTE   NOISE

    THIS LAW ON THE SYSTEMATIC ORGANIZATION OF LAND USE  (OCCASIONALLY TRANSLATED AS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURE LAW) HAS AS ITS OBJECT THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF LAND USE AS A MECHANISM
FOR THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE EFFICACIOUS PROTECTION OF
MATURE FOR THE PUPPOSE OF MAINTAINING, IMPROVING, AND RATIONALLY EXPLOITING SOURCES OF LIFE
AND PRODUCTION  (SOIL, WATE5, AIP AND PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE) AND OF KEEPING THE HOMELAND
BEAUTIFUL.  THIS LAW COVERS THE PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING AND MANAGING LAND USE; THE CARE OF THE
LANDSCAPE AND THE PROTECTION OF THE SOIL, FORESTS, AND WATER PRODUCTS.  THE MAINTENANCE OF
CLEAN AIP; NOISE CONTROL; AND THE HARMLESS DISPOSAL AND/OH REUSE OF WATER BODIES; THE COUNCIL
OP MINISTERS IS RESPONSIBLE FOP THE ISSUING OF DIRECTIVES TO IMPLEMENT THE LAW, WHICH ENTEPS
INTO FOPCE ON JUN 1, 1970.  THE LAW REPEALS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SECTION UO, PARAGRAPH 3 OP THE
APRIL 17, 1963 WATER LAW.

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GENERAL

GETMAN DEN REP

     PH(B)
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    "MAN AHD HIS BEAUTIFUL PLANET."  GDR PEVIEW
    KEPTZSCHEE, GUEHTEP.
    ENGLISH                 03/00/71  FGS  9-10
    ALSO SE
    "HATER         SOLID HASTE   PESTICIDES
       EPA
IDt  01170A
GERMANY,FED REP CF
     PM(A)
    U1WELTFBEUHDLICHE TECHNIK:  VEHFAHREN OND PRODUKTE  (TECHNOLOGY AS A FRIEND TO
    THE ENVIRONMENT:  METHODS AND PRODUCTS),  TECHNOLOGY SERIES 2
    BARTHOLOHE, E., AND OTHERS                                   EPA
    3ERNAN                  00/00/71  PGS   337-547        IDt  01003A
    ALSO SE, ST, AND LRP
     ATE           WATEP         SOtIC WASTE   NOISE

    THIS BOOK, PAFT OF A SERIES PUBLISHED EY THE WEST GERMAN MINISTRY FOR EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, IS
A GROUP COMPILATION BY A LARGE NUMBER CF GERMAN SPECIALISTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECHNICAL AFFAIRS.
THE GREATER PART OF THE PUBLICATION IS DEVOTED TO DETAILED REPORTS BY WORK AND RESEARCH GROUPS
COVERING MINING, THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY, ENERGY PRODUCTION, AND THE
GLASS AND STONE INDUSTRIES.  THESE CONTRIBUTIONS POINT UP WHAT INDUSTRY CAN DO TO ASSIST IN THE
ANTI-POLLUTION PROGRAMS.  ANOTHER SECTION OF THIS PUBLICATION CONSISTS OF INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPHS
SUMMARIZING THE CURRENT STATE AND THE FUTUPE PROSPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT WITH RESPECT TO INDUSTRY
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY.  THE BOOK CONTAINS TECHNICAL DATA ON THE EFFECTS OF THE VARIOUS
POLLUTANTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCES.  IT ALSO OUTLINES WEST GERMAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
AND THE COST OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
GERMANY,FHC REP CF

     PM(B)
    "REFUSE BECOMES THE TOP PROBLEM."  UNWELT
    STIELER, WOLFGKN3
    GEPMAN                  01/00/72  PGS  «2-l»«
    *SOLID WASTE   WATEP         AIP           NOISE
       EPA
ID*  01229A
3EPMANY,FJ:E SEP CF

     PH(A)
    "PROGRAMS,  BUT NO PLANS."  UMWELT
    ROTH,  CHRISTIAN
    GERMAN                  09/00/72  PGS  1K-19
     AI"           SOLID WASTE   NOISE         WATER
       EPA
ID*  01233A
                         THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING GENERALLY  AND
                     IN WEST 3ERMANY IN PARTICULAR AND CONCLUDES THAT THERE ARE IN FACT NO LONG-TERM PLANS TO  MEET THE
                     ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT BUT ONLY PROGRAMS TO MEET IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS IN NARROW AREAS.  THE ARTICLE
                     STRESSES THE UR3ENT NEED FOR THE FORMULATION OF A CONCRETE OVERALL GOAL AND THE ELABORATION OF  A
                     COMPREHENSIVE, UNCOMPROMISING LONG-RANGE PLAN FOR ITS ATTAINMENT.  WHILE THERE IS GENERAL AGREEMENT
                     ON WHAT CONSTITUTES THE GOAL, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNEASINESS ABOUT ELABORATING THE NECESSARY
                     PIAN.  THE AUTHOR CALLS FOR THE COLLECTION AND COORDINATION OF FACTS AND FINDINGS ON A GLOBAL BASIS
                     AS A NECESSARY FIRST STEP IN SURVEYING TODAY'S AND TOMMOROW'S ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS;  ALLOCATION OF
                     CONTINUING FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT LONG-TERM PLANNING! AND A PROGRAM OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN
                     ENVIRONMENTAL SUBJECTS.  A SIDEBAR ARTICLE BY THE CHIEF OF THE PLANNING SECTION OF  THE FEDERAL
                     CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE CITES THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE PLANNING OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES.

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GENERAL

GREAT BRITAIN


     TP(A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   20
    "THE PUBLIC HEALTH (RECURRING NUISANCES) ACT, 1963, C. 25" HALSBURY'S STATUTES OF
    EN9LAND,  3D ED.,  V. 26.
                                                                 EPA
    EN3LISH                 00/00/71  PCS   620-622        IDt  00901C
    *NOI?E
3SEAT BFITAIN

     LP(B)
    SECOND RFP08T:   THREE ISSUES IN INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
    ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
    EN3LISH                 03/00/72  PGS  1-9            ID*
    ALSO PNA
     SOLID HASTE
  EPA
00959A
                         THE REPORT  FIRST  DISCUSSES  THE  BRITISH  POLICY OF  MAINTAINING SECRECY WITH REGARD TO THE
                     NATUPE AND  QUANTITY OF  WASTES DISCHARGED BY INDUSTRY  AND  SUGGESTS THAT IT IS NOT IN THE PUBLIC
                     INTEREST.   THE  SECOND ISSUE  IS  THE  PROBLEM  OF  JUDGING THE EFFECTS OF NEK PRODUCTS ON THE
                     ENVIRONMENT.  THE THIRD IS THE  ISSUE  OF  THE DISPOSAL  OF TOXIC HASTES ON LAND; SOME STATISTICS ARE
                     GIVEN AS HELL AS FECOMMENDATIONS  FOR  AN  INTERIM  CONTROL HILL.
GREAT BRITAIN

     PM(A)
    POLLUTION:  NUISANCE OR NEMESIS?  A REPORT ON THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/72  PGS  1-88           ID*  00957A
    ALSO SB, ST, LPB
     AIR           HATEP         PESTICIDES    RADIATION

    THIS REPORT ON THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION IN GREAT BRITAIN HAS UNDERTAKEN IN CONNECTION HITH
THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT, STOCKHOLM, JUNE 1972.  GENERAL INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS ARE FOLLOHED BY A DISCUSSION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLLUTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF HARMFUL POLLUTANTS, SUCH AS DDT, PCB, METALS, PHOSPHATES, NITRATES, OIL, AND
RADIATION ARE THEN CONSIDERED, FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH BRITISH AIR, LAND,
PIVEPS, AND SEAS ARE POLLUTED.  THE FINAL SECTION, ON POLLUTION CONTROL, CONSIDERS:  BRITISH
PROCEDURES FOP CONTROLLING POLLUTION; TAXATION AS A MEANS OF POLLUTION CONTROL; THE ATTITUDE OF
INDUSTRY POWAPD POLLUTION CONTROL; RELATIONSHIP OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO POLLUTION; AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC OPINION IN CONTROLLING POLLUTION.

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JREAT BRITAIN

     PH(B)
                                                                                                                          PAGE
                                                                                                             21
    "ENVIRONMENT ISSUES SWAY THE PLANNERS."  THE TIMES
    SLDOUS, TONY
    ENGLISH                 05/2«/73  PGS  5
    P. 5 AVIATION SECTION; ALSO SE
    *NOTSE
       EPA
ID*  01177A
CHEAT BRITAIN


     P«(A)
    "NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT."  BCOLOGIST, V. 2, NO. 9  (REPRINT FROM
    HANSARD)
                                                                 EPA
    EN3LISH                 09/00/72  PGS  tt-7            ID*  01209A
    ALSO SE AND LPB
    *ATP           WATEP
JAPAN
     PB(A)
    "JAPAN'S CENTRAL COUNCIL FOP BNVIRONHENTAL POLLDTION CONTROL SUGGESTS
    COMPREHENSIVE, LONG-RANGE (GOALS)."  DEPARTMENT OF STATE AIRGRAH NO. A-1282, AHEMBASSY TOKYO.
    U.S. STAmE DEPARTMENT      .                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 12/22/72  FGS  1-3            ID*  01216A
    ALSO SE

    THIS AIRGPAK, PREPARED BY O.S. EMBASSY PERSONNEL IN TOKYO, SUMMARIZES OBJECTIVES SUGGESTED
BY JAPAN'S CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL.  AN INTERIM REPORT FROM THE COUNCIL
WARNS THAT CURRENT ESTIMATES INDICATE POLLUTANTS WILL INCREASE 2- TP U-FOLD BY 1985 OVER THEIR
1970 LEVELS UNLESS NEB POLICIES ARE ADOPTED.  STRONGLY URGING THE UPGRADING OF JAPAN'S POLLUTION
CONTROL EFFORT, THE REPORT BREAKS NEW GROUND BY SETTING 1985 AS THE TARGET YEAR FOR A COMPLETELY
HARMLESS ENVIRQNMENT.  IN ADDITION, THE COUNCIL REPORT RECOMMENDS SETTING INTERIM GOALS FOP
ACCOMPLISHING ASPECTS OF THIS.  U.S. EMBASSY PERSONNEL, COMMENTING ON THIS REPOPT, POINT OUT THAT
IT IS PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY THAT IT RECOMMENDS THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH BE SOUGHT ONLY WITHIN THE
EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT CAN BE IMPROVED AND PROTECTED.
KUWAIT
    HUMAN ENVIRONMENT, KUWAIT.  NATIONAL REPOPT.
                         EN3LISH
                         ALSO LRB
                          AIR
                                                           PGS  1-38
                                                                 EPA
                                                          ID*  01036A
                   WATEP
                         THIS REPOPT PFOVIDES AN OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL PICTURE OF KUWAIT.  FIRST REVIEWED ARE GENERAL
                     ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND FORMS OF
                     SETTLEMENT, AND PHYSICAL, BIOL03ICAL AND CULTURAL PROBLEMS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS.  POLLUTION  AND
                     NUISANCES ARE THEN DEALT WITH.  THE TWO MAIN SOURCES OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION ARE CATEGORIZED AS
                     NATUFAL (NATUPAL DUST, SALT PARTICLES, ETC.) AND HAN-MADE  (POLLUTION ARISING FROM INDUSTRIAL AND
                     COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, TPANSPORTATION, AIB CONDITIONING AND NOISE).  SOUPCES OF SEA POLLUTION ARE
                     ALSO OUTLINED.  THE REPORT POINTS OUT THAT, EXCEPT FOP MEASURES TO PREVENT THE POLLUTION OF
                     NAVIGABLE WATERS BY Oil, KUWAIT HAS NC STANDARDS OR LEGISLATION CONCERNING CONTAMINATION.  PRO-
                     POSED MEASURES FOE NATIONAL LEVEL ACTION, INCLUDING INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE,  RESEARCH
                     STUDIES, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND PUBLIC INFORMATION, ARE OUTLINED.  MEANS FOR INTERNATIONAL
                     COLLABORATION ARE ALSO SUGGESTED.

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GBNFRKL

MALTA

     PH(A)
MEXICO
     PM(A)
                                                                                                                            PAGE
                                                                                                                                    22
    COUNTRY MONOGRAPH ON PROBLEMS RELATING TC  ENVIRONMENT
    MALTA.  HUMAN ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL
    ENGLISH                 02/11/71   PGS  1-1U            ID*
    ALSO LRB
       EPA
     0102UA
                         THIS IS A  PUBLICATION  OF  THE GOVERNMENT OF HALTA, PREPARED FOR AND SUBHITTED TO THE ECONOMIC
                     COMMISSION FOR  EUROPE  BY THE  MALTA HUMAN ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL.  THE MONOGRAPH REVIEWS THE ENTIRE
                     RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROBLEMS  AND DANGERS AS THEY AFFECT MALTA, NOTING THAT ENVIRONMENTAL
                     IMBALANCES HAVE APISEN  AS  A RESULT OF LACK OF COHESION BETWEEN PHYSICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
                     PLANNING.  THE  LARGER  PART OF THE MONOGRAPH IS DEVOTED TO A DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES
                     AND TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TAKEN BY THE MALTESE GOVERNMENT AND OTHER INTERESTED GROUPS.
                     GOVERNMENT POLICIES,  LEGISLATION, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE
                     ENVIFONHENTAL  PROTECTION FIELD ARE COVERED.
    "THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE ON THE  HUMAN  ENVIRONMENT."
    V. 1i*, NO. 5.
    MAYAUDON, ENRIQUE M.
    SPANISH                 10/00/72  PGS   673-685
    ALSO IR
                                                                                SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO,
ID*
  EPA
01218A
                         THIS  ARTICLE,  A  REPRINT  OF THE DISSERTATION PRESENTED AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE ASSOCIATION
                     OF THE  ENGINEERS  AND ARCHITECTS OF MEXICO ON AUG.  3, 1972, TRACES THE BACKGROUND OF THE UNITED
                     NATIONS CONFERENCE ELABORATED  AT THE SECOND MEETING OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE, AND APPENDS THE
                     CONFERENCE'S  DECLARATION  ON  THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT  AND ITS 25 PRINCIPLES.  THE AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE
                     IS THE  DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR  RESEARCH OF THE UNDER  SECRETAPIAT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE
                     ENVIRONMENT OF THE MEXICAN SECRETAPIAT FOR HEALTH  AND WELFARE.
EOMANI*


     L?(A)
    »LAH(NO. 9 OF JUNE 20,1973 ON THE  PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT)ON  ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION PASSED,"TRANSLATIONS ON EASTERN  EUROPE  (ECONOMIC  AND  INDUSTRIAL  AFFAIRS),  NO.  959.
    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                   EPA
    ENGLISH                 09/13/73   PGS   i»8-71          IDI  01371A
     AIR           WATER         SOLID WASTE    PESTICIDES    RADIATION      NOISF

    THIS COMPREHENSIVE LAW, RECENTLY PASSED BY  THE GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY  AND  SIGNED  BY  THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE COUNCIL, DECLARES ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION A NATIONAL PRIORITY 6 THE  DUTY OF
OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS ALIKE.  IT DEFINES ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AS ACTIONS CAPABLE OF:  UPSETTING
ECOLOGICAL BALANCE; HARMING HUMAN HEALTH, QUIET AND COMFORT; OR  DAMAGING  NATIONAL  ECONOMY.  IT
ESTABLISHES NORMS TO PROTECT AIR, WATER, SOIL AND SUBSOIL, FORESTS AND  OTHER VEGETATION,  MONUMENTS
AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS FROM NOISE AND SOLID, LIQUID, GASEOUS, CHEMICAL AND RADIOACTIVE  WASTES  AND
RESIDUES.  IT PROVIDES THAT TECHNOL03Y MUST BE  COMPATIBLE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THAT
BORE RESEARCH IN THIS FIELD BB UNDERTAKEN.  THE LAW SETS DOWN PUNISHMENTS FOR VIOLATORS.  THE
FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NATIONAL  AND  LOCAL OFFICIAL GROUPS ARE  PRESENTED.  THE  NEW  LAW'S
SOMANIAN-LANGUAGE VERSION APPEARS IN BULLETIN.  OFIC.,  PART I, NO.  91, JUNE  23,  1973, PP.  2-11.

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SWEDEN

     PM(A)
SWEDEN
       (B)
                                                                                                                          PAGE
                                                                                                             23
    "HOW DC HE WANT OUR WORLD?"  SWEDEN NOW. NO. 2.

    ENGIISH                 00/00/72  PCS  33-36
                                     EPA
                              IDt  00777A
                         THE ARTICIE VOICES THE HOPE AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE UPCOHIHG UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE
                     HUMAN ENVIRONMENT AND THEN PROCEEDS TO SHOW HOW MOST OF THE WORK HAD ALREADY DONE IN THE
                     YEAR PRECEEDING BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CONFERENCE.  THE PROCESS OF PRELIMINARY REPORTS
                     BEING DFAWN UP BY COUNTRIES INVOLVES AND THE PROCEDURE FOR STRUCTURING THE CONFERENCE ARE ALSO
                     DISCUSSED.  PREPARATORY MEETINGS IN SUCH PLACES AS RBNSSELAERVILLE, NEW YORK; FOUNBX, SWITZERLAND;
                     AND CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, AS WEIL AS SOME ELEMENTS OF THEIR REPORTS ARE DESCRIBED.  THE DIFFERENCES
                     IN ATTITUDES BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IS UNDERLINED.
    BYGGNADS INDUSTRIN  (BUILDING INDUSTRY), VCL. 12, NO. 19
    EN3LISH
    ALSO SWEDISH, ST
06/02/72  PGS  1-72
                                                                               IDt
                                                                 EPA
                                                               00940A
                         THIS SPECIAL ISSUE OF "BYGGNADS INDUSTRIN," SWEDISH BUILDING-TRADE MAGAZINE, IS DEDICATED TO
                     ARTICLES PERTINENT TO THE U.N. WORLD CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.  ALTHOUGH STATEMENTS BY
                     THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CONFERENCE AS WELL AS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF FRANCE, BRITAIN,
                     THE U.S.A., WEST GERMANY, EAST 3ERMANY, NORWAY, DENMARK, AND FINLAND APE CONSISTENT WITH THE
                     INTERNATIONAL NATURE OF THE CONFERENCE, MOST ARTICLES RELATE TO SWEDISH EFFORTS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
                     FIELD, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE ROLE OF THE BUILDING TRADE.  REPRESENTATIVE ARTICLES DEAL WITH:
                     MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES IN SWEDEN; WHAT THE BUILDER CAN DO FOR THE ENVIRONMENT;
                     ECOLOGY OF HAN AND PRODUCTION DESI3N; PRODUCTIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT; AND THE USE OF NUCLEAR POWER
                     IN SWEDEN.
SWEDEN
    SWEDEN'S NATIONAL REPORT TO THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.
    SWEDEN.  MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 6 OF AGRICULTURE      EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PGS  1-105          IDt  01005A
    INTERNAmIONAl IN SCOPE; ALSO LRB

    THIS GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION REPRODUCES THE TEXT OF SWEDEN'S REPORT TO THE UNITED NATIONS ON ITS
VIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.  THE MAIN TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THE REPORT APE:  URBAN PROBLEMS,
NATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, POLLUTION AND NUISANCES, EXISTING AND PROPOSED MEASURES
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, AND SWEDISH VIEWS ON CURRENT AND DESIRABLE MEASURES AT THE INTERNATIONAL
LEVEL.  THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS THE SWEDISH POSITION ON INTERNATIONAL MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT; THIS PART OF THE REPORT APPEARS IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, RUSSIAN, SPANISH AND
CHINESE.

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     AL

SWEDEN
       (A)
SWITZBRIAMC


     PN(A)
    DESIGN OF THE SWEDISH NATIONAI INVIBONMFNTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
    PAL Ht UNO, INC.H*                                              EPA
    EN,;ITSH                 00/00/7:  res   i-i<>           TDI  OII"»BA
    AISO ST
     HATER         AIR

    PREPARED BY THE SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT, THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE
EXPERIENCE ACQUIRED TN SWEDEN FFON A PREPARATORY STUDY ON A COMPUTERIZED NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION SYSTEM.  THE PAPER FIRST PRESENTS A  ;ENBRAI MODEL FOR USB IN THE ANALYSIS, PLANNING
AND DESIGN OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SYSTEMS, THEN THE BASIC DESIGN AND CONTENTS OF  A PRO-
POSED DATA SYSTEM, AND FINALLY SCME DETAILS ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THIS SYSTEM, AIMED AT FACILITAT-
ING THF CONTROL OF POLLUTION IN SWEDEN,


    1.'ORGANISATION ET LES TACHBS DO NOOVBL OFFICE FEDERAL DB LA PROTECTION DB
    I'ENVIRONMBNT  (THE ORGANIZATION AND TASKS 0» THE NEW FEDERAL OFFICE OF BMVIRONHBNTAL  PROTECTION)
    BALDINGCR, M.F.                                              EPA
    FRENCH                  11/18/71  PGS  1-9            IDI  01020A
    AISO IRB

    THIS GENERAL PRESENTATION, DELIVERED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SWITZERLAND'S FEDERAL OFFICE  OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEALS WITH THE MEANING OF POLLUTION, HAYS IN WHICH THE CONFEDERATION CAN
ACT TO PROTECT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND THE ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THB
BNVIRONMENTAI PROTECTION OFFICE.  THE DIRECTOR STRESSES THE IMPORTANCB OF LEGISLATION AND OF
COORDINATION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
OSS?
                         "PROBLEMS OF  INTERACTION OF  MAN  WITH  THE  NATURAL  ENVIRONMENT.»   VOPROSY
                         FILOSOFII.
                         FRDOR1V, YB.K,  AND  I.B. NOVTK                                 EPA
                         RUSSIAN                 12/00/72  PGS  46-58           IDI   015U6A
                         ALSO SE

                         THIS ARTICLE  TREATS THB MARXIST  PHILOSOPHICAL  APPROACH TO  PROBLEMS  OF  INTERACTION  BETWEEN  MAN
                      AND THK ENVIRONMENT.  THE  AUTHORS  REJECT  THB  PESSIMISTIC  VIBW  OP CERTAIN WESTERN  ENVIRONMENTALISTS
                      THAT THE WORLD'S  GROWING POPULATION  FACES AN  EXHAUSTION OF NATURAL  RESOURCES  AND  INCREASING
                      POLLUTION.  THEY  FEEL THAT POPULATION  GROWTH  CAN BE REGULATED,  THAT NEH MEANS OF  EXPLOITING  NATURAL
                      RESOURCES HILI  BE FOUND, AND THAT  POLLUTION IS  NOT A  NECESSARY  PRODUCT  OF  ECONOMIC  GROWTH.   TO MEET
                      THE ENVIRONMENTAL  CRISIS,  THB  AUTHORS  BELIEVE THAT BROAD  INTERNATIONAL  COOPERATION  IS  NECESSARY TO
                      OPTIMIZE INTERACTION BETWEEN SOCIETY AND  THB  ENVIRONMENT.   THEY POINT TO RECENT ENVIRONMENTAL
                      AGREEMENTS HITH THE UNITED STATES  AND  OTHER HBSTERN AND SOCIALIST COUNTRIES AS AN ATTEMPT  TO
                      ANSWER THIS NEED.   THEY BBLIBVB  THAT MAN  IS CAPABLE OF AND HILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO  SYSTEMATICALLY
                      ALTER THE BIOSPHERE SO  AS  "0 MEET  GROWING HUMAN NBBDS.  WITH DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL LAWS,
                      NAN CAN REORGANIZE NATURE  TO CREATE  HARMONIOUS  INTERACTION HITH SOCIETY.

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NOTSB

AUSTRALIA


     PB(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                          25
NATIONAL CAPITAt  DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.   FIFTEENTH  ANNUM  REPORT  1  JULY  1971  -
30 JUNE 1972
AUSTRALIA.  NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT  COMMISSION           EPA
ENGUSH                 00/00/72   PCS   1-71            ID!   01217k
ALSO SE
•HATER          AIP           SOIID HASTE   GENERAL
FPANCF

     PN(B)
'•THE SITUATION  AS  REGARDS FPBNCH  STEELWORKS."   IB  HONDE.
FRENCH
ALSO SE
 WITBR
03/26/73  PGS  10
ID!
  EPA
01181A
                         THIS PARIS NEWSPA PEP BDITOPIA1  EXAMINES  THE  POSSIBILITY OF  NOISE  POLLUTION  FROM  FRENCH  BLAST
                     FNPNACBS ON THE SCALE THAT HAS  PLAGUED THE GERMAN THYSSSFN FIRM'S  BRAND-HEN  FURNACE  IN  DUISBURG.
                     THE NEWSPAPER REGARDS IT AS UNIIKBLY THAT THE  3BPNAN FIRM MILL  WILLIN3LY CONTINUE TO  LIMIT  ITS
                     CAPACITY IN THE INTEREST OF NOIS'B REDUCTION, GIVEN THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR  STBBL AND ITS PROFIT
                     MOTIVE.  IN FRANCE, ON THE OTHER HAND, SUCH  BLAST FURNACES ARE  BEING  CONSTRUCTED IN  AREAS REMOVED
                     FROM POPULATION CENTERS.  OWNERS OF FRENCH FACILITIES HAVE, MOREOVER, AGREED TO MODERATE PRODUCTION
                     DUPING THE BREAKING IN PERIOD OF NEV FURNACES.   THE EDITORIAL SPECULATES ON  WHETHER
                     INTERNATIONAL STBEL PRODUCERS WILL  NOT TORN  TO THE DEVELOPING STATES, WHERE  IRON TS  PLENTIFUL  AND
                     LABOR CHEAP, TO SET UP STBEL PLANTS, ALl IN  "THE NAME OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."   APPENDED  TO
                     THE EDITORIAL APE THREE NEW BRIEFS  DEALING WITH  WATER-POLLUTION FINES IN BRITTANY, INDICTMENT  OF
                     ITALIAN TNDUSTPIMISTS FOR WATER POLLUTION,  AND  A SUB-AQUATIC RESERVE OFF THE SPANISH COAST.
FRANCE


     PN(B)
"CONCRETE ACTIONS UNDERWAY TO MAKF TUT  AIR  PURER AND THE CITIES QUIETER.1*
VOIX DU NORD.
JOOTZ, DANIELIB                                              EPA
FRBNrH                  03/09/73  PSS   1-2U           ID»   01182A
ALSO LRB, SE
»AIR           SOLID WASTE
                                                                                                     LA

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PRANCE
     PH (B)
                                                                                                                           P-AGE
                                                                                                                                   26
    "TEXTILES AND THE ENVIRONMENT1: STUDY ON A CURRENT PROBLEM  BY  STUDENTS  AT THE
    ROUBAIX INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY."  LA VOIX DU  NOHD.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  OU/T3/73  PCS  89             ID*   01183A
    ALSO SE
    *WATER         AIR
GERMAN DEN PEP


     LF (A)
    "HAY 1U, 1970, FOURTH IMPLEMENTING ORDER TO THE LAND USE LAD  -PROTECTION
    A3AINST NOISE."  3ESETZBLATT DER DEUTSCHEN DEHOKRATISCHEN  REPUBLIK,  PT. II.
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  05/29/70  PGS   3U3-3U5       IDI   01093A

     THIS IMPLEMENTIN3 ORDER TO THE LAND USE LAW  (THE GENERAL  ENVIRONMENTAL LAW OF  EAST
GERMANY) DEALS WITH NOISE POLLUTION, WHICH IT DEFINES AS ANY SOUND THAT  DISTURBS  OR IMPAIRS
PSYCHIC OR PHYSICAL WELLBEING OP CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH.   STATE ORGANIZATION  AND
INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES MUST ENSURE THAT THE SOCIALIST  COMMUNITY  IS NOT DISTURBED  BY
NOISE MORE THAN CIRCUMSTANCES RENDER INEVITABLE AND THAT DANGER TO HEALTH  FROM NOISE  IS
AVOIDED.  THE MINISTER OF HEALTH IS AUTHORIZED TO SET MAXIMUM  PERMISSIBLE  NOISE LEVELS.  TRE
OEDBP ALSO STIPULATES THAT FACILITIES, MACHINES, TOOLS, AND VEHICLES BE  SO CONSTRUCTED AND
PRODUCED TO LIMIT TO A MINIMUM NOISE PRODUCED THROUGH THEIR OPERATION.   ANTI-NOISE  TECHNIQUES
AND MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN LONG-TERM PLANNING.  THE ORDER  ALSO DELINEATES
MEASURES THAT MAY BE TAKEN BY CITY AND COMMUNITY COUNCILS.  THE SUBSTANTIVE PARTS OF  THIS  ORDER
APE AVAILABLE IN EN3LISH TRANSLATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL DIGEST  OF HEALTH LEG. V.  23 (1972).
3ERMAN DEM REP


     LP(A)
    "MAY 1H, 1970 LAW ... ON LAND USE IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC  (LAND USE
    LAW)."  3ESETZBLATT DEP DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK, PT. I, 1970.
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  05/28/70  PGS   67-7<»         ID*  01103A
    *GENEPAL       AIR           WATEE         SOLID WASTE
GERMANY,FED  REP  CF
     LR(A)
    "INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE NOISE, NEW VERSION OF SEP  13,
    1966  (VKB1. S. 531)."  HANDBOCH DBS LAERMSCHUTZES:  30 035.
    GOSSP.AU, EBEPHARD, AND OTHERS, COHP.                         EPA
    GERMAN                  12/00/69  PGS  1-9            ID*  00910A

    THESE INSTRUCTIONS SPECIFY THE INTERNATIONAL DECIBEL A AS THE NOISE MEASUREMENT UNIT.  THE
INSTRUCTIONS DEAL WITH NOISE MEASUREMENT DEVICES, MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES OF VEHICLES IN MOTION
AND VEHICLES AT IDLE, BRAKE NOISE, PERIPHERAL NOISE, AND THRESHOLD NOISE VALUES FOR VARIOUS
CATEGORIES OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

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                                                                                                                                   27
NOISE

GERMANY,FED PEP CF


     LP(A)
GERMANY,FED SEP OP
GERMANY,PEE REP CF
     LR(A)
    "AIE HAVIGATION LAW IN THE VERSION  OF  NCV  14,  1968  (BGB1  I  S.  1114) EXCERPTS."
    HANDBOCH DES LAEEMSCHUTZES:  31  025.
    GOSSBAU, EBERHARD, AND OTHEPS, COMP.                         EPA
    3EPMAN                   12/00/69 PGS   1-2            IDt  00912A
    COST. UPDATED LOOSE-LEAF  PUB.

    THIS LAW AUTHORIZES, A HONG OTHER THINGS, THE FBDBFAL TRANSPORTATION MINISTER TO TAKE  MEASURES
TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM  AIRPLANES  IN THE AIR OR ON THE  GROUND.


    "NOV 28, 1968 REGULATIONS ON ADMISSION  TO  AIR  TRAFFIC  (BGB1  I, S.  1263)
    EXCERPTS."  HANDBUCH DES  LAERMSCHUTZES:  31 030.
    GOSSRAU, EBERHARD, AND OTHERS, COHP.                         EPA
    GERMAN                  00/00/68 PGS                 IDI  00913A

    ANON3 THE PROVISIONS OF THESE REGULATIONS  IS THE REQUIREMENT THAT  APPLICANTS SEEKING  A
LICENSE FOR AN AIRCRAFT MUST  SHOH THAT  THE  AIRCRAFT'S TECHNICAL  EQUIPMENT  IS SUCH THAT ITS
OPERATION WILL NOT CAUSE NOISE IN EXCESS OF TECHNOLOGICALLY FEASIBLE LIMITS.


    "AIR TRAFFIC REGULATIONS  IN THE  VERSION OF AUG  10, 1963  (BGB1  I S. 652)
    EXCERPTS."  HANDBUCH DES  LAERMSCHUTZES:  31 031.
    GOSSRAD, EBERHARD, AND OTHERS, COMP.                         EPA
    GERMAN                  12/00/69 PGS   1-3            ID*  00914A
    CONT. UPDATED LOOSE-LEAF  PUB.

    EACH PARTICIPANT IN AIR TRAFFIC  IS  OBLIGED TO  ACT IN SUCH A  MANNER AS  TO INSURE SAFETY  AND
OSDER IN NAVIGATION AND NOT TO ENDANGER OTHERS OR  ENCROACH UPON  THEIR  RIGHTS.  BOISE CAUSED BY
THE OPERATION OF AN AIRCRAFT  MAY NOT BE LOODER THAN IS NECESSARY FOR THE ORDERLY CONTROL  AND
SERVICE OF THE MACHINE.
SEFMANY,?ED REP CF
     LR
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GERMANY,FED REP OF

     PH(»
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A PROGRAMME FOF THE PROTECTION CF THE  HUMAN  ENVIRONMENT
                                                              EPA
ENG1ISH                 00/00/71  PGS   1-126           IDI   0096UA
ALSO LRB
*AIR           WATER         SOLID  HASTE   RADIATION      PESTICIDES
GERMANY.FEE REP CF
     PH(A)
UMWELTFP.EUNDLICHE TECHNIK:  VERFiHP.EN  OND  PRODOKTE  (TECHNOLOGY AS  A  FRIEND TO
THE ENVIRONMENT:  METHODS AND PRODUCTS),   TECHNOLOGY  SERIES  2
BAP.THOL0.1E, E., AND OTHERS                                   EPA
GERMAN                  00/00/71   PGS   337-?U7         ID#   01003A
ALSO SE, ST. AND IRB
*GENERAL       AIP           WATER          SOLID  WASTE
GERMANY,FEE PEP  CF

     PM{B)
"EVEPYTHING FOR FRESH AIR."  UMWEtT
DREHER, JUERGEN
GERMAN                  03/00/73   PGS   39-U1
*AIR           WATER         SOLID WASTE
                                     EPA
                              IDt  01208A
GERMANY.FEE  REP  CF

     PM(B)
"WHAT ARE THE CHANCES FOR ELECTRO-PROPULSION?"   UMWELT
GERMAN
ALSO SE AND ST
*AIR
09/00/72  PGS  31-33
                                                              EPA
                                                       ID*   01223A
GERMANY,FEE  REP  CF

     PM(B)
"TRAFFIC NOISE —  AN ACT OF  NATURE?'  OHWELT
JOKIEL, VOLKER
GEPHAN                  03/00/73   PGS   25-27
ALSO LRB
                                     EPA
                              ID*  01225A
                          THIS  ARTICLE SURVEYS  NOISE SOURCES,  NOISE LEVELS,  AND NOISE-REDUCTION PLANNING IN WEST GERMANY.
                     THE  AUTHOR  POINTS OUT THAT TECHNICAL GUIDELINES ON MAXIMUM NOISE LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH HEALTH ARE
                     OFTEN  NOT REFLECTED  IN IAWS AND ORDINANCES AND THAT,  IN FACT,  COURTS FREQUENTLY REGARD TRAFFIC AND
                     TRAFFIC NOISE  AS ACTS OF  NATURE OUTSIDE  OF THEIR JURISDICTION.  HE ALSO EXAMINES INDUSTRIAL AND
                     AIRCRAFT  NOISE AND PERTINENT BUILDING AND ZONING CODES, SUPPLYING TABLES INDICATING AVERAGE DECIBEL
                     VALUES MEASURED AT VARIOUS SOURCES.   ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING,  PARTICULARLY AS IT REGARDS NOISE, HAS
                     OFTEN  BEEN  FAULTY   AND UNWORKABLE,  FOR IT HAS FAILED  TO TAKE  INTO ACCOUNT THE UNITY OF HAN»S NEEDS
                     AND  ACTIVITIES:  WORK SUBSISTENCE,  REST, AND LEISURE.   COMPROMISES APE BADE BETWEEN THE ACCEPTABLE
                     AND  THE ECONOMICALLY JUSTIFIABLE.   ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING MUST SEEK TO REDUCE TO A MINIMUM THE
                     INCIDENCE OF  STREET  TRAFFIC.  IN A  SIDEBAR TO THE ARTICLE, THE AUTHOR OUTLINES BRIEFLY MEASURES
                     THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN SOME EUROPEAN CITIES TO CURTAIL TRAFFIC NOISE DURING NIGHT HOURS.

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NOISE

3E"MANY,FED HEP OF

     PM(B)
    "A REDUCTION OF AIRCRAFT NOISE IS NOT PRESENTLY IN SIGHT."  DIE WELT
    MUELLER, KLAUS                                               EPA
    GERMAN                  04/11/73  PGS  10             ID!  01226A
    ALSO LRB

    THIS NEWS ARTICLE PEPORTS WHAT REST GEPHAN AIRLINES ARE DOING TO MEET THE INCREASINGLY
VOCIFEROUS CITIZEN DEMAND FOR QUIETER LANDING AND TAKEOFF OPERATIONS.  AMONG THE MEASURES THAT
LUFTHANSA IS TAKING ARE:  AVOIDING FLIGHT PATTERNS OVEP DENSELY POPULATED AREAS WHEN POSSIBLE,
REDUCTION OF ENGINE POWER DURING AIRPORT APPROACH, DIFFERENT BRAKING TECHNIQUES, MORE RAPID ASCENTS
FOLLOWING TAKEOFF, AND THE ACQUISITION OF QUIETER ENGINES COMPLYING WITH THE STRICTER DIRECTIVES OF
THE U.S. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.  OLDER JET AIRCRAFT, EXCEPTING THE BOEING 707, COULD BE
MODIFIED TO ACCOMMODATE THESE QUIETER ENGINES, THE ARTICLE POINTS OUT, BUT THAT WOULD COST THE WEST
GERMAN AIRLINES AT LEAST EIGHT MILLION MARKS.  EVEN IF THIS WERE FEASIBLE, IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER
AIRPORT AUTHORITIES WOULD LIFT THE BAN ON NIGHT FLIGHTS.  THIS BAN, ISSUED AS A RESULT OF CITIZEN
COMPLAINTS, ALREADY COSTS THE AIRLINES A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY.
GERMANY,FED REP CP

     PM(B)
    "REFUSE BECOMES THE TOP PROBLEM."  UNWELT
    STIELER, WOLFGANG
    GERMAN                  01/00/72  PCS  U2-l»«
    'SOLID WASTE   WATER         AIR           GENERAL
                              IDt
       EPA
     01229A
GERMANY,FEE REP OF

     PM(A)
    "PR03RAHS, BUT NO PLANS."
    ROTH, CHRISTIAN
                                                    UMWF.LT
    GERMAN
    'GENERAL
                                        AIP
09/00/72  PGS  1U-19
     SOLID WASTE   WATER
       EPA
IDI  01233A
GREAT BRITAIN
     IP(A)
    "THE OFFICES, SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT, 1963, C.
    ENGLAND, 3D ED., V. 13.
                                                                                l»1."  HALSBURY'S STATUTES OF
                         ENGLISH
                            00/00/69  PGS  609
                                                                               IDt
                                     EPA
                                   00888A
                         THE MINISTER IS EMPOWERED TO HAKE REGULATIONS FOR PROTECTION OF PERSONS EMPLOYED  IN PREMISES
                     CONTROLLED BY THIS ACT FROM ADVERSE AFFECTS CAUSED BY NOISE OH VIBRATION.  PENALTIES  FOR  VIOLATIONS
                     ARE ESTABLISHED.

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                                                                                                                                   30
NOISE

GREAT BRITAIN


     IB (A)
    "THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT, 1960, 8 S 9 ELIZ. 2, C. 16, AS AMENDED BY THE  ROAD TRAFFIC
    ACT, 1962, 10 6 11 ELIZ. 2, C. 59."  HALSBURY'S STATUTES OF  ENGLAND,  3D  ED.,  V.  28.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PCS  2U1-2U9        IDI  00900A

    SECTIONS 6" TO 67 OF THE ACT PROVIDES THAT THE SECRETARY OF  STATE  (FORMERLY THE  MINISTER)  HAY
MAKE REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF  MOTOR VEHICLES INVOLVING  NOISE AND THE
USE AND TESTIN3 OF SILENCERS.  PROVISIONS MAY BE MADE FOR PERIODIC EXAMINATIONS OF THE  VEHICLES  BY
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL IN ORDER TO INSURE COMPLIANCE.  MANDATORY TEST CERTIFICATES  ARE TO BE  ISSUED
WHICH MUST BE OBTAINED SUBJECT TO A FINE OF UP TO 50 POUNDS.   CERTAIN  EXCEPTIONS  TO  THE REQUIREMENT
HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1969, N. «19, THE MOTOR VEHICLES  (TESTS)  (EXEMPTIONS)
REGULATIONS, 1969.
3REA1" BRITAIN


     LF(A)
    "THE HOi-OR VEHICLES  (TESTS)  (EXEMPTION) REGULATIONS,
    STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1969, PART I, SECTION 2.
                             1969, N. 119, AS AMENDED."
    ENGLISH
00/00/69  PCS  1206-1210
                                                          ID*
  EPA
00900B
                         THESE  REGULATIONS  LIST  TYPES  OF  VEHICLES  EXEMPTED  FROM  TESTING  REQUIREMENTS OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC
                     ACT,  1960,  SECTION  66.  CERTAIN SPECIAL  PURPOSE  VEHICLES  SUCH AS LOCOMOTIVES,  TRACTORS AND LARGE
                     TRUCKS, VEHICLES CONTROLLED BY OTHER LEGISLATION,  AND  VEHICLES REGISTERED TEMPORARILY IN GREAT
                     BRITAIN BY  FOREIGNERS  ARE EXEMPTED  FROM  NOISE LEVEL  TESTS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1960 ACT.
                     THESE REGULATIONS  ARE  AMENDED BY  STATUTORY  INSTRUMENT  1971,  N. 181«,  THE MOTOR VEHICLES (TESTS)
                     EXEMPTION  (AMENDMENT)  REGULATIONS,  1971.
GREAT BRITAIN


     L8(A)
    "THE NOISE ABATEMENT ACT, 1960, 869 ELIZ. 2, C. 68."  HALSBURY'S STATUTES OF
    ENGLAND, 3D ED., V. 26.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PGS  l»9«-U99        IDf  00901B

    THIS ACT ESTABLISHES NOISE AND VIBRATIONS AS STATUTORY NUISANCES UNDER PART III OF THE PUBLIC
HEALTH ACT, 1936, C. U9.  IT IS NECESSARY THAT THREE PERSONS BRING COMPLAINT AGAINST SOMEONE FOR
A NOISE DISTURBANCE, RATHER THAN ONE PERSON AS IN THE CASE OF OTHER STATUTORY NUISANCES UNDER THE
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.  OPERATION OF LOUDSPEAKERS AND OTHER AMPLIFYING DEVICES IN PUBLIC PLACES IS ALSO
RESTRICTED.

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NOISE

3PEAT BPITAIN


     LR(A)
GREAT BRITAIN


     IB (A)
    "THE PUBLIC HEALTH (RECUR3IN3 NUISANCES) ACT, 1963, C. 25" HALSBORY'S STATUTES OF
    EN3LAND, 3D ED., V. 26.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PGS  620-622        IDf  00901C
     GENERAL

    THIS ACT EMPOWERS LOCAL AOTHOPITIES TO SERVE AN ABATEMENT NOTICE TO THE OCCUPIER OF A PREMISES
WHERE A NUISANCE HAS OCCURRED AND IS LIKELY TO RECUR.  IT IS TO BE ENFORCED ACCORDING TO PROCEDURES
TN PART III OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936.  THIS ACT MAY BE USED TO CONTROL VARIOUS POLLUTION
PROBLEMS WHICH ARE CONSIDERED STATUTORY NUISANCES.  EXCESSIVE NOISE IS HADE A STATUTORY NUISANCE
BY THE NOISE ABATEMENT ACT, 1960, C. 68.


    "THE TOWN POLICE CLAUSES ACT, 1889, 52 6 53 VICT., C. 1tt."  HALSBORY'S STATUTES OF
    ENGLAND, 3D ED., V. 28.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PGS  130-133        IDI  0090UA

    SECTION 6 OF THIS ACT EMPOWERS THE COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE BYLAWS TO REGULATE BLOWING HOBNS OR
PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ON A PUBLIC VEHICLE.
G5EAT BPITATN

     PM(B)
    "ENVIRONMENT ISSUES SHAY THE PLANNERS."
    ALDOOS, TONY
    ENGLISH                 05/2»/73  PGS  5
    P.  5 AVIATION SECTION;  ALSO SE
     GENERAL
                                                                  THE TIMES
       EPA
ID*  01177A
                         WRITTEN BY THE LONDON TIMES ENVIRONMENT REPORTER, THIS ARTICLE POINTS UP THE ENVIKONNENTAL
                     PRESSURES AND RESTRAINTS THAT APE BEGINNING TO RIVAL FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE
                     PLANNING OF NEB AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION.  THE AUTHOR DISCUSSED THREE PLANNING FACTORS:  NOISE, THE
                     IMPACT ON THE TYPE OF STRUCTURES BUILT AND TO BE BUILT IN THE VICINITY OF AIRPORTS, AND THE
                     URBANIZATION AND ITS CONCOMITANT STRAIN ON RESOURCES THAT A MAJOR AIRFIELD GENERATE.  HE STATES
                     THAT "BECJUSE OF THE SPEED OF AIRCRAFT AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF MEASUREMENT, NOISE MONITORING IS
                     BY NO MEANS A PERFECT ART; BUT APPROXIMATE NOISE CONTOUR LINES HAVE BEEN TAKEN AS A GUIDE IN
                     SEVERAL COUNTRIES TO WHERE THE VARIOUS TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT CAN BE PERMITTED."  A COMPARISON IS
                     MADE BETWEEN THE FRENCH THREE-ZCNE NOISE CONTOURS AND THE BRITISH NOISE AND NUMBER INDEX.  SPECIFIC
                     REFEPENCES ARE MADE TO GATWICK AIRPCRT AND THE PLANNED HAPLIN AIRPORT.

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SFEAT BPITAIV

     PM(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   32
    ".ANOTHER LOOK AT LONDON'S TPAFFIC-i*  ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, V.  261,  NO.  6895
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/73  PCS   31             IDf   01178A
    *AIP
GREAT BPITAIN

     PH(B)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING."  SURVEY 0? CURRENT AFFAIRS, V.  2,  NO.  11
    LONDON.  CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION                        EPA
    ENGLISH                 11/00/72  PGS  U98-U99        lot  01184A
    ALSO SE

    THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS SET FORTH IN THE BRITISH WHITE  PAPER  OF  OCT.
17, 1972,  ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION — POTTING PEOPLE  FIRST,  AND THE  REPORT OF  THE
UPBAN MOTORWAYS COMMITTEE.  THE MEASURES SECOMMENDED INCLUDE  A PROGRAM OF SOUND  INSULATION FOR
EXISTING RESIDENCES SUBJECTED TO EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM NEW ROADS  AND  A NEW RIGHT  TO COMPENSATION
FOR RESIDENTS WHOSE PROPERTY IS "INJURIOUSLY AFFECTED" BY AIRPORTS AND ROADS.  THE WHITE  PAPER
PROPOSES THBT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING OF PUBLIC PROJECTS SHOULD SEEK  TO ELIMINATE  THE  HARMFUL
IMPACT IN THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS, NOISY AND UNATTRACTIVE  PUBLIC  DEVELOPMENTS  , AND DAMAGE  TO
VISUAL AMENITY; TO PROVIDE REASONABLE COMPENSATION FOP THOSE  FOR  WHOM ENVIRONMENTAL  REMEDIES  APE
INADEQUATE: TO MINIMIZE THE LASTING HARDSHIP THAT LENGTHY ENVIRONMENTAL  INVESTIGATIONS CAUSE; TO
EXPEDITE NEW APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; AND TO ACQUAINT  RESIDENTS SUFFERING  FPOM  THE
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS 0? PUBLIC PROJECTS THEIR PIGHTS AND CLAIMS.
JAPAN
     PM(B)
                          WATER  POLLUTION  CONTROL  IN  JAPAN.   ENVIRONMENT AGENCY.
    ENGLISH
    ALSO SE, LRB/ ST
06/10/72  PGS  1-55
       EPA
IDf  00782A
                         THIS  PAMPHLET  IS  A  SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE NATIONAL  REPORT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONFEPENCE
                     ON THE  HUMAN  ENVIRONMENT.   IT DEVOTES INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS  TO DETAILED DISCUSSIONS OF THE FOLLOWING
                     SUBJECTS:   A  SURVEY OF  WATER POLLUTION IN JAPAN AND ITS HISTORY; CONTROL POLICY (INCLUDING
                     STANDARDS,  LAWS, PROGRAMS,  AND ADMINISTRATION); MONITORING SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UNDEP
                     AGENCIES  AND  MINISTRIES;  AND MARINE POLLUTION.   THERE ARE  ALSO MANY TABLES AND CHARTS, FOR THE
                     MOST  PART  ON  HEALTH-RELATED ASPECTS OF WATER POLLUTION.

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JAPAN
     PH(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGB
                                                                                                          33
"ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION" AND "ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL."  A BRIEF
REPORT ON PUBLIC HEALTH ADHINISTRATION IN JAPAN 1970.  MINISTRY OP HEALTH AND WELFARE.
                                                             EPA
ENGLISH                 11/01/70  PGS  35-40          ID*  00789A
*SOLID HASTE   AIR           RADIATION
JAPAN
     PH(A)
SHOSAIKOKD NO KOGAI-TAISAKU NO JITTAI.   (A FACTUAL STUD? OF ANTIPOLLUTION
HEASURES OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES.)   1971-72 EDITION.
                                                             EPA
JAPANESE                02/15/72  PGS  1-616          ID*  01002A
SE, LRB-ENGLAND, FR., SEED., USA
*AIR           HATER         SOLID HASTE   PESTICIDES    RADIATION
JAPAN
     P«(B)
"MOTOR VEHICLE NOISE.1

ENGLISH
ALSO LP
THE JAPAN TIMES, V. 77

OH/22/73  PGS  12
                                                                                      EPA
                                                                               ID*   01191A
                         THIS EDITORIAL COHPLAINS THAT THE  1971  MAXIMUM LIMITS FOR  MOTOR VEHICLE NOISE HAVE BEEN
                     INEFFECTIVE AND THAT NOISE LEVELS ARE  STEADILY INCREASING FROM THE RISING  VOLUME OF TRAFFIC.   THE
                     ENVIRONHENTAL AGENCY IS ESCHEHING THE  OBVIOUS BUT DIFFICDLT-TO-ENFORCE  REMEDY OF LIMITING
                     AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC AND HAS OPTED FOR HOPE STRINGENT NOISE STANDARDS.  JAPAN HAS ALREADY  'ORDERED'
                     A CLEANER CAR HITH MODEST RESULTS,  PERHAPS  IT CAN 'ORDER1 A QUIETER CAR.   CARS, HOWEVER  ARE,  NOT
                     THE CHIEF CULPRIT, THE EDITORIAL EXPLAINS,  TRUCKS AND BUSES.   DESIGN ENGINEERING SHOULD
                     CONCENTRATE ON CUTTING DOHN FROM THE CHANGING OF GEARS AND FROM  ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION
                     IN THESE VEHICLES.  IN THE LONG RUN, THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC MUST  BE REDUCED.  "IN EXPLORING
                     ALTERNATIVES, THE FACTOR OF NOISE MUST BE CONSIDERED."
JAPAN
     PH(A)
"POLLUTION CONTROL INVESTMENT BY JAPAN."  DEPT. OF STATE AIRGRAM,
NO. A-27, AMEMBASSY TOKYO.
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT                                        EPA
ENGLISH                 01/12/73  PGS  1-5            ID*  01193A
ALSO SE
*AIR           HATER         SOLID HASTE

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NOHWAY
     PH(A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN NORBAY" AND  "NORWAY'S NATIONAL  PARKS."
NORWAY.
NORWAY.  NORWEIGAN INFOPHATICN SERVICE                        EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/73  PGS   19;23-2«       IDf  01018A
ALSO SE
*AIP           HATER
                                                                                               NEWS  OF
ROMANIA


     LR(A)
"LAW(NO. 9 OF JUNE 20,1973 ON THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT)ON ENVIRONHENTAL
PROTECTION PASSED,"TRANSLATIONS ON EASTERN EUROPE  (ECONOHIC AND INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS),  NO.  959.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  EPA
ENGLISH                 09/13/73  PGS  U8-71          ID#  01371A
*GENEPAL       AIP           WATER         SOLID BASTE   PESTICIDES    RADIATION
PESTICIDES

BULGARIA


     TP(A)
"MAR 19, 1966 DECREE ON THE STATE SANITARY INSPECTORATE."   INT. DIG. HLTH. LEG.,
V. 1fi.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COHP.                             EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/67  PGS  538-539        ID*   01379A
'GENERAL       AIR            WATER         RADIATION
FINLAND

     LP(A)
"JAN 30, 1970 ORDINANCE NO. 93 ON PESTICIDES."
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP.
ENGLISH                 00/00/70  PGS   309
INT. DIG.  OF HLTH. LEG., V. 21.
             EPA
      ID*   01110B
                         THIS ORDINANCE,  ISSUED  IN  PURSUANCE  OF  THE  MAY  23,  1969  LAW  NO.  327  ON  PESTICIDES,
                     ESTABLISHED A  PESTICIDES  BOARD ATTACHED  TO  THE  MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND  SETS  REGULATIONS
                     DEALING WITH THE  CONTROL  OF PESTICIDES.   THE  ORDINANCE ENUMERATES  THE RESPONSIBILITIES  AND THE
                     COMPOSITION OF  THE  BOARD.   IT  COVERS APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES TO  SELL PESTICIDES,  THE
                     MAINTENANCE OF  A  PESTICIDES REGISTER BY  THE INSTITUTE OF  PLANT PROTECTION,  THE PACKAGING  AND
                     LABELING OF PESTICIDES, THEIR  STORAGE, TRADE, TRANSPORTATION  AND USE.  MOREOVER, THE  ORDINANCE
                     SETS RULES DEALING  WITH PESTICIDE-TREATED PRODUCTS.  THE  MINISTRY  OF AGRICULTURE IS
                     RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER  ADDITIONAL  DIRECTIVES  MAY  BE NECESSARY  TO ENFORCE  AND IMPLEMENT  THIS
                     ORDINANCE.  THE FINNISH/SWEDISH ORIGINAL OF THIS ORDINANCE APPEARS IN SUOBEN  ASETUSKOKOELA
                     FINLANDS FORFATTNINGSSAMLING,  FEB.  9,  1970, P.  215-219.

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PESTICIDES

GEPHAN DEB PEP

     PH(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                              35
    "HAH AND HIS BEADTTFOL PLANET."  GDP REVIEW
    KEPTZSCHER, GUF.NTER.
    ENGLISH                 03/00/71  PCS  9-10
    AISO SB
    *WATER         SOLID WASTE   GENERAL
       EPA
IDt  01170A
GERMANY,FED REP CF

     PH(A)
    A PROGRAMME FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE HDHAN ENVIRONMENT
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PGS  1-126          IDI  00964A
    ALSO L»B
    *AIP           HATER         SOLID WASTE   RADIATION     NOISE
GPEAT BRITAIN

     PH(A)
    POLLUTION:  NUISANCE OP NEHESIS?  A REPORT ON THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/72  PGS  1-88           IDt  00957A
    ALSO SB, ST, LRB
    *GENERAL       AIR           WATER         RADIATION
ITALY
     SE( )
    ATTI DELLA GIORNATA DI STHDIC SO DANNI DA ANTIPARASSITARI  (POSITION OF THE STUDY
    GROUP ON DAMAGE FROM ANTI-PAPASITE PRODUCTS)
    ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL MEDICINE                         BPA
    ITALIAN                 OV12/66  PGS  1H8-152        IDf  00647A
    ALSO LRB

    THE CITED PAGES SUMMARIZE AND DISCUSS THE PROVISIONS OF THE ITALIAN UNIFIED HEALTH CODE THAT
PERTAIN TO THE TPADE IN AND SALE OF POISONOUS PRODUCTS AND THE MINISTERIAL CIRCULARS THAT PERTAIN
SPECIFICALLY TO INSECTICIDES AND DISINFECTANTS USED IN AGRICULTURE.  THE CIRCULARS REQUIRE THE
REGISTRATION OF SUCH PRODUCTS AND THEIR PROPER LABELING.  THE USE OF INSECTICIDES AND SIMILAR
PRODUCTS, IT IS CONCLUDED, CONSTITUTE A SERIOUS SOCIO-MEDICAL PROBLEM, INVOLVING NOT ONLY
AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY BUT THE ENTIRE CONSUMING POPULATION BY REASON OF THE PERSISTENCY OF THE
RESIDUES OF SUCH PRODUCTS.  THESE SHOULD BE STUDIED MOPE THOROUGHLY WITH THE VIEW OF DEVELOPING
EFFECTIVE CONTROLS.

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PESTICIDES

ITALY

     SE( )
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   36
    LEGISLATION.
    PINT  F
    ITALIAN
    ALSO  LPB
GLI ANTIPAPASSITARI AGEICOLI.
          00/00/70  PGS  71-73
       EPA
IDt  00649A
                         THIS ARTICLE ON  LEGISLATION  PERTAINING TO AGRICULTURAL  PARASITICIDES LISTS SEVEN TYPES OF
                     ILLNESSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO  THE  HANDLIN3  AND USE OF SUBSTANCES  USED TO PROTECT PLANTS AND CLASSIFIES
                     PESTICIDES INTO FOUR CATEGORIES  ON  THE  BASIS  OF TOXICITY.   THE ARTICLE CALLS FOR A TIGHTENING OF
                     EXISTING PECULATIONS ON  PESTICIDES  CONTROL.
     PM(A)
                         SB03AIKOKU  NO  KOGAI-TAISAKU  NO  JITTAI.   (A  FACTUAL  STUDY OF ANTIPOLLUTION
                         MEASURES OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES.)   1971-72  EDITION.
    JAPANESE                02/15/72  PGS  1-616
    SE,  LRB-ENGLAND, FP. ,  SEED., USA
    *AIP           HATER          SOLID WASTE   NOISE
                                               EPA
                                        IDi  01002A

                                           RADIATION
POLAND

     LP(A)
    "HAY 21, 1963 LAW ON POISONOUS SUBSTANCES."  INT. DIG. HLTH. LEG., V. 15.
    WORLD HEALTH OR3ANIZATION, COUP.                             EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/6U  PGS  587-593        IDt  01«16A
     WATEF

    POISONOUS SUBSTANCES APE DEFINED AS THOSE ENDANGERING HEALTH OH LIFE OF HAN OR ANIHALS.  THE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE  (IN THE
CASE OF PESTICIDES) OR OTHER MINISTRIES, IS TO ESTABLISH LISTS OF POISONS AND DANGEROUS
SUBSTANCES, INDICATING CONCENTRATIONS WHICH ARE HAZARDOUS.  PROVISIONS ARE ESTABLISHED ON
MANUFACTURE, STOPAGE, TRANSPORT BY AIR OR WATER, PACKAGING AND LABELING OF POISONS.  LICENSES FOR
IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, SALE, PURCHASE AND USE OF PESTICIDES, RODENTICIDBS, CERTAIN
PHYTOPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS WHICH ARE POISONOUS MUST BE ISSUED
BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH.  THAT MINISTRY AND ITS AGENCIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOP INSPECTION AND
ENFORCEMENT OF THIS LAW.  PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS ARE ESTABLISHED.   (OFFICIAL TEXT IS IN
DZIENNIK USTAW POLSKIEJ RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ LUDOWEJ, MAY 22, 1963, N. 22, PP. 273-275.)

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                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                              37
PESTICIDES

POLAND


     IMA)
    "DEC 28, 1963 ORDER ON LABELING POISONOUS SUBSTANCES."  INT. DIG. HLTH.  LEG.,
    V. 16.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, CORP.                             EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/65  PCS  72U            IDI  01U16B

    THIS ORDER, ISSUED BY THE HINISTRT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE UNDER THE "HAY  21,  1963 LAW
ON POISONOUS SUBSTANCES," ESTABLISHES REQUIREMENTS FOP LABELING POISONS.  PACKAGES  CONTAINING
POISONOUS SUBSTANCES MUST BEAR THE NAME OF THE SUBSTANCE OR SUBSTANCES AND,  IF  POSSIBLE,  THEIR
CONCENTRATIONS, A WARNING STATEMENT AND APPROPRIATE BARKINGS,  INFORMATION ON TOXIC  EFFECTS, AND
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES FOR USING IT IF IT IS TO BE COMMERCIALLY MARKETED.
PHYTOPHARMACEUTICALS, PESTICIDES AND RODENTICIDES MUST BE LABELED  WITH THE ACCEPTED
INTERNATIONAL NAME AND THE TRADE NAME RATHER THAN tfit CHEMICAL DESIGNATION.  (OFFICIAL  TEXT IS IN
USTAV POLSKIEJ RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ LUDOWEJ, JAN 21, 196U, N. 2, PP. 10-11.)
POLAND


     L8 (A)
    "DEC 28, 1963 ORDER ESTABLISHING LISTS OF TOXIC AND DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES."  INT.
    DIG. HLTH. LEG., V. 16.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP.                             EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/65  PGS  72U            IDt  01U16C

    THIS ORDER, ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE TO IMPLEMENT  PROVISIONS  OF
THE "HAY 21, 1963 LAW ON POISONOUS SUBSTANCES," ESTABLISHES TWO CATEGORIES OF  POISONS.
SIXTY-FIVE SUBSTANCES ABE CLASSIFIED AS TOXIC AND 187 SUBSTANCES ARE LISTED  AS DANGEROUS.
PRODUCTS USED AS PESTICIDES ARE INCLUDED.  (OFFICIAL TEXT IS IN DZIENNIK DSTAV POLSKIEJ
RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ LUDOWEJ, JAND 21, 19614, N. 2, PP. 12-1U.)
RCHAHIA


     LS(A)
    "LAW(NO. 9 OF JUNE 20,1973 ON THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT)ON ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION PASSED,"TRANSLATIONS ON EASTERN EUROPE  (ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS),  NO.  959.
    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 09/13/73  PGS  I»8-71          ID*  01371A
    *GENERAL       AIR           WATER         SOLID WASTE   RADIATION     NOISE

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RADIATION

BULGAPIA


     IS (A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   38
"MAR 19, 1966 DECREE ON THE STATE SANITARY  INSPECTORATE."   INT.  DIG.  HLTH.  LEG.,
V. 18.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COUP.                              EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/67  PGS   538-539         IDf   01379A
'GENERAL       AIP           WATER          PESTICIDES
CANADA
                          "CANADIAN  NUCLEAR  POWER  DEVELOPMENT."
                          AIKEN,  H.A.
                          ENGLISH                 03/00/73  PGS
                          ALSO ST
                                        ENGINEERING JOURNAL,  V,  56/3
                                                              EPA
                                        13-17          IDf  01235A
                         THIS  ARTICLE,  WRITTEN  BY  THE  VICE PRESIDENT OP THE WHITESHELL NUCLEAR RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT,
                     ATOMIC  ENBR3Y  OF CANADA  LIMITED,  STRESSES THE POINT THAT "NUCLEAR POWER, COMBINED WITH THE SENSIBLE
                     MANAGEMENT  OF  OTHER  RESOURCES,  IS CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING ALL OUR ENERGY NEEDS INTO THE FORESEEABLE
                     FUTURE."   IT DESCRIBES HOW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS GOT STARTED IN CANADA, THEIR EARLY ACHIEVEMENTS AND
                     THEIP ADVANCED DESI3NS,  ACCOUNTS  FOR THEIR SUCCESSES,  AND OUTLINES THEIR FUTURE PROSPECTS.  THE
                     ARTICLE ALSO GIVES A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE APPROACH BEING TAKEN TO PREVENT RADIATION HAZARDS,
                     EXPLAINING  THAT THE  RULES  FOR THE RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE ATOMIC
                     ENE3GY  CONTROL BOARD.  THE BOARD, IN TURN, GENERALLY FOLLOWS THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
                     INTERNATIONAL  COMMITTEE  ON RADIATION PROTECTION.
GERMANY,FEE  REP  OF

     PM(A)
A PR03RAHHE FOP THE PROTECTION OF THE  HUMAN  ENVIRONMENT
                                                             EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PGS   1-126          IDI   0096HA
ALSO LRB
*AIR           WATER         SOLID  WASTE   NOISE         PESTICIDES
GERMANY,FED  REP  CF

      PH(A)
UMWELTSCHUTZ  (ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION)  NO.  1tt

GERMAN                  05/29/72   PGS   1-11
ALSO P. 1-10; SB
*WATER          AIR
       EPA
IDf  01009A

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RADIATION

GEPHANY,FF.D REP CF


     PH (B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                              39
    "'THEN THE RHINE IS DEAD':  INDUSTRIAL AND CITY PLANNING FROH BASEL TO MAINZ."
    FRANKFURTER ALLGEHEINE ZEITUNG
                                                                 EPA
    GEPMAN                  01/23/73  PGS  8              ID*  01206A
    ALSO ST
    *WATER
      BFITAIN


     IP (A)
GREAT BPITAIN


     LP(A)
    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (CIVII DEFENCE) EXEHPTION ORDER 1962, N. 2641."  STATUTORY
    INSTRUMENTS 1962, PART III.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/63  PSS  3568-3571      ID*  00758B

    THIS ORDER EXEMPTS SEALED SOURCES AND  DNSEALED LIQUID SOURCES WITH "LIHITED RADIOACTIVITY,"  USE
?OR CIVIL DEFENSE TRAINING PURPOSES, FHOH  THE PROVISIONS OF THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT.


    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (TESTING INSTRUMENTS) EXEHPTION ORDER 1962, N. 2643."
    STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1962, PART III.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/63  PGS  3577-3582      ID*  00758C

    THIS ORDER EXEMPTS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT CERTAIN TESTING
INSTRUMENTS USING SEALED SOURCES OF RADIOACTIVITY.  IT ALSO EXEMPTS THE ACCUMULATION OF  WASTE
ARISING FROM THE USE OF THESE EXEMPTED INSTRUMENTS.
GREAT 3FITAIN


     IK (ft)
    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES (LUMINOUS ARTICLES) EXEMPTION ORDER 1962, N. 2644."
    STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1962, PART III.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/63  PGS  3584-3588      ID*  00758D

    THIS ORDER ALLOWS EXEMPTIONS FROM THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT FOR PERSONS WHO USE LUMINOUS
INSTRUMENTS AND CLOCKS AND HATCHES WITH LUMINOUS PARTS.

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S*D«TTON

GPFA" BRITAIN
GREAT BPT^AIN


     I" (A)
SREAT FBITATN


     L?(A)
    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (EXHIBITIONS) BKBKPTION ORDER  1962,  N.  26tt5."   STATUTORY
    INSTRUMENTS 1962, PART III.
                                                                  P.PA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/63   PSS   3590-35>9«l       ID»   00758E

    THIS ORDER EXEMPTS FROM  THF REGISTRATION PROVISIONS OP THE  RADIOACTIVE SDBSTAHCES ACT PERSONS
WHO USE -UTSRIAL WITH LIMITED RADIOACTIVITY FOR  EXHIBITS OR DEMONSTRATIONS.


    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (STORAGE IN TRANSIT) EXEMPTION ORDER 1962,  N.  26«t6."
    STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1962, PART III.
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/63   PGS   3595-3597       IDt   00758F

    THIS PPDEP. EXEMPTS FROP  THE REGISTFATION PEQUIREBENT OF THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT PERSONS
WHO StOSB AND SHIP HATEFTAIS WITH RADIOACTIVE CONTENTS PROVIDING THAT THE  PACKAGES ARE CLEARLY
LABELED AND THAT THF CONTENTS AND CTREP REGULATIONS PUBLISHED BY TRB INTERNATIONAL ATONIC ENERGY
AGENCY ABE OBSERVED.


    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (PHOSPHATIC SUBSTANCES, BARE EARTH,  ETC.) BXERPTION ORDER
    1962, N. 26«8.«  STATUTORY INSTPDHENTS  1962, PAST III.
                                                                  EPA
    FNGLISH                  00/00/63   PGS   3601-3603       IDI   00758G

    THIS ORDER EXEMPTS FROM  THE REGISTRATION REQUIRBHENT OF THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT PERSONS
HRO DEM WITH MATERIAL 8HICK IS RADIOACTIVE IN THAT ONE 0? ITS  ELEMENTS  IS LISTED  IN SCHEDULE 3  OF
THE ACT. THESE PERSONS ARE ALSO EXEMPTED FPOH THE REQUIREMENT BANNING THE  DISPOSAL AND ACCUMULATION
OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE CONTAINING THE SUBSTANCES EXEMPTED BY THIS ORDER.
GRFA?  BPITJTN


     IS (A)
    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (LEAD) EXEMPTION ORDER  1962, N.  26«9."  STATUTORY  INSTRU-
    MENTS 1962, PAST III.
                                                                  EPA
    BN3LISH                  00/00/63  PSS   360U-3605      ID«   00758H

    PERSONS WHO USE RADIOACTIVE  IHTERIA1 CONTAINING "NATURAL LEAD"  ARE  EXEMPTED  FROM THE  REGISTRA-
TION PROVISIONS OF THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  ACT,  AND THEY  ARE EXCLUDED  FROM  THE  PROHIBITION
AGAINST THE DISPOSAL AND ACCUMULATION Of RADIOACTIVE WASTE WITHOUT  AUTHORIZATION.

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RADIATION

3REAT BPITAIN


     tP(A)
SPEA* BPITAIS
     IP (A)
    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (OFANIUN AND TBORIDM) EXEMPTION OPDBR  1962, N. 2710."
    STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1962, PAPT III.
                                                                 BPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/63   PGS   3672-3676      ID»  00758J

    THIS ORDER EXEMPTS PERSONS FPOH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT IN RESPECT TO THE  USE OF  SUBSTANCE
CONTAINING "NATUKAI ORANIOH" OR "NATUPAL THORIUM."  INCLUDED ARE ELECTRIC LIGHT  FILAMENTS,  CERTAIN
HEAT-BESISTART CBPAHICS, AND GLASS FOR OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.  THE PROHIBITION  AGAINST THE UNAUTHO-
RIZED ACCOnOLATICN AND DISPOSAL OF HASTES DOBS NOT APPLY TO HASTES ARISING FROH  THE USE OF  THE  SUB-
STANCES EXEMPTED BT THIS OFDBR.


    "PADTOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (PBEPAPED  ORANIUH AND THORIOH COMPOUNDS) EXEMPTION ORDBK
    1962, N. 2711."  STATUTCRI TNSTPONENTS  1962, PART III.
                                                                 BPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/63   PGS   3677-3681      IDt  00758K

    THIS ORDER DECLARES THAT PERSONS WHO USE COMPOUNDS OF PREPARED THORIUM AND URANIUM IN THE
AMOUNTS SPECIFIED FOR LABOFATORT TESTING ARE EXEMPTED FROH HAVING TO REGISTER UNDER THE PROVISIONS
OF THE PADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT.  THE DISPOSAL AND ACCUMULATION OF HASTES ARISING FROM THE USE OF
THESE SUBSTANCES IS NOT PROHIBITED IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET.


    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS) EXEMPTION OPDBP 1962, N. 2712."
    STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1962, PAPT III.
                                                                 BPA
    EN5LISH                 00/00/63  PSS   ?682-36B5      ID!  00758L

    THIS ODDER CONDITIONALLY EXEMPTS PERSONS WHO USE NATURAL ROCK OR MINERALS CONTAINING URANIUM OR
THORIOH FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS  OF THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT. IT ALSO EXCLUDES  THEM
FROH THE PROHIBITION ON THE DISPOSAL AND ACCUMULATION OF HASTE MATERIALS ARISING FROH THE  USE OF
THIS MATERIAL.
GPEAT BFITAJN
    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (HASTE CLOSED SOURCES) EXEMPTION ORDER  1963, N.  1831."
    STATHTOSY INSTRUMENTS 1963, PART III.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/61  PGS  3422-3425      IDt  00758H

    THIS LAH CONDITIONALLY EXCLUDES FROM THE PROHIBITION AGAINST THE DISPOSAL OP  ACCUMULATION  OF
HASTES RADIOACTIVE HASTES IN THE FC^H Of A "CLOSED SOURCE," I.E., A HOMOGENEOUS SOURCE,  A  LAMINATED
OP A SEALED SOURCE.

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RADIATION

6PEAT PSITAIN


     LR(A)
GPEAT BRITAIN


     IR(A)
35EAT BFITUN


     IR(A)
    "PADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (SCHOOLS, ETC.) EXEMPTION ORDER  1963, N.  1832."   STATUTORY
    INSTRUMENTS 1963, PART III.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/6K  PCS   3«26-3U32       ID#   00758N

    PERSONS USING "CLOSED SOURCES" OF RADIOACTIVE  MATERIALS  AND CERTAIN  "OPEN SOURCES"  FOR  TRAINING
PURPOSES IN COLLEGES AND EDDCATTONAI INSTITUTIONS  ARE EXEBPTED  FROM THE  REGISTRATION  REQUIREMENTS OP
THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT.  THE ORDER  ALSO CONDITIONALLY EXCLUDES THE PROHIBITION  AGAINST  TH1
DISPOSAL AND ACCUMULATION OF HASTE ARISING  FROM THE USE OF THESE MATERIALS.


    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (HOSPITALS' WASTE) EXEMPTION ORDER  1963,  N.  1833."
    STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1963, PART III.
                                                                 EPA
    EN3LISH                  00/00/6U  PGS   3U33-3137       ID*   00758P

    SOLID AND LIQUID RADIOACTIVE WASTE OF THE TYPE SPECIFIED WHICH RESULTS FROM THE MEDICAL TREAT-
MENT OF PERSONS IN HOSPITALS IS EXCLUDED FROM THE  PROHIBITION AGAINST THE DISPOSAL OR ACCUMULATION
OF WASTE.                                        \


    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (THORTUM-X) EXEMPTION  ORDER 1963, N. 1834."  STATUTORY IN-
    STRUMENTS 1963, PART III.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/64  PGS   3H3B-3HH2       ID*   00758Q

    PERSONS WHO KEEP OR USE  MATERIAL CONTAINING THOHIUM-X  ?OR MEDICAL TREATMENT OR FOR  SALE AS  A
POISON ARE CONDITIONALLY EXCLUDED FROM THE  REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF  THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
ACT.  THE ORDER ALSO EXCUSES THESE PERSONS  FROM THE PROHIBITION AGAINST  UNAUTHORIZED  DISPOSAL AND
ACCUMULATION OF WASTE ARISING  FROM THE STORAGE OR  USB OF THE EXEMPTED MATERIAL.
GREAT BFITAIN


     LR(A)
    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (ATTACHMENTS TO LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS) EXEMPTION ORDER  1963,
    N. 1835."  STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS  1963, PART  III.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/6U  PGS  3443-3HU6      ID#  00758R

    PERSONS WHO USE ENCLOSED SOURCES  OF LIMITED  RADIOACTIVITY IN LIGHTING CONDUCTOR DEVICES ARE
CONDITIONALLY EXEMPTED FROM THE  REGISTRATION PROVISIONS OF THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT.

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                                                                                                              U3
RADIATION

GPEAT BRITAIN


     LR(A)
GPEAT BEITAIN


     1R (A)
GPEAT BRITAIN
     LP(A)
    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (PRECIPITATED  PHOSPHATE)  EXEMPTION  ORDER  1963,  N.  1836."
    STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS  1963,  PART  III.
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/6U   PGS   34<»7-3ai»8       IDf   00758S

    PERSONS USING MATERIALS  CONTAINING "PRECIPITATED  PHOSPHATE  WITH LIMITED RADIOACTIVITY"  ARE
EXEMPTED FROM THE REGISTRATION  PROVISIONS  OF  THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  ACT.


    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (TOKENS FOR  VENDING  MACHINES)  EXEMPTION ORDER  1968,
    N. 935."  STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1968,  PART II,  SECTION 1.
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/68   PGS   2HH1-2HH2       ID*   00758V

    PERSONS USING OR  KEEPING TOKENS WITH LIMITED RADIOACTIVITY  FOR ACTIVATING  AUTOMATIC  VENDING MA-
CHINES ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE REGISTRATION  PROVISIONS  OF  THE RADIOACTIVE  SUBSTANCES  ACT.   THE PROHI-
BITION A3AINST THE UNAUTHORIZED  DISPOSAL OR ACCUMULATION OF RADIOACTIVE  WASTE  DOES  NOT APPLY TO
THESE TOKENS.


    "RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  (VOUCHEPS  FOP  ENCASHMENT  MACHINES)  EXEMPTION ORDER 1968,
    N. 936."  STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1968,  PART II,  SECTION 1.
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/68   PGS   2H13-2HHH       lot   00758W

    PERSONS USING VOUCHERS WITH  LIMITED  RADIOACTIVITY TO OBTAIN MONEY FROM  AUTOMATIC  ENCASHMENT MA-
CHINES ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE REGISTRATION  REQUIREMENTS OF  THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  ACT.
GPEAT BRITAIN


     IB (A)
    "NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS ACT 1965, C. 57."  HALSBURY'S STATUTES OF  ENGLAND,  3D  ED.,
    V. 37.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/72  P3S   l»30T«65         ID*   00759A

    THIS ACT DECLARES THAT NO PERSON MAY INSTALL OR OPERATE  A  NUCLEAR REACTOR  OR  ANY  TYPE  OP PLANT
FOR THE PRODUCTION OP USE OF ATOMIC ENERGY  OR THE STORAGE  OR DISPOSAL OF  NUCLEAR  FUEL WITHOUT A
GOVERNMENT LICENSE.  THE GOVERNMENT MAY ATTACH ANY CONDITIONS  TO THE  LICENSE IN THE INTERESTS OF
SAFETY.  THE LICENSEE OF A NUCLEAR SITE MUST PROVIDE THAT  "NO  IONIZING RADIATIONS" ARE EMITTED FROM
ANY WASTE DISCHARGED ON OR FROM THE SITE.   HE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE  CAUSED TO PERSONS
OR PROPERTY BY RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL BEING CARRIED TO OR FROM THE SITE WITHIN THE  LIMITS OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM.  SECTIONS OF THE ACT OUTLINE PROCEDURES FOR  BRINGING  CLAIM AND THE PENALTIES FOR
NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT.  THE ACT WITH  ADAPTATION MAY BE  EXTENDED BY  ORDER IN
COUNCIL TO ANY TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.   (THE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS  ACT OF  1969  MADE NEC-
ESSARY AMENDMENTS TO THE 1965 ACT TO BRING  THE LATTER INTO CONFORMITY WITH INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENTS.)

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                                                                                                                                   tit
"ADIATION

GREAT BRITAIN


     IR(A)
    "NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS (INSURANCE CERTIFICATE) REGULATIONS  1965, N.  1823."
    STATUTORY INSTRUHENTS 1965, PART III, SECTION  1.
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/66  PCS  5H97-5U98      IDI   00759B

    THESE REGULATIONS PRESCRIBE THE PARTICULARS THAT BUST BE INCLUDED  IN  THE  DOCUMENT  FOR  THE TRANS-
PORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE TYPE  OF NUCLEAR MATTER, THE  DESTINATION AND  PLACE OF
DEPARTURE AND THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO SATISFY ANY CLAIMS ARISING  FROM THE  TRANSPORTING  OF  THE MATE-
RIAL.  (THESE REGULATIONS HERE AMENDED BY STATUTORY INSTRUMENT  1969, N.  6tt, WHICH  REMOVED  THE RE-
QUIREMENT THAT DOCUMENTS OF TRANSPORT CONTAIN THE  NUMBER OF PACKAGES AND  THE  IDENTIFYING  MARKS OB
THEM.)
GREAT BRITAIN
     LR(A)
    "NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS  (EXCEPTED MATTER)  REGULATIONS  1965,  N.  1826."  STATUTORY
    INSTRUMENTS 1965, PART  II, SECTION 1.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/66  PGS   5507-5509      ID#   00759D

    THESE REGULATIONS EXEMPT CERTAIN RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, FOUND IN SMALI QUANTITIES OUTSIDE  OF
NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS, FROM THE LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS ACT,- AS WELL  AS
FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE AN INSURANCE CERTIFICATE.  THE REGULATIONS SPECIFY THE PERMISSIBLE
AMOUNTS OF RADIOACTIVITY TO QUALIFY FOR THIS  EXEMPTION. ADDITIONALLY, THEY  PRESCRIBE THE MASS LIMI-
TATIONS IN TERMS OF GRAMS OF CONTAINED FISSIBLE NUCLIDE.  THEY  ALSO LIST THE LABELING AND PACKAGING
REQUIREMENTS.
GREAT BRITAIN


     LR(A)
    "NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS REGULATIONS  1971,  N.  381.'
    PART I, SECTION 2.
    ENGLISH
00/00/71  PGS  1169-1171
STATUTORY INSTRUHENTS 1971,

          EPA
   ID«  00759E
                         THESE  REGULATIONS  EXTEND  THE  TYPES  OF  INSTALLATIONS COVERED UNDER  THE 1965  NUCLEAR INSTALLATION
                      ACT TO  INCLUDE:   THE MANUFACTURE  OF FUEL ELEMENTS USED TO PRODUCE ATOMIC  ENERGY;  ANY PRODUCTION DE-
                      SIGNED  TO  EXTRACT,  INCORPORATE  OR UTILIZE  COMPOUNDS OF URANIUM  OR PLUTONIUM;  ANY  INSTALLATION DE-
                      SIGNED  FOR THE  PRODUCTION  OF  NEUTRONS  AND  ISOTOPES USED FOR  SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES OR THE PROCESSING
                      OF IRRADIATED NUCLEAR  FUEL;  AND ANY INSTALLATION USED FOR THE STORAGE  OF  QUANTITIES OF RADIOACTIVE
                      MATERIALS.

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RADIATION

GREAT BRITAIN

     1P(&)
    "RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION 1970, C. "6."  PDBLIC GENERAL ACTS 1970, PART II.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/70  PCS  1«5<*-1«63      IDt  00766A

    THE ACT PROVIDES FOR THE NATIONAL RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION BOARD WHOSE FUNCTION IS TO ADVISE RE-
SPONSIBLE PERSONS AND GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENTS ON THE HAZARDS OF RADIATION AND MEANS OF PROTECTION
A3AINST RADIATION. IT ASSUMES THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE RADIOLOGICAL SERVICE, FORMERLY PROVIDED BY
THE MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FORMERLY CARRIED ON BY THE ATOMIC ENERGY AU-
THORITY.
3PEAT BRITAIN

     P«(A)
    POLLUTION:  NUISANCE OH NEMESIS?  A REPORT ON THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/72  PGS  1-88           IDI  00957A
    ALSO SE, ST, LRB
    'GENERAL       AIR           WATER         PESTICIDES
GREAT BRITAIN

     PM(B)
    "EXPERT POLLUTION-.*  ECOIOGIST, V. 2, NO. 8.
    ARNOLD, FRANCIS
    ENGLISH                 08/00/72  PGS  3
       EPA
IDt  0121UA
                         THIS EDITORIAL DECRIES THE LACK OF REALISTIC PLANNING AND THE POLLUTION OF EXPERTISE IN THE
                     MATTER OF THE DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE LIQUID HASTES.  BRITISH NUCLEAR FUELS, THE AGENCY
                     RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THESE HASTES, OPERATES ON THE SAME PREMISE AS THE U.S. ATOMIC
                     ENERGY AGENCY, THE EDITORIAL CLAIMS, NAMELY ON THE HOPE THAT SOME DAY TECHNOLOGY HILL DEVELOP  A
                     MEANS FOR THE SAFE DISPOSITION OF RADIOACTIVE LIQUIDS.  IN THE MEANTIME, MORE AND MORE SDCH HASTES
                     ARE STORED AHAITING EVENTUAL REMOVAL.  "BEFORE A SINGLE ADDITIONAL POHER PLANT IS BUILT, THE
                     PUBLIC HAVE A RIGHT TO FULL AND OPEN DISCUSSION 0? THE HAZARDS INVOLVED."  THE EDITORIAL RECOMMENDS
                     THE PUBLIC QUESTIONING OF CONCERNED AGENCY HEADS ON THEIR PLANS FOR FURTHER NUCLEAR  DEVELOPMENT,
                     PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH-LEVEL HASTE DISPOSAL, THE SAFETY OF BREEDER REACTORS, AND THE  DEPENDANCE OF
                     GREAT BRITAIN ON SOUTH AFRICA FOR URANIUM PROCUREMENT.
GREAT BRITAIN

     PH(B)
    "IS THERE A PEACEFUL ATOM?"  ECOLOGIST, V. 1, NO. 1
    BUNYARD, PETER
    ENGLISH                 07/00/71  PGS  15-19
    ALSO ST
ID*
  EPA
0122UA
                         THIS ARTICLE ASKS THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY TO REFLECT SERIOUSLY ON THE RADIATION" DANGERS  THAT  IT
                     HARBORS FOR THIS AND COMING GENERATIONS.  THE AUTHOR POINTS TO THE RISING LEVELS OF  RADIATION,  THE
                     DISCHARGES FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS, THE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR ENGINEERING PROJECTS, THE U.S.  PLOHSHARE
                     PROGRAM, THE STORAGE OF RADIOACTIVE HASTES, AND TO THE PROBABILITY THAT  A REACTOR OR STORAGE
                     CONTAINER HILL ONE DAY BE BREACHED BY EXPLOSION OR NATURAL CATASTROPHE.  HE DISCUSSES  BACKGROUND
                     RADIATION, RADIATION AS A CAUSE OF CERTAIN CANCERS, RADIATION ACCUMULATION, THE RULISON PROJECT,
                     THE PROBLEMS OF RADIOACTIVE HASTE DISPOSAL, AND SCHEMES FOR EXCAVATING A CENTRAL AMERICAN CANAL
                     THROUGH NUCLEAR BLASTING.  THE PROBLEM OF NUCLEAR REACTORS IS ESPECIALLY ACUTE IN GREAT BRITAIN
                     HE EXPLAINS FOR IT HAS A GREATER CONCENTRATION OF REACTORS THAN ANYHHERE ELSE IN THE RORLD.

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9ADIATION

HUNGARY


     tR(ft)
                                                                                                                            PAGE
    "JAN 23,  1966 SOVERNMENT DECREE NO. 5 CONCERNING HARMFUL  POLLUTION  OF HATERS
    AND THE FINES APPLICABLE TO THE DISCHARGE OF  EFFLUENTS."   INT.  DIG.  OP HLTH. LEG.,  V.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COUP.                              EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/67  PCS    138-11*1        lot   01091A
    *HATER
                                 18.
JAPAN
     PN(B)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION" AND "ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION  CONTROL."   A  BRIEF
    REPORT ON PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION  IN JAPAN  1970.  MINISTRY  OF  HEALTH  AND WELFARE.
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 11/01/70   P'SS   35-HO           IDt   00789A
    *SOLID WASTE   AIH           NOISE
JAPAN
     PN(A)
                          SH05AIKOKU  NO KOGAI-TAISAKU NO JITTAI.  (A "ACTUAL STUDY OF ANTIPOLLUTION
                          MEASURES  OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES.)   1971-72 EDITION.
    JAPANESE                02/15/72   FGS   1-616
    SE, LRB-ENGLAND, FR., SEED., USA
    *AIR           WATER         SOLID HASTE    NOISE
       EPA
IDf  01002A

   PESTICIDES
ROMANIA


     LR(A)
    "LAW(NO. 9 0? JUNE 20,1973 ON THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT)ON  ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION PASSED,"TRANSLATIONS ON  EASTERN  EUROPE  (ECONOMIC  AND  INDUSTRIAL  AFFAIRS),  NO.  959.
    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                   EPA
    ENGLISH                 09/13/-73  PCS  U8-71           ID*  01371A
    'GENERAL       AIR           WATER          SOLID HASTE   PESTICIDES     NOISE
SWITZERLAND


     PM(B)
    "FUTURE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS:  WHERE THEY ARE  NEEDED,  FROM  LAKE  GENEVA  TO  LAKE
    CONSTANCE."  JOURNAL DE GENEVE
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                  03/06/73  PGS   11              ID*   01211A
     HATER

    ACCORDING TO THIS NEWS ITEM FROM  BERN,  THE FEDERAL COMMISSION FOR  ELECTRIC  POWER  INSTALLATIONS
HAS ISSUED ITS REPORT ON THE PROPOSED LOCATIONS FOR NUCLEAR  POWER PLANTS  TO BE  BUILT  IN  SWITZERLAND
THE COMMISSION HAS OPTED FOR THAT STRIP OF  TERRITORY  FUNNING FROM LAKE GENEVA  TO  LAKE CONSTANCE,  AN
AREA EXPECTED TO HAVE AN ENERGY DEFICIT IN  THE YEARS  AHEAD.  THE  HEAD  OF  THE DEPAPTHENT  FOP
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, AND ENERGY HAS ASKED THE FOLLOHING AGENCIES  TO  SUBMIT  REPORTS  ON
THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT:  FEDERAL COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY OF  NUCLEAR  INSTALLATIONS,  FEDERAL
COMMISSION FOR THERMAL HASTES, THE CENTRAL  DEFENSE OFFICE, AND  THE DELEGATE CHAPGED WITH  DEVELOP-
MENT PROJECTS FOR THE AREA.  WHEN THE REPORTS ARE COMPLETED  AND INTEGRATED,  IT  WILL BE POSSIBLE TO
PINPOINT THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS LOCATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR POWER  PLANTS.

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                                                                                                                                   47
RADIATION

USSR


     LR(A)
ussa
     IR(A)
    "HAY 31,  1963 REGULATIONS  ON  WORK  WITH  NATURAL  RADIOACTIVE  SUBSTANCES  IN  THE RARE
    METAL INDUSTRY."   INT.  DIG. HLTH.  LEG.,  V.  20.
    WOPLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COUP.                              EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/69   PGS   495-496         IDt   01490B

    THESE REGULATIONS,  ISSUED  BY  THE USSR MINISTRY  OF  HEALTH, APPLY TO  INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES  AND
RESEARCH INSTITUTES INVOLVED IN EXTRACTION  OR  PROCESSING  OF  MINERALS CONTAINING  THORIUM AND
UPANIUM.  WORK WITH ORES, CONCENTRATES AND  SEHIFINISHED PRODUCTS  CONTAINING THORIUM  OR  URANIUM IS
TO BE REGULATED AS WORK WITH UNSEALED  RADIOACTIVE SOURCES UNDER THE JUN  25, 1960 REGULATIONS ON
WORK WITH RADIOACTIVE  SUBSTANCES.   ADDITIONAL  REQUIRHENTS ARE STIPULATED ON WORKING,  CONDITIONS
AND MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE  AIR AT ENTERPRISES.   REGULATIONS
ARE INCLUDED  ON PROCEDURES  FOR TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF RADIOACTIVE ORES,  WATER  SUPPLY  AND
DRAINAGE AT ENTERPRISES, AND COLLECTION AND  DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES WITHOUT ENDANGERING
THE ENVIRONMENT OR PUBLIC HEALTH.


    "JUN 12,  1964 REGULATIONS  ON  COLLECTION, REMOVAL AND  BURIAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES.
    INT. DIG. HLTH. LEG., V. 20.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, CCMP.                              EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/69   PGS  496             ID*   01490C

    THESE REGULATIONS,  ISSUED  BY  THE USSR MINISTRY  OF  HEALTH, AMEND SECTION 10 OF THE JUN  25,
1960 REGULATIONS ON WORK WITH  RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES,  INCREASING  CONTROL OVER PROCEDURES FOR
COLLECTION, REMOVAL AND BURIAL OF SOLID AND  LIQUID  RADIOACTIVE  WASTES.   A  BOARD  INCLUDING
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE  HEALTH AUTHORITY IS ESTALISHED  TO  REMOVE PROCEDURES FOR PREVENTING  HAZARDS
TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT AT BURIAL  SITES FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTES AND TO ISSUE PERMITS
TO OPERATE.   THESE REGULATIONS ALSO MODIFY TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ON LOCATION AND OPERATION OF
CENTERS FOR BURIAL OF  RADIOACTIVE WASTES, COLLECTION,  TEMPORARY STORAGE, REMOVAL AND TRANSPORT
OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES,  PROCEDURES FOR  BURIAL OF RADIOACTIVE  WASTES, METHODS FOR  CONTROLLING
ACCIDENTAL CONTAMINATION, AND  SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE
WASTES.
USSP
     LR(A)
    "AUG 25, 1969 RADIATION SAFETY  STANDARDS."   INT. DIG. HLTH.  LEG.,  V.  22,
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP.                              EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PGS   190-200        ID*   01490D

    THESE STANDARDS, ISSUED BY THE  USSR MINISTRY OF HEALTH,  REPLACE STANDARDS ON  MAXIMUM  SAFE
DOSES OF IONIZING RADIATION STIPULATED IN ANNEX  2 OF JUN 25, 1960 REGULATIONS ON  WORK  WITH
RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES.  MAXIMUM RADIATION  DOSE  LEVELS ARE ESTABLISHED FOR  WORKERS  HANDLING
RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES, FOP INDIVIDUALS NOT INVOLVED IN HANDLING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL,  AND  FOR
THE POPULATION AS A WHOI E.  EXPOSURE CAUSED BY NATURAL BACKGROUND RADIATION OR  RECEIVED DURING
MEDICAL TREATMENT IS NOT INCLUDED IN DOSE LEVELS FIXED BY THESE  STANDARDS.  HOWEVER, IT IS  NOTED
THAT X-RAY EXPOSURE REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE  GENETIC DOSE  RECEIVED BY THE  WHOLE
POPULATION AND SHOULD BE RESTRICTED.  PROCEDURES ARE ESTABLISHED TO DETERMINE DOSES  RECEIVED BY
INDIVIDUALS OR THE 3ENERAL POPULATION IN CASES OF EXPOSURE TO RADIATION.  IN EVENT  OF  EXCESSIVE
EXPOSURE OF SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION, HEALTH AUTHORITIES MUST  IMPLEMENT NECESSARY PREVENTIVE
MEASURES TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

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                                                                                                                                   50
SOLID HASTE

GERMANY,FED REP CF

     FM(B)
    "FORESTS FREE OF DEPELICT CARS."  FRANKFURTER RONDSCHAO,  V.  29, NO. 81
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  OV05/73  PGS  1U             IDt  01169A
    ALSO SE

    THIS NEWS STORY, BEARING A WIESEADBN/HOFHEIM DATELINE, REPORTS THAT THE MINISTER  FOR
AGPICULTOPE AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE WEST GERHAN STATE OF HESSE HAS CALLED FOR THE  REMOVAL  OF
JUNKED CARS AND OTHER REFUSE LITTERING THE LANDSCAPE.  SO THAT THE BURDEN HILL NOT FALL UNFAIRLY
UPON THE COUNTIES AND COMMUNITIES, HE HAS GIVEN THE FORESTRY OFFICES OF THE STATE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF SETTING UP A CAMPAIGN CALLED "CLEAN LANDSCAPE."  IN THE FIRST CLEAN-UP  ACTION,
ORGANIZED IN PART ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS, OFFICIALS FROM THE HOFHEIM FORESTRY OFFICER MEMBERS OF
THE SOCIETY FOP THE PROTECTION OF GERHAN FORESTS, THE U.S. ARMY, AND THE RED CROSS, AS WELL AS
EMPLOYEES OF THE FRANKFURT SANITATION DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN PARTICIPATED.   THE
HESSIAN MINISTER STRESSED THAT, SINCE THE CLEAN UP OF REFUSE CANNOT BE FINANCED EXCLUSIVELY
FROM PUBLIC FUNDS, VOLUNTEER ACTION IS MOST WELCOME.
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     PM(B)
    "EVERYTHING FOR FRESH AIR."  UMWELT
    DREHER, JUBRGEN
    GERMAN                  03/00/73  PGS
    *MP           WATER         NOISE
39-H1
       EPA
ID*  01208A
GERMANY,FEE REP  OF

     PH(B)
    "STANDPOINT:  SOLID WASTES ARE BUT MISPLACED RAW MATERIALS."  UMWELT
    3IULINI, UDO                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  01/00/72  PGS  «              ID*  01228A

    THIS ESSAY ADDRESSES ITSELF TO THE PROBLEM OF WHAT INDUSTRY AND THE STATE CAN DO TO REDUCE
SOLID-WASTE POLLUTION.  THERE ARE THREE POSSIBILITIES FOR ADEQUATE DISPOSAL, ACCORDING TO THE
AUTHOR, A CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE:  RECYCLING, RE-USE OF THE HASTES AS THE PAW MATERIAL FOR
NEW PRODUCTS, AND DUMPING IN AS ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMLESS A MANNER AS POSSIBLE; THE LAST BEING THE
LEAST DESIRABLE ALTERNATIVE.  THE AUTHOR RECOMMENDS THAT THE STATE AND INDUSTRY, WORKING JOINTLY,
IMPLEMENT THE FIRST TWO ALTERNATIVES.  HE SUGGESTS, AS EXAMPLES, THE INCORPORATION OF WASTE
ELIMINATION AS A MAJOR FACTOR IN INDUSTRIAL PLANNING, GREATER USE OF DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCES FOR
THE PURCHASE OF MODBHN ANTI-POLLUTION DEVICES AND WASTE-DISPOSAL MACHINERY, AND THE REQUIREMENT
BY THE STATE THAT MATERIALS USED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION CONTAIN A GIVEN PERCENTAGE OF PROCESSED
SOLID WASTES.

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SOLID HASTE

GEP.MANY.FED HBP CF

     PB(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   51
"BEFOSE BECOHES THE TOP PROBLEM."  UNWELT
STIELEB, WOLFGANG
GERMAN                  01/00/72   PGS  H2-HH
 HATER         AIR           NOISE         GENERAL
                              ID*
                      EPA
                    01229A
                         THIS ARTICLE, ONE  OF A  SERIES  APPEARING  IN  THE  ENVIBONMENT  JODRNAL  "UHHBLT  ON  POLLUTION PROBLEM
                     IN HAJOB CTITES IN REST GERMANY, DEALS  WITH  WEST  BERLIN.   THE GREATER PART OF THE  ARTICLE IS
                     CONCEBNED WITH CONSTRUCTION AND HIGHWAY PROJECTS  THAT  HAVE INCBEASINGLY ENCROACHED ON THE CITY'S
                     FORESTS AND PARKS AND  WITH  CITIZEN ACTIONS THAT HAVE STOPPED  OR DELAYED SOME OF THE MORE  RECENT
                     CONSTRUCTION.  ONE OF  WEST  BERLIN'S  POLLUTION PROBLEMS IS  THE DISPOSAL  OF SOLID WASTES.   SOME
                     PELIEF MAY BE IN SISHT, THE ARTICLE  POINTS OUT, AS  A RESULT OF  EAST  GERMANY'S AGREEMENT  IN
                     PRINCIPLE TO CAPT AWAY WEST BERLIN'S SOLID WASTE  ON A  CUBIC-METER  FEE BASIS.  THE  ARTICLE ALSO
                     DISCUSSES BRIEFLY WATER, AIR,  AND  NOISE POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN THE  CITY.
GERMANY,FED PEP OF

     PM(B)
"IF NEEDS BE, COVER YOUR MOUTH WITH A HANDKERCHIEF."  UHWELT
DARNFTAADT, THOMAS                                           EPA
GERMAN                  05/00/72  PGS  32-3U          ID#  01230A
ALSO ST
*AIR           WATEP
GEFMJ>NY,FED REP OF

     Pfl(A)
"PROGSAHS, BUT NO PLANS."
ROTH, CHRISTIAN
                                                     OMWELT
GERMAN
*3ENERAL
                                        AIR
09/00/72  PGS
     NOISE
U-19
    WATER
       EPA
ID!  01233A
GREAT BRITAIN

     LR(B)
SECOND REPORT:  THREE ISSUES IN INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
ENGLISH                 03/00/72  PGS  1-9            IDt
ALSO PMA
'GENERAL
                                     EPA
                                   00959A

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S01ID WASTE

GPEAT BPITAIN

     PH(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   52
    "LEADING QUESTION."  ECOLOGIST, V. 2, NO. 8
    HILLS,  LAWRENCE D.
    ENGIISH                 08/00/72  PCS  22-2U
    *AIR            WATEP
                                     EPA
                              IDf  01213A
JAPAN
     PN(A)
    THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IN JAPAN.  ENVIRONHENT AGENCY.
    ENGLISH
    ALSO SE
    *AIF
02/00/72  PCS  1-92
ID*
                                                                 EPA
                                                               00780A
                                        WATER
JAPAN
     PH(P)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION" AND "ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL."  A BRIEF
    REPORT ON PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION IN JAPAN 1970.  MINISTRY OP HEALTH AND WELFARE.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 11/01/70  PCS  35-l»0          ID*  00789A
     AIR           NOISE         RADIATION

    TWCT CHAPTERS OF THIS PUBLICATION DEAL VBEY BRIEFLY WITH PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION IN JAPAN.  THE FIRST COVERS DOMESTIC REFUSE DISPOSAL, INCLUDING THE PROBLEM OF
NIGHT-SOIL DISPOSAL AND INSECT AND RODBNT CONTROL.  THE SECOND CONTAINS PENARKS ON AIR, WATER,
AND NOISE POLLUTION AND SOME DISCUSSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.
JAPAN
     PB(A)
    SH03AIKOKU NO KOSAI-TAISAKU NO JITTAI.   (A FACTUAL STUDY OF ANTIPOLLUTION
    MEASURES OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES.)   1971-72 EDITION.
                                                                 EPA
    JAPANESE                02/15/72  FGS  1-616          ID*  01002A
    SE, LRB-ENGLAND, PR., SEED., USA
    *AIR           HATEP         NOISE         PESTICIDES    RADIATION

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SOLID HASTE

JAPAN


     PM(A)
                                                                                                                          PAGE
                                                                                                             53
    "POLLUTION CONTROL INVESTMENT BY JAPAN."  DEPT. OF STATE AIRGRAM,
    NO. A-27, AHEHBASSY TOKYO.
    U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT                                        EPA
    ENGLISH                 01/12/73  PSS  1-5            ID«  01193A
    ALSO SE
    *AIR           WATER         NOISE
ROMANIA
     LR(A)
    "LAW(NO. 9 OF JDNE 20,1973 ON THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT)ON ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION PASSED,"TRANSLATIONS ON EASTERN EUROPE  (ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS), NO.
    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 09/13/73  PCS  «8-71          ID*  01371A
    *GENERAL       AIR           WATER         PESTICIDES    RADIATION     NOISE
                                                                                                                  959.
SWITZERLAND


     PM(B)
    ETAT DE L«EVACUATION DBS ORDURES EN SUISSE AU LER JANVIER 1971.   (THE STATE
    OF REFUSE DISPOSAL IN SWITZERLANE AS OF JAN. 1, 1971)
    SWITZERLAND.  CONFEDERATION'S OFFICE OF WATER PROTECTION     EPA
    FRENCH                  00/00/71  PGS  1              ID*  00998A
    ALSO GERMAN, SE
     WATER

    THIS ONE-PAGE TABLE LISTS FOF EACH SWISS CANTON THE NUMBER OF REFUSE DISPOSAL PLANTS IN
OPERATION AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE NUMBER SLATED FOR CONSTRUCTION.  THE TABLE ALSO FURNISHES
DATA ON THE TYPES OF PLANTS (COMPOST PROCESSING, INCINERATION, AND A COMBINATION OF COMPOST AND
INCINERATION), THE NUMBEF OF COMMUNITIES, SERVED, AND THE CAPACITY OF THE PLANTS IN TON-DAYS.
USSP
     IB (A)
    "MAR 18, 1961 REGULATIONS ON URBAN SANITATION."  GIGIYENA I SANITARIYA, V. 27.
                                                                 EPA
    RUSSIAN                 04/00/62  PGS  115-119        ID*  01U91A
     WATER         RADIATION

    IN THESE REGULATIONS, THE USSR MINISTRY OF HEALTH ESTABLISHES GUIDELINES FOP URBAN SANITATION
SERVICES IN THE SOVIET UNION.  THE URBAN SANITATION SERVICES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTION,
REMOVAL AND SANITARY DISPOSAL OF HOUSEHOLD REFUSE AND BOILER ASHES FROM RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY
BUILDINGS, REFUSE AND SOLID WASTES FROM INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND OTHER ENTERPRISES, WASTEWATER
FROM BUILDINGS NOT CONNECTED WITH SEWAGE SYSTEM, AND OTHER TYPES OF REFUSE COLLECTED AROUND THE
CITY.   ORGANIZATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES FOR URBAN SANITARY SERVICES ARE DEFINED.
DETAILED TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ARE STIPULATED ON PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTION, REMOVAL AND SANITARY
DISPOSAL OF VARIOUS TYPES OF LIQUID AND SOLID WASTES WITHOUT ENDANGERING THE SANITARY QUALITY OF
THE ENVIRONMENT OP THE PUBLIC HEALTH.  REGULATIONS 39 AND l»0 DEAL WITH PREVENTING POLLUTION OF
SUBTERRANEAN WATEP RESOURCES AND RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

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SOLID WASTE

USSP


     LR(A)
    "DEC 13, 1968 PRINCIPLES OF LAND LEGISLATION 0?  THE  USSR  AND  UNION  REPUBLICS."
    OKHRANA PRIRODY.
    BLINOV, V. H., ED.                                            EPA
    RUSSIAN                 00/00/71  PCS   3U-52           IDI  01U92A
     WATE?

    THE PRINCIPLE OP STATE OWNERSHIP OF THE  LAND,  WHICH  PROVIDES  THE BASIS  FOR  PECULATING LAND
USE AND CONTROLLING POLLUTION OF THE LAND,  IS ESTABLISHED  IN  ARTICLE 3.   ARTICLE  13 REQUIRES LAND
USERS IN GENERAL AND INDUSTRIES IN PARTICULAR TO FOLLOW  PROCEDURES  TO IMPROVE THE  LAND WHILE THE?
ASE USING IT AND TO EMPLOY EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT POLLUTION  OF THE LAND  BY  SOLID WASTES OR
WASTE9ATER.  OTHER PROVISIONS CONCERN PRINCIPLES OF  LAND USE,  RIGHTS AND  OBLIGATIONS OF LAND
USERS, PPOCEDUFES FOR REVOKING THE RIGHT OF  LAND USE, AND  SPECIFIC  PROVISIONS FOR  REGULATING
LAND USE BY AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, MINING  AND INDUSTRIAL  ENTERPRISES,  AND  REGULATING LAND USE
IN POPULATED AREAS.
USSF
     LP (A)
    "HAY 1«, 1970 DECREE ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS ON STATE CONTROL OF  LAUD  USE."
    OKHRANA PRIRODY.
    BLINOV, V. M., ED.                                            EPA
    RUSSIAN                 00/00/71  PCS  72-78          ID*   01U92B
     WATER

    THIS DECREE OF THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ESTABLISHES THE  AUTHORITY  OF CERTAIN  ALL-UNION
REPUBLIC, REGIONAL AMD MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS OF GOVERNMENT TO  REGULATE  VARIOUS  ASPECTS OF  LAND
USE UNDEP THE DEC 13, 1968 PRINCIPLES OF LAND LEGISLATION OF THE  USSP AND UNION REPUBLICS.   THE
LAND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE OF THE USSP MINISTRY OP AGRICULTURE IS MADE RESPONSIBLE  FOP  SUPERVISION
MEASURES BY NON-AGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, INSTITUTIONS AND  ORGANIZATIONS TO  PREVENT POLLUTION
OF THE LAND WITH INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTES OP  WASTEWATER, AND TO REGULATE ACTIVITIES  HAFMFUL  TO THE
LAND ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION, MINING AND OTHER ENTERPRISES.  FINES  MAY BE LEVIED  BY
ADMINISTRATIVE 'PROCEDURE AGAINST VIOLATORS UNDER THE MAY 1U, 1970 DECREE ON ADMINISTRATIVE
RESPONSIBILITY FOP VIOLATION OF LAND LAW.
USSR
     LP(A)
    "MAY 1U, 1970 DECREE ON ADMINISTRATIVE  RESPONSIBILITY FOR  VIOLATION OF LAND LAW."
    OKHRANA PRIRODY.
    BLINOV, V. M., ED.                                           EPA
    RUSSIAN                 00/00/71   PCS   71-72          ID*  01U92C
     WATER

    THIS DECREE OF THE USSR SUPREME  SOVIET  ESTABLISHES ADMINISTRATIVE FINES FOR CERTAIN
VIOLATIONS OF THE DEC  13,  1968 PRINCIPLES OF LAND LEGISLATION  OF THE USSR AND UNION REPUBLICS.
PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR POLLUTION OF AGRICULTURAL OR OTHER LANDS WITH INDUSTRIAL OS OTHER  SOLID
WASTES OR WASTEWATER APE SUBJECT TO  A  FINE  OF  100 RUBLES.  ADMINISTRATIVE FINES HAY BE LEVIED
IN CASES WHESE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS  ARE NOT BROUGHT.  FINES ARE TO BE LEVIED BY ADMINISTRATIVE
COMMISSIONS OF REGIONAL OR MUNICIPAL COUNCILS  OF WORKEPS1 DEPUTIES ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION
GATHERED BY AUTHORIZED AGENTS OF THE USSR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE.

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SOLID HASTE

USSR

     LR(A)
WATEP

AOSTRAIIA


     PM(B)
    "JOL 1, 1970 LAND CODE OF THE BSFSH  (RUSSIAN REPUBLIC)."  OKHRANA PRIRODY.
    BLINOV, V. H., ED.                                           EPA
    RUSSIAN                 00/00/71  PCS   53-55, 60      IDI  01U92D
     WATER

    THE RSFSR LAND CODE IS DERIVED FROM THE DEC 13, 1960 PRINCIPLES OF LAND LEGISLATION OF THE
USSR *ND UNION REPUBLICS.  THE PRINCIPLE OF SOLITARY STATE OWNERSHIP OF LAND IS ESTABLISHED IN
ARTICLE 3.  ARTICLE 27 REQUIRES  LAND USERS  IN THE RSFSR TO EMPLOY MEASURES TO PREVENT  POLLUTION
OF THE LAND BY SOLID WASTES OR WASTEWATBR.  ARTICLE 29 FORBIDS INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES  AND OTHER
ESTABLISHMENTS FROM POLLUTING AGPICDLTURAL LAND OR OTHER LANDS WITH SOLID HASTES OB SEWAGE WATER.
    ANNUAL REPORT.  THE ENGINEERING AND  WATER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    (YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1971)
    BEANEY, H.L.                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PGS  1-58           IDf  01027A

    THIS ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARIZES THE ACTIVITIES OP THE ENGINEERING AND WATER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, REVIEWING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS.  IT INCLUDES STATISTICS
ON WATER SUPPLY, CONSUMPTION, HATER TREATMENT, SEWAGE SYSTEMS, DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION WORKS,
AND OTHER INFORMATION ON HATER PROJECTS  IN THE REGION.
AUSTRALIA
    HATER POLLUTION IN AUSTRALIA:  REPORT FROM THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
    WATER POLLUTION.
    DAVIDSON, G.S., CHAIRMAN                                     EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/70  PGS   1-21K          IDt  01028A
    ALSO LRB
     GENERAL

    THE AUSTRALIAN SENATE STUDY IS CONCERNED WITH TYPES OF HATER POLLUTION AFFECTING LAKES,
STREAMS, RESERVOIRS, UNDERGROUND HATER AND  SEA COASTS.  THE THREE MAIN PROBLEM AREAS DISCUSSED  ARE
POLLUTION BY SEWAGE EFFLUENTS, INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND SALINITY.  THE REPORT DISCUSSES GENERAL
PROBLEMS OF POLLUTION OP THE HATER BY ORGANIC WASTES, BACTERIA, PETROLEUM, DETERGENTS, PESTICIDES
AND SOU EROSION.  SPECIFIC WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN THE VARIOUS STATES AND TERRITORIES AS HELL
AS EXISTING LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS ARE EXAMINED.  THE REPORT IS CRITICAL OF THE LACK OF A
COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL POLICY IN AUSTRALIA  AND OF POOR COORDINATION OF DIFFERENT REGIONAL
PR03P.AHS.  LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS IN VARIOUS  COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, ARE DISCUSSED.
THE REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT A NATIONAL HATER COMMISSION BE POSHED WITH AUTHORITY TO PROPOSE AND
ENFORCE LEGISLATION AS WELL AS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH.

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WATEF

AUSTPALIA


     PH(B)
AUSTRIA


     PH(B)
    NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.  FIFTEENTH ANNUAL  REPORT 1  JULY  1971  -
    30 JUNE 1972
    AUSTRALIA.  NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION          EPA
    ENGtISH                 00/00/72   PCS   1-71           ID*   01217A
    ALSO SE
     ATP           SOLID WASTE   NOISE         GENEKAL

    AMONG THE CHAPTERS MAKING UP THIS  ANNUAL PEPOET ON DEVELOPMENTAL PLANS FOR THE FEDERAL  CAPITAL
OF CANBERRA APE TWO DEVOTED TO ENVIECNMENTAL PLANNING:  THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND  HATER  AND
WASTEWATER.  THE FIRST DELINEATES THE  COMMISSION'S AIMS:  TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE  THE  NATURAL
ENVIPONMENT HHB8E IT CAN BE PRESERVED; TO REMOVE THE CAUSE OF POLLUTION; AND TO INTEGRATE THE
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WITH THE URBAN MILIEU.  SPECIFICALLY, THE CHAPTER DISCUSSES AIR, WATER,  AND
OLFACTORY POLLUTION, AIRCRAFT NOISE, AND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL.  THE OTHER CHAPTER  EXAMINES  PLANS
FOP SERVICE RESERVOIRS AND RETICULATION, STORM WATER, WASTEWATER CONTROL, AND WASTEWATER
COLLECTION.


    "EXPENSIVE CUFRENT FROM THE DANUBE?  ENVIRONMENTALISTS FEAR CHAIN OF POWER
    PLANTS WILL COST THE LANDSCAPE ITS CHARM."  ARBEITER ZEITUNG
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  03/22/73   PGS   3              ID*   0119UA
    ALSO ST

    THIS FULL-PAGE FEATURE PRESENTS THE PRO'S AND CON'S OF AUSTRIA'S DANUBE DEVELOPMENT  PROJECT
AIMED AT PROVIDING CHEAPER ELECTRICITY AND  BETTER NAVIGATION THROUGH THE ERECTION  OF A SERIES OF
POWER PLANTS  AND LOCKS ALONG THE RIVER.  OPPONENTS OF THE PLAN  FEAR THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, LIFE
IN THE BIVEP. WILL BE IMPAIRED THROUGH  WASTEWATERS AND THE CHURNING UP OF THE RIVER BOTTOM.   OTHERS
ARGUE AGAINST THE PROJECT ON GROUNDS THAT IT WILL MAR THE BEAUTY OF THE  LANDSCAPE.  ARGUMENTS FOR
AND AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CAME TO LIGHT AT A MEETING  OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION JOURNALISTS
AT THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WHERE THEY  HELD  A HALF-DAY SEMINAR ON THE THEME "WHAT SILL BECOME OF
AUSTRIA'S DANUBE."  TECHNICIANS, WATER EXPERTS, AND BIOLOGISTS  ATTENDED, AND THEIB COMMENTS  ARE
RECORDED IN THE ARTICLE.
BELGIUM

     PH(B)
    "WOPLD ENERGY CONFERENCE."   ENEPGY INTERNATIONAL
    RUTTLEY, E.
    ENGtISH                 03/00/72  PGS   13-1U
    ALSO SE—*WORLD ENEP.3Y CONFERENCE
    *AIP,
       LOC
ID*  00781A

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HATER

BELGIUM
     PM(B)
BPAZIL


     PH(A)
    "AN ACHIEVEHENT IN THE  FIGHT  AGAINST  POLLUTION:   THE  PURIFICATION  OF  COASTA1
    WASTEHATEBS."  CREDIT COMMUNAL  DE  BEL3IQUE,  V.  25,  NO.  97
    BULTYNCK, J.                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                  07/00/71   PGS  225-230        ID*   01222A
    ALSO SE

    THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES  HON  THE  TOWNS  ALONG THE  BELGIAN  COAST, WHICH HAD  BEEN  DISCHARGING
WASTES DIRECTLY INTO THE SEA  AND  CONSEQUENTLY POLLUTING THEIR  SHORELINE,  BANDED TOGETHER  TO
CONSTRUCT PURIFICATION PLANTS AND THE  FACILITIES NECESSARY  FOR COLLECTING AND  FUNNELING THEIR
WASTES TO THE APPROPRIATE PLANT FOR TREATMENT.   THE ARTICLE EXAMINES THE  ROLE  OF  THE  PUMPING
STATIONS AND DESCRIBES THE  TREATMENT PLANT  AT NIEUPORT.   FURTHER, IT DISCUSSES CURRENT PLANS OF
THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES, THE  INTERCCMMUNAL  ADMINISTRATION OF THE  PURIFICATION  FACILITIES,  AND  THE
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF THE INTERCOMMUNAL SEWAGE NETWORK.


    ANAIS DO I SIMPOSIO SOBRE POLUICAO AMBIENTAL; VOLUME  4:  COMMISSAO DE POLUICAO
                                                                           U:  WATER  POLLUTION COMMITTEE)
    DAS AGUAS  (ANNALS OF THE 1ST SYMPOSIUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; V.
    BRAZIL.  CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES                                 EPA
    PORTUGUESE              00/00/71  PGS  1-268          IDt  00966A
    ALSO SE AND 1PB
     SOLID WASTE

    THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE WATER POLLUTION SESSIONS OF THE FIRST  SYMPOSIUM ON
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION HELD IN BRASILIA IN AUGUST 1971.  THE MINUTES OF THE TWO DISCUSSION  GROUPS
OF THE COMMITTEE ON HATEP POLLUTION ARE INCLUDED AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL PAPERS, HOST  OF WHICH
PRESENT PROPOSALS FOR COMBATTING POLLUTION.  ONE RECOMMENDS GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE
INDUSTRIES TO IMPROVE POLLUTION CONTROL; ANOTHER PROPOSES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL  LAW TO
REGULATE THE ENVIRONMENT TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY A NATIONAL CONTROL COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION; AND THREE DEAL WITH WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN INDIVIDUAL AREAS OF BRAZIL.  OTHER
TOPICS COVERED ARE:  WATER POLLUTION CAUSED BY SYNTHETIC DETERGENTS; TYPHOID FEVER AND INFECTIOUS
HEPATITIS IN THE STATE OF GUANABABA; AND THE TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC SEWAGE.  SOME ARTICLES  CONTAIN
MAPS, TABLES, GRAPHS, AND PICTURES.
BPAZIL

     PM(B)
    "POLLUTION, UP TO WHAT POINT AND  HOW  MUCH?"  JORNAL  DO COMMERCIO
                                                                  EPA
    PORTUGUESE              05/13/73   PGS   1-3            ID*   0123UA
    ALSO LRB AND SE

    THIS DOUBLE-PAGE FEATURE IS DEVOTED TO  THE PROBLEM OF THE  INCREASING  POLLUTION  IN  THE BAY OF
3UANABARA  (RIO DE JANEIRO) THAT HAS BECOME  "A GREAT  RESERVOIR  OF  REFUSE,  OIL,  AND TOXIC RESIDUES."
THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE TYPES OF POLLUTANTS CONTAMINATING  THE BAY, THE  DEGREE  OF  POLLUTION,
EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO CLEAN UP THE BAY,  PARTICIPATION  OF FOREIGN FIPMS IN DECONTAMINATION WORK, THE
NEGATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF EARTHERN WORKS, EXISTING LEGISLATION AND  ITS SHORTCOMINGS IN THAT FINES
COLLECTED DO NOT REVERT TO FINANCE POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS.  THE ARTICLE  ALSO CONTAINS TWO
CHARTS:  ONE SHOWING THE DEGREE OF SERIOUSNESS OF VARIOUS POLLUTANTS BY SOURCE (SANITATION
DISCHARGES, SHIPPING, AGRICULTURE, ETC.); THE OTHER, THE CAUSES OF  AND REMEDIES  FOR VARIOUS TYPES
OF WATER POLLUTION.

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WATEF

BULGAPIA
    "MAR 19, 1966 DECREE ON THE STATE SANITARY INSPECTORATE."
    V. 18.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP.
    ENGLISH                 00/00/67  BG.S  538-539        ID*
    *GENERAL       AIR           PESTICIDES    RADIATION
                                                                                     INT.  DIG.  HLTH.  LEG.,

                                                                                       EPA
                                                                                     01379A
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   58
CANADA
     PM(B)
    "CANADA TO PLAY PROMINENT ROLE IN UNITED NATIONS FAO CONFERENCE."  ENVIRONHENT
    CANADA NEWS RELEASE
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 02/07/73  PCS  1-U            IDt  009U6A

    THIS NEWS RELEASE, ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA, ANNOUNCES CANADIAN HOSTING 0? THE TECHNICAL
CONFERENCE ON FISHEPY MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT TO BE HELD UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE  FOOD  AND
AGRICDLTUPAL ORGANIZATION  (FAO) OF THE UNITED NATIONS AT VANCOUVER FROM FEB.  13-21,  1973.  THE
RELEASE POINTS UP THAT CANADIAN IDEAS ON WOBLD CONSERVATION, CONTROL AND UTILIZATION OF THE LIVING
RESOURCES OF OCEAN AND INLAND WATERS HILL BE ADVANCED AT THE CONFERENCE.  ALSO ANNOUNCED  IN THE
RELEASE ARE THE NAMES OF THE CANADIAN PARTICIPANTS AND THE TITLES OF THE PAPERS THAT THEY  WILL
PRESENT.  AMONG THEM IS ONE TITLED "THE INTERACTION BETWEEN FISHEPY MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION."
CANADA

     PM(B)
    "CLEANUP 0? GREAT LAKES ON DAVIS AGENDA IN U.S."  SPECTATOR
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 12/20/72  PGS  60             ID*  01212A
    ALSO LRB
                         THIS NEWS  AP.TTCLE  UNDER  AN OTTAWA  DATELINE  REPORTS THAT  CANADIAN  ENVIRONMENT  MINISTER  JACK
                     DAVIS WILL DISCUSS THE GREAT LAKES  HATER  QUALITY  AGREEMENT WITH  U.S.  OFFICIALS DURING  HIS  VISIT  IN
                     WASHINGTON.  THE  MINISTER  IS OF THE  OPINION  THAT  THE UNITED  STATES  WILL  LIVE UP TO  ITS PACT  WITH
                     CANADA.  THE TWO  COUNTRIES HAD A3REED  CN  A TOTAL  CLEANUP OF  THE  GBEiT LAKES BY 1975.   THERE  HAD
                     BEEN CONCERN IN CANADA, THE  ARTICLE  CONTINUES,  THAT PRESIDENT  NIXON'S CUTBACK IN  WATER QUALITY
                     FUNDS HOULD AFFECT THE GREAT LAKES  AGREEMENT.   THE ENVIRONMENT  MINISTER  IS REPORTED AS SAYING THAT
                     ONTARIO, ASSISTED BY THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT, HAD  ALREADY INVESTED SUBSTANTIAL FUNDS  IN THE CLEANUP
                     CAMPAIGN AND HAD  A LONGER  BECORD  OF  FIGHTING THIS GREAT LAKES1  POLLUTION THAN HAD ITS  IMMEDIATE
                     NEIGHBOR.  THE UNITED  STATES HILL HAVE TO SPEND MORE THAN CANADA IN THIS GREAT LAKES1  EFFOBT
                     BECAUSE WASHINGTON, UNLIKE OTTAHA,  DOES NOT  RESTRICT THE PHOSPHATE  CONTENT IN DETERGENTS.

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HATEF

CZECHOSLOVAKIA


     LR(A)
                                                                                                                           PA6B
                                                                                                          59
"JUN 13, 1966 ORDER HO. US OF THE MINISTRY OF  HEALTH ON THE  BSTABLISHHEHT AND
PROTECTION OF HEALTHY LIVING CONDITIONS."  INT. DIG. OF HLTH.  LEG.,  V.  18.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, CORP.                             EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/67  PCS    327-340       IDf  01077A
*AIR           GENERAL
CZECHOSLOVAKIA

     PH(B)
VODNI HOSPODARSTVI, RADA A  (HATER MANAGEMENT, SERIES A)
NOVAKOVA, JIRINA, ED.
CZECH                   11/00/72  PGS   273-300         ID»
S+T, SE
  EPA
00800A
                         THIS ISSUE  CONTAINS ARTICLES  ENTITLED:   "SOCIALIST INTEGRATION IN FIELD OF WATER MANAGEMENT
                     IN THE CONEA  (COUNCIL  FOR  HOTOAL  ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE)  COUNTRIES";  "PRINCIPLES OF HATE? HANAGEHENT
                     POLICY AND THEIH  APPLICATION  IN THE OSTRAVA  (CZECHOSLOVAKIA)  REGION"; "PROBLEMS OF NECESSARY
                     SOCIAL COST IN  FIVER MANAGEMENT";  "PROGRESS  OF  DAM  BUILDING  IN THE USSR";  AND "ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT
                     OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS USING  PLASTIC DRAIN  PIPES."
CZECHOSLOVAKIA


     PH(A)
INFOPMACNI ZPRAVODAJ RADY PRO ZIVOTNI PROSTHEDI PHI VLADE CSF  (INFORMATION
REPORT OF THE CZECH GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL)
SUM, A., ED.                                                 EPA
CZECH                   09/00/72  PGS  1-36           ID*  01017A
INTERNATIONAL; ALSO SE AND ST
*GBNERAL
FINLAND


     LP(A)
"NOV 20, 1970 ORDINANCE NO. 722 ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION14
INT. DIG. OF HLTH. LEG., V. 23.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP.                             EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/72  PGS   70U           ID«  01118A
"GENERAL       AIR

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FRANCE

     PN (B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   60
    "THE SITUATION AS REGARDS FRENCH STEELWORKS."  LE BONDE.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  03/26/73  PGS  10             ID#  01181A
    ALSO SE
    *NOISE
FRANCE


     PH(B)
    "TEXTILES AND THE ENVIRONMENT': STUDY ON A CURRENT PROBLEM BY STUDENTS AT THE
    ROUBAIX INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY."  LA VOIX DU NOPD.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  0«/13/73  PGS  89             IDf  01183A
    ULSO SE
     AIR           NOISE

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS EXCERPTS FBOB ADDRESSES AND INTERVIEWS GIVEN BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,
INDUSTRIALISTS, AND TECHNICIANS ON THE OCCASION OF AN OPEN-HOUSE PROGRAH AT THE ROUBAIX INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY.  ENCOURAGING INDUSTRY ITSELF TO ENHANCE ITS SURROUNDINGS, ROBERT POUJADE, MINISTER
OF THE ENVIRONMENT, ADDED THAT THIS INITIATIVE WOULD IMPROVE THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF INDUSTRY.  THE
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHERN METROPOLITAN AREA  (LILLE)
SPOKE OF THE DROP IN THE HATER TABLE AND OF THE INCREASING CARBON-OXIDE CONTENT OF THE AIR, CALLING
THE WATEP PROBLEM ONE OF THE HOST SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES.  A TEXTILE-DYE EXECUTIVE CALLED FOR MORE
RESEARCH IN HATER USE AND IN THE PURIFICATION OF HASTEWATER.  OTHER PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS DISCUSSED
INDUSTRIAL DOST FROM GLASS FIBERS AND THE NOISE NUISANCE IN TEXTILE MILLS.  THE DIRECTOR OF THE
INSTITUTE URGED A CONTINUING PROGRAM OF PPOFESSIONAL EDUCATION SUCH AS HAS BEEN CARRIED ON AT
ROUBAIX.
GERMAN DEM REP
     IP (A)
    "MAY 1U, 1970 LAH ... ON LAND USE IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC  (LAND USE
    LAH)."  3ESETZBLATT DEP DEUTSCHEN DEMOKHATISCHEN REPUBLIK, PT. I, 1970.
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  05/28/70  PGS   67-7U         ID*  01103A
    *GENERAL       AIR           SOLID HASTE   NOISE

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3EPMAN DEN PEP

     PM(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
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"THE SULLIED SAALE PTVER."  DEH SPIEGEL.  V.  27,  HO.  9
GEPNAN
ALSO SE AND LPB
02/26/73  PCS  50-52
       EPA
IDt  01167A
                         THIS WEST GERMAN  ARTICLE  DESCRIBES THE STATE OF WATER POLLUTION IN EAST GERMAN RIVERS. HHERE IT
                     CLAIMS ONLY  17% OF  THE  2900 KILOMETERS OF WATERWAYS CONTAIN WATER FIT FOB DRINKING.  MURKIEST OF
                     ALL THE RIVERS IS THE  SAALE,  BUT ALSO SEVERELY POLLUTED ARE THE PLEISSE, MULDE, SCHWAEZE EISTER,
                     AND THE CROSSE ROEDER.   "WHERE ALL  THE FISH HAVE LONG SINCE DIED.1'  THE WEST GEPHAN CONCERN IS REAL
                     SINCE SOME OF THE BAST  GERMAN RIVERS FLOW THROUGH WEST GERMANY.  THE SPIEGEL ARTICLE PLACES THE
                     RESPONSIBILITY FOP  THIS POLLUTION ON GERMAN INDUSTRIAL MANAGERS WHO ARE LESS ZEALOUS THAT THE
                     EAST GERMAN  30VERNMENT  IN  THE STRUGGLE TO CONTROL POLLUTION.   THE ARTICLE COMMENDS THE EAST GERMAN
                     REGIME FOR ITS VIGOROUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM AND ITS 860 MILLION-MARK BUDGET  (A 25% INCREASE OVER
                     1972) AND FOR ITS APPLICATION OF STIFF PENALTIES FOR INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS WHICH FLAUNT THE LAW AND
                     NEGLECT THE  PUBLIC  INTEREST.   YET,  SOMF INDUSTRIES WOULD RATHER RISK BEING CAUGHT AND PAY THE FINES
                     THAN MAKE THE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS TO CURB  THE OUTFLOW OF POLLUTANTS.
GERMAN DEM EEP

     PM(B)
"MAN AND HIS BEAUTIFUL PLANET,"  GDR REVIEW
KERTZSCHER, SU.BNTER.
ENGLISH                 03/00/71  PGS   9-10
ALSO SB
 SOLID WASTE   PESTICIDES    GENERAL
                                     EPA
                              IDf  01170A
                         KBP.TZCHER CLAIMS  THAT  A  SYSTEM  OF  CAPITALISM,  INVOLVING  PRIVATE OWNSERSHIP AND PROFIT, IS NOT
                     COMPATIBLE  WITH ENVIRONMENTAL  PPOTECTION.   WHILE HE ADMITS THAT MUCH ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IS IN
                     EVIDENCE IN EAST GERMANY,  HE POINTS TO THE BILL ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, PASSED BY THE
                     PEOPLE'S CHAMBER IN MAY  1970,  AS  A  BASIS  FOR THE SOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN HIS COUNTRY.
                     HE ADDS, HOWEVER,  THAT IN  VIEW OF THE  VERY SUBSTANTIAL FUNDS NEEDED FOR BASIC IMPROVEMENTS EAST
                     GERMAN COUNTERMEASURES WILL  HAVE  TO PROCEED ON  A STEP-BY-STEP BASIS.   THE AUTHOR DEVOTES THE
                     GREATER PART OF THE ARTICLE  TO DECRYING INCIDENTS  OF POLLUTION IN THE CAPITALIST STATES, CITING
                     ESPECIALLY THE POLLUTION OF  THE RHINE  BY  WEST GERMAN INDUSTRY, THE DUMPING OF NERVE GASES OFF THE
                     BAHAMAS BY THE U.S. NAVY,  AND  THE HBPBICIDAL DEFORESTATION OF THE VIETNAMESE COUNTRYSIDE.
3EPMANY,FED REP OF

     PM(A)
A PROGRAMME FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE  HUMAN  ENVIRONMENT
                                                              EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PGS   1-126           IDt   0096HA
ALSO LRB
*AIR           SOLID WASTE   RADIATION     NOISE         PESTICIDES

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HATEF

GERMANY,FED REP CF


     P«(A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   62
    UMHELTFREUNDLICHE TECHNIK:  VEFFAHEEN UNO PRODUKTE  (TECHNOLOGY AS A FRIEND TO
    THE ENVIRONMENT:  METHODS AND PRODUCTS),  TECHNOLOGY SERIES 2
    BARTHOLONE, E., AND OTHERS                                   EPA
    GERMAN                  00/00/71  PGS  337-5U7        IDt  01003A
    ALSO SE, ST, AND LRB
    *GENERAL       AIR           SOIID HASTE   NOISE
GERMANY,FEE SEP CF

     PN(A)
    UNWELTSCHUTZ (ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION) NO.

    GERMAN                  05/29/72  PGS  1-11
    ALSO ?. 1-10; SE
     AIF           RADIATION
       EPA
ID*  01009A
                         AMON3 THE ARTICLES CONTAINED  IN  THIS  ISSOE  ARE:   AN  ADDRESS  BY  THE  FEDERAL  REPUBLIC'S INTERIOR
                     MINISTER TO THE CONSTITUENT SESSION  OF  THE  COUNCIL  OF EXPERTS  ON ENVIRONMENTAL  QUESTIONS, A  SPEECH
                     BY AN OFFICIAL OF  THE MINISTRY ON THE IMPACT  OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PR03PAH  ON  THE  STATE  OP THE
                     ECONOMY, THE USE OF  ECONOMIC  RECOVERY PROGRAM CREDITS FOR  BUILDING  ANTI-POLLUTION FACILITIES,  A
                     STUDY ON RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND EOTABLE  HATER SUPPLIES  IN A NUCLEAR  CATASTROPHE,  AND A REPORT  ON
                     THE STATE OF HATER MANAGEMENT BY  THE FEDERAL  INSTITUTE FOR HATER SCIENCE.  THE  SECOND HALF OF  THE
                     ISSUE, SEPARATELY  PAGINATED,  CONTAINS A REPRINT OF  THE GOVERNMENT'S JAN. 20,  1972 REPORT ON  THE
                     THERMAL POLLUTION  OF HATERS BY NUCLEAR  POHER  PLANTS.   IT DISCUSSES  ENERGY  PRODUCTION AND THE USE
                     AND LIMITATION OF  COOLANTS.   THO  TABLES PRESENT DATA ON  THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC'S  NUCLEAR,  COAL,  OIL,
                     AND GAS OPERATED POHER PLANTS AND THE COOLING PROCESSES  THAT THEY EMPLOY.
GERMANY,FED  REP  OF
     PM(B)
    '"THEN THE RHINE IS DEAD':  INDUSTRIAL AND CITY PLANNING FROM BASEL TO MAINZ."
    FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZBITUNG
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  01/23/73  PGS  8              ID«  01206A
    ALSO ST
     RADIATION

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE MEETING OF THE P.HINE VALLEY ACTION GROUP IN BAD DUERKHEIH.  MADE
HP OF MEMBERS FROM COUNTRIES ALONG THE RHINE, THE GROUP CALLED FOR A BAN ON THE BUILDING OF
FURTHER INDUSTRIAL CENTERS ALONG THE FIVER UNTIL TOLERABLE POLLUTION LIMITS HAVE BEEN ASCER-
TAINED.  IN FOR SPECIAL CRITICISM HAS THE PLAN TO BUILD ADDITIONAL NUCLEAR POHER PLANTS.  DESPITE
CLAIMS THAT THESE POHER PLANTS APE "CLEAN" IN THEIR OPERATION, LASZLO TRUNKO OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
KARLSRUHE MAINTAINED THAT THE PLANTS FACE THREE PRINCIPAL PROBLEMS:  EMISSION OF RADIATION DURING
OPERATION AND MINOR BREAKDOHNS; THE PERIL OF A MAJOR ACCIDENT, PERHAP'S TRIGGERED BY SABOTAGE; AND
POLLUTION OF HATER COURSES FROM THERMAL HASTEHATER.  SHOULD THE TOLERANCE LEVEL OF 26 DEGREES
CENTIGRADE BE EXCEEDED IN THE RHINE AS A RESULT OF THE DISCHARGE OF THESE THERMAL HASTES, "THEN
THE RHINE IS DEAD," THE ARTICLE REPORTED ONE PROFESSOR AS SAYING.  MANY EXPERTS AGREED AT THE
MEETING THAT THE OVERALL TOXICITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT BUST BE CONSIDERED IN PLANT SELECTION.

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WATES

GERMANY,FED PEP OF

     PN(B)
    "EVERYTHING FOR FRESH AIR."  UHHELT
    DREHER, JOERGEN
    GERMAN                  03/00/7?   PGS   39-41
    *AIR           SOLID WASTE   NOISE
                                     EPA
                              ID*  01208A
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GERMANY,FED REP CF

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WATEP

3REAT BPITAIN


     LR (A)
6PEAT BRITAIN


     If (A)
    THE OIL IN NAVIGABLE WATERS  (SHIPS' EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS.  1956, 1957.
    STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, 1956, N. 1U23
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/58   PCS   1199,4731      IDI  00560A

    STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1956, N. 1«23 REQUIRES THAT BRITISH SHIPS REGISTERED IN  THE  UNITED
KINGDOM, WHICH USE OIL FOP ENGINES CR  BOILERS BE EQUIPPED TO PREVENT OIL  FROM LEAKING INTO
BILGES.  STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1957, N. 1U2U REQUIRES THAT BRITISH SHIPS THAT ARE  NOT  TANKERS
AND HAVE 80 TONS OR MORE GROSS TONNAGE BE "FITTED WITH EQUIPMENT" TO PREVENT THE  DISCHARGE OF
OIL INTO THE SEA.  THE SCHEDULE  SETS OUT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SEPARATING EQUIPMENT.   BOTH
SETS OF REGULATIONS ARE MADE PURSUANT  TO THE OIL IN NAVIGABLE BATERS ACT  1955.


    THE OIL IN NAVIGABLE WATERS  (ENFORCEMENT CF CONVENTION) ORDER, 1958.
    STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, 1958, N. 1526
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/58   PCS   1485-1486      ID*  00560C

    THIS ORDER, MADE PUFSUANT TO THE OIL IN NAVIGABLE WATERS ACT 1955, PROVIDES THAT  ANY  PERSON
WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ANY REQUIREMENT CONCERNING THE PRODUCTION OF COPYING OF  A SHIP'S
PECORDS UPON REQUEST OP AN AUTHORIZED  SURVEYEP, SHALL BE LIABLE TO A FINE OF UP TO 10 POUNDS.
A PERSON IS LIABLE FOR UP TO 100 POUNDS IF  HE "WILLFULLY OBSTRUCTS" SUCH  A SURVEYER ACTING WITHIN
THE SCOPE OF HIS INSPECTION DUTIES.  COPIES OF THE RECORDS CERTIFIED AS "TRUE COPIES" BY  THE
SHIP'S MASTER ARE "ADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS STATED IN THE ENTRY".
GREAT BPITAIN


     IR(A)
    THE OIL IN NAVIGABLE WATERS  (PROHIBITED SEA AREAS)
    ORDEF, 1961.  STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, 1961, N. 78
                           (EXTENSION OF CANADIAN ZONE)
    ENGLISH
00/00/61  PGS
ID*
  EPA
00560D
                         THIS ORDER  EXTENDS THE  PROHIBITED  SEA  AREA  OF  CANADA TO  100  MILES  FROM THE  ATLANTIC
                     COASTLINE.  OTHEP  ORDERS ALTERING  EXISTING PROHIBITED  SEA  AREAS  OR  RECOGNIZING  NEW  ONES
                     ARE, BY 70UNTRY OR AREA AFFECTED,  STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NUMBER  AND DATE:   AUSTRALIAN ZONE:   1058,
                     1958; NORWAY, NORTH SEA, BALTIC  SEA, NOPTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN,  ICELAND,  NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC
                     OCEAN, SPAIN, MEDITERRANEAN  SEA, RED SEA,  PERSIAN  GULF, MALAGASY, AUSTRALIA,  WESTERN CANADA:
                     709, 1967;  GREECE:   891, 1967; LEBANON:   1120,  1967; PORTUGAL:   1625,  1967;  BLACK SEA AND  THE
                     SEA OF AZOR:  585,  1970; ITALY:   1822, 1971;  SAUDI ARABIA:   676, 1972.  THESE ORDERS ARE ALL
                     PURSUANT TO THE OIL IN NAVIGABLE WATERS  ACT 1955.

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HATER

GPEAT BPITAIN


     LR(A)
GREAT BPITAIN
     LR(A)
GREAT BPITAIN
     LR(A)
    THE OIL IN NAVIGABLE WATERS  (JERSEY) OFDER,  1966.  STATUTORY  INSTRUMENTS,  1966,
    N. 395
                                                                  EPI
    ENGLISH                 00/00/66   PGS   946             IDf   00560F

    THIS ORDER, HADE PURSUANT TO THE OIL IN  NAVIGABLE HATERS ACT  1955, APPLIED THE PROVISIONS  OF
THE ACT CONCERNING BRITISH SHIPS REGISTERED  IN THE UNITED  KINGDOM TO BRITISH SHIPS REGISTERED  IN
JERSEY.  OTHER AREAS SO INCLUDED, BY NAME,  STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NUMBER,  AND DATE, ARE:   ISLE OF
MAN:  39U, 1966; GUERNSEY:  393, 1966;  HONG  KONG:  788,  1963.


    THE OIL IH NAVIGABLE WATERS  (SHIPPING CASUALTIES) ORDER, 1971.  STATUTORY
    INSTRUMENTS, 1971, N. 1736
                                                                  EPA
    EN3LISH                 00/00/72   P3S   U731            ID*   00560K

    THIS ORDER, HADE PURSUANT TO THE OIL IN  NAVIGABLE WATERS ACT  1971, PERMITS THE SECRETARY OF
STATE TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST SHIPS OUTSIDE  THE TERRITORIAL HATERS OF AND NOT REGISTERED  IN  THE
UNITED KINGDOM, HHEN HE BELIEVES THERE  IS IMMINENT DANGER  OF POLLUTION AS THE RESULT OF  A
SHIPPING CASUALTY.  SCHEDULE 2 OF THE  ACT IS ALSO MADE APPLICABLE IN THESE CASES, WHEREBY THE
INJURED PARTY MAY SEEK COMPENSATION FOR "UNREASONABLE LOSS OF  DAMAGE".


    THE HARBOURS ACT, 18U, 5U GEO. 3,  C. 159.   HALSBORY'S STATUTES OF ENGLAND,  3D ED.
    V. 3:
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71   PGS   811             ID*   00567A

    SECTION 11 OF THIS ACT PROHIBITS THE OWNER OH MASTER OF ANY SHIP OF  ANY PERSON WORKING  OH
SHORE FROM THROWING OR EMPTYING INTO THE RIVERS  OP HARBORS ANY  TRASH, STONE, EARTH, ETC.  THE
FINE OH CONVICTION FOR AN OFFENSE UNDER THIS ACT IS 10 POUNDS  PLUS ANY COSTS FOR REMOVAL OF THE
MATERIAL FROM THE WATER.
GREAT BPITAIN

     IR(A)
    THE HAPBOURS, DOCKS AND PIERS CLAUSES ACT 18U7, 10 B  11 VICT., C. 27.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71   PGS  8H7-848        ID*  00567B
    ALSO P. 852-853

    SECTION 73 PROVIDES THAT EVEPY PERSON WHO THROBS "BALLAST, EARTH, ASHES, STONES,  OR  OTHEF.
THINGS INTO THE HARBOUR OR DOCK" SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A FINE OF UP TO FIVE  POUNDS.   SECTION  83  GIVES
THE DO:K OR HARBOR AUTHORITIES POWER TO MAKE BYLAWS TO FURTHEH REGULATE THE USE OF  THE HARBORS,
DOCKS AND PTERS.

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GPBAT BRITAIN
     IP (A)
GREAT BRITAIN

     IB (A)
    THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1875, 38 6 39 VICT., C. 55.  HALSBURY'S STATUTES OF ENGLAND
    3D ED., V. 26
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PGS  «6-l»7          IDI  00569A

    A PERSON WHO WORKS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS IS PROHIBITED FROM CAUSING WASHINGS  FROM  THE  GAS
WORKS TO FLOW INTO ANY WATER PLACE OR PIPE CONNECTING THEREWITH, OR DO ANTTHING WHICH WOULD  FOUL
ANY WATER.  A FINE OF 200 POUNDS IS ALLOWED FOB A CONVICTION UNDER THIS SECTION PLUS  20  POUNDS
FOR EACH DAY THE OFFENSE CONTINUES.


    THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936, 26 SEC. 5 & EDW. 8, C. «9.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PGS  222,270*       IDt  00569B
    ALSO P.282,295-296,335-338

    SECTION 27 OF THIS ACT IMPOSES FINES FOR CONTAMINATING DRAINS OR PUBLIC SEWERS WITH  CHEMICALS
OR LIQUIDS "PREJUDICIAL TO HEALTH".  UNDER SECTION 115 THE LOCAL AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR
SUPPLYING WATER FOR DOMESTIC USE MUST DETERMINE AND MAINTAIN ITS PURITY, AND UNDER SECTIONS  1«0
AND U1 SUCH AUTHORITY MAY TAKE ACTION TO CLOSE WATER SOUPCES USED FOR OR LIKELY TO BE USED  FOR
HUMAN CONSUMPTION, IF THEY MIGHT ENDANGER PUBLIC HEALTH.  SECTION 159 DEFINES AS A "STATUTORY
NUISANCE" ANY POND, DITCH OR UNNAVIGATED WATERCOURSE WHICH IS FOULED OR OBSTRUCTED SO AS TO  BE
PREJUDICIAL TO HEALTH; IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR FINES FOR THROWING TRASH OR OTHER POLLUTANTS INTO  ANY
RIVER, STFEAH OR WATERCOURSE.  SECTIONS 260-26H EMPOWER PARISH COUNCILS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES  TO
DEAL WITH ANY POLLUTION PROBLEM INVOLVING DRAINAGE OF STAGNANT WATER.
3PEAT BRITAIN


     LR(A)
    THE CLEAN RIVERS  (ESTUARIES AND TIDAL WATERS) ACT, 1960, 869 ELIZ. 2, C. 5«.
    HALSBURY'S STATUTES OF ENGLAND, 3D ED., V. 39
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/72  PGS  672-677        IDt  00576B

    THE PROVISIONS OF THE RIVERS  (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION) ACT 1951, 1tt d 15 GEO. 6, C. 60,
PERTAINING TO THE CONTROL BY THE  RIVER AUTHORITIES OVER NEW AND ALTERED OUTLETS FOR THE "DISCHARGE
OF TRADE AND SEWAGE EFFLUENTS" ARE APPLIED TO THE "TIDAL WATERS OR PARTS OF THE SEA", THE EXACT
SEAWASD 1IHITS OF WHICH ARE DESIGNATED BY THE SCHEDULE TO THIS ACT.  SECTION 7.(16) OF THE RIVERS
(PREVENTION OF POLLUTION) ACT 1951, CONCEP.NING THE CONTROL OF NEW DISCHARGE OUTLETS IN TIDAL WATERS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE AUTHORITY'S FUNCTION REGARDING FISHERIES, IS SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED FROM
BEING APPLIED TO THE CONTROLLED WATERS UNDER THIS ACT.

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                                                                                                              67
HATE?

GREAT BPITAIN


     IB (A)
GBEAT BPITAIH

     IR(B)
    THE BORDER RIVERS  (PREVENTION OP POLLUTION) ACT  1951,  15 B  16 GEO. 661 ELIZ.  2,
    C. 7.  HALSBURY'S  STATUTES OF ENGLAND,  3D  ED., V.  39
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/72   PGS   648-6«9         IDf   00578A

    THIS ACT SETS OP A JOINT COHHITTEE, COMPOSED OF  THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE  LOCAL  RIVER
AUTHORITIES OF EACH RIVER BORDERING ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND,  TO DEAL WITH THE POLLUTION PROBLEMS
OF THE BORDER HATERS.


    "HARINE POLLUTION  BY DUMPING."  SURVEY  OF  CURRENT  AFFAIPS,  V.2, NO. 12
    LONDON.  CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION                       EPA
    ENGLISH                 12/00/72   PGS   529-530         ID*   01270A
    ALSO PMB

    THIS ARTICLE OUTLINES THE HORK OF  THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE HELD IN LONDON  FROM OCT.  30
TO NOV. 13, 1972, IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE SIGNING  OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE
PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION BY DUMPING,  THE BROAD PRINCIPLES OF THE CONVENTION  ITSELF  AND ITS
MAJOR PROVISIONS, AND  THE TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM ACCOMPANYING THE CONVENTION.
3KEAT BRITAIN

     F«(A)
    POLLUTION:  NUISANCE OR NEMESIS?  A REPORT ON THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/72  PGS  1-88           ID*  00957A
    ALSO SE, ST, LRB
    'GENERAL       AIR           PESTICIDES    RADIATION
GREAT BRITAIN


     PB(»)
    "NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT."  ECOLOGIST, V. 2, NO. 9  (REPRINT  FROM
    HANSARD)
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 09/00/72  PGS  «-7            ID*  01209A
    ALSO SE AND IRB
    *AIR           GENERAL

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WATFP

GPEA" BRITAIN

     PM(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   68
    "LEADING QUESTION."  ECOLOGIST, V. 2, NO. 8
    HILLS, LAWRENCE D.
    ENGLISH                 08/00/72  PCS  22-21
    *AIR           SOLID HASTE
       EPA
ID*  01213A
HUNGARY
        (A)
    "JAN 23, 1966 GOVERNMENT DECREE NO. 5 CONCERNING HARMFUL POLLUTION OF  WATERS
    AND THE FINES APPLICABLE TO THE DISCHARGE OF EFFLUENTS."  INT. DIG. OF HLTH. LEG.,  V.  18.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, CCBP.                             EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/67  PGS    138-141       ID*   01091A
     RADIATION

     THIS DECREE SETS THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE VALUES OF WATER CONTAMINATION.  THE  AUTHORITY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF A GIVEN  WATER BODY HAY ESTABLISH DIFFERENT VALUES IF THE
EFFLUENT TREATMENT FACILITY WAS INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS DECREE.   VALUES
ARE TO BE SET, HOWEVER, IN CONFORMITY WITH INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED  BY THE CHIEF NATIONAL
DIRECTORATE FOR WATER  (CNDW), WITH ACCOUNT TAKEN OF THE ADVICE  OF THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
INSTITUTE FOP THE USE CF WATERS AND OF RESULTS OF ACTUAL OR TRIAL PERFORMANCE OF TREATMENT
PLANTS.  THE CNDW DIRECTOR IN CONCERT WITH THE MINISTER OF HEALTH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
DETERMINING THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE VALUES FOR THE RADIOACTIVE  CONTAMINATION OF WATERS.  THE
DECREE ALSO PROVIDES FOR FINES IN THE EVENT  OF VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS.  THE ANNEX  LISTS
TYPES OF POLLUTANTS AND POLLUTION AND THEIR  RESPECTIVE MAXIMUM  VALUES.  THE OFFICIAL
HUNGARIAN-LANGUAGE TEXT OF THIS DECREE APPEARS IN MAGYAR KOZLONY, JAN. 23, 1966, P. 50-53.
JAPAN
     PM(A)
    POLLUTION-RELATED DISEASES AND RELIEF MEASURES IN JAPAN.  ENVIRONMENT AGENCY.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 05/00/72  PGS   1-29           ID*  00779A
     ATR

    THE PAMPHLET IS A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE  NATIONAL REPORT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
ON HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.  IT DEALS WITH TWO TYPES OF POLLUTION-RELATED DISEASE:  HINAMATA DISEASE
(MERCURY POISONING) AND ITAI-ITAI DISEASE  (CADMIUM POISONING).  THE CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS OF THESE
DISEASES APE DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES BEING TAKEN.  A SEPARATE CHAPTER  IS
DEVOTED TO RELIEF  FOR VICTIMS OF AIR POLLUTION DISEASES.  TABLES PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE
AFFECTED AREAS AND THE PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM THESE DISEASES.

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JAPAN
     PN(A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                         69
THE HURAN ENVIRONMENT IN JAPAN.  ENVIRONMENT AGENCY.

                        02/00/72  PCS   1-92

               SOLID HASTE
ENGLISH
ALSO SE
*AIP
ID*
  EPA
00780A
JAPAN
     PM(A)
SHOGAIKOKU NO KOGAI-TAISAKU NO JITTAI.   (A FACTUAL STUDY OF ANTIPOLLUTION
MEASURES OF VA9IOUS COUNTRIES.)  1971-72 EDITION.
                                                             EPA
JAPANESE                02/15/72  PGS  1-616          IDf  01002A
SE, IRB-ENGLAND, PP., SEED., DSA
*AIF           SOLID WASTE   NOISE         PESTICIDES    RADIATION
JAPAN
     PN(B)
"FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT.'
AHEHBASSY TOKYO
U.S. DEPT. OF STATE
ENGLISH                 02/06/73  PGS
ALSO SE
                                                                  DEPT. OF STATE  AIRGRAH  A-91
                                                                 1-3
                                                      ID*
       EPA
     01008A
                         THIS AIRGRAM, PREPARED BY THE 0,S, EMBASSY  STAFF IN TOKYO,  PROVIDES  DATA ON  THE  TOTAL
                     GOVERNMENT ANTI-POLLUTION EXPENDITURES  (JAPANESE FISCAL YEAH  1972  AND  1973) AND  ON THE  PRIVATE
                     ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT INVESTMENT  (JAPANESE FY 1971-1980) AS  THEY  PERTAIN TO THE PROGRAM  AGAINST
                     HATER POLLUTION.  THE JFY 1972 GOVERNMENT  DATA  ARE TAKEN  FROM THE  ORIGINAL BUDGET, BUT  NOT  FROM  THE
                     SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET; THE 1973 DATA ARE EXTRACTED FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET.  THE  JAPAN ECONOMIC
                     RESEARCH CENTER  PFEPAHED THE ESTIMATES FOR THE  PRIVATE POLLUTION EQUIPMENT INVESTMENT.   THE AIRGRAH
                     ALSO INCLUDES DATA, COMPILED BY THE  ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY'S CENTRAL POLLUTION COUNTERHEASURES
                     COUNCIL, ON THE  ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT INVESTMENT, WITH FIGURES  EMBRACING ONLY THE EQUIPMENT
                     COSTS AND NOT BUILDINGS, OPERATIONAL, AND  PERSONNEL COSTS.
JAPAN
     PM(A)
"POLLUTION CONTROL INVESTMENT BY JAPAN."  DEPT. OF STATE AIRGRAH,
NO. A-27, AHEHBASSY TOKYO.
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT                                        EPA
ENGLISH                 01/12/73  PGS  1-5            ID*  01193A
ALSO SE
*AIR           NOISE         SOLID WASTE

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HATER

KUWAIT

     PM(A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   70
    HOHAN ENVIRONMENT, KUWAIT.
    ENGLISH
    ALSO LBB
    *3ENERAL
NATIONAL BEPORT.

      PGS  1-38
       EPA
IDt  01036A
                                        AIR
MEXICO

     PH(B)
    "HATER POLLUTION, THE WORLD'S WORST THREAT."  EXCELSIOR
                                                                 EPA
    SPANISH                 OU/10/73  PGS  U-5            IDf  01220A

    UNDER A SUBORDINATE HEADLINE CLAIHINS THAT 70X OF THE WATER IN HEXICO'S RIVERS, LAKES, AND
ESTUARIES IS POLLUTED, THIS HEWS ARTICLE REPORTS ON REMARKS HADE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY
MEXICAN ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS.  THESE OFFICIALS STATED THAT  (1) A NATIONAL INVENTORY WILL BE
MADE TO DETERMINE THE VOLUME AND QUALITY OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SETTING
MORE STRINGENT STANDARDS; (2)  NEW RE3ULATIONS ARE BEING WORKED GOT TO PREVENT THE POLLUTION OF
COASTAL WATERS AND TO FIX THE QUALITY OF WATERS THAT CAN BE REUSED FOR IRRIGATION AND FOR INDUSTHIA
PUPPOSES; AND (3)  A NATIONAL ORIENTATION PROGRAM IS BEING ORGANIZED TO POPULARIZE EFFORTS TO LIMIT
THE EFFECTS OF WATER CONTAMINATION AND CREATE ON AWARENESS OF THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF
POLLUTION LAWS,  THAT CAN INCLUDE THE CLOSING OF INDUSTRIAL PLANTS IF NECESSARY.
NORWAY


     PM(A)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN NORWAY" AND "NORWAY'S NATIONAL PARKS."
    NORWAY.
    NORWAY.  NORWEIGAN INFORMATION SERVICE                       EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/73  PGS  19;23-2<»       IDt  01018A
    ALSO SE
    *AIR           NOISE
                                         NEWS OF
POLAND

     LR(A)
    "MAY 21, 1963 LAW ON POISONOUS SUBSTANCES."  INT. DIG. HLTH. LEG., V. 15.
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP.                             EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/6
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ROMANIA
     LR(A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   71
"LAW(HO. 9 OF JUNE 20,1973 OH THE PROTECTION OP THE EHVIROHHEHT)ON ENVI80HHEHTAL
PROTECTION PASSED."TRANSLATIONS ON  EASTERN  EUROPE  (ECONOMIC  AND INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS),  NO.  959.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  EPA
ENGLISH                 09/13/73  PCS  08-71          IDI  01371A
^GENERAL       AIR           SOLID  HASTE    PESTICIDES    RADIATION     NOISE
SWEDEN

     PM(A)
DESI3N OF THE SWEDISH NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
PALMLUND, INGAR                                              EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/72  PCS   1-19           IDt  01198A
ALSO ST
*3ENERAL       AIR
SWEDEN

     PM(B)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AT FROVIFOES BROK
ENGLISH
ALSO ST
 AIR
00/00/72  PGS  1-8
       EPA
IDt  01205A
                         THIS UNPAGINATED BROCHURE, PUBLISHED BY  A MODERN SULFATE PULP HILL IN SWEDEN, KNOWN  AS
                     FROVIFORS BRUK, EXTOLS THE PROGRESS THAT THE FIRM HAS HADE TO  KEEP  AIR AND  WATEP POLLUTION  AT
                     ACCEPTABLE LEVELS, WHILE INCREASING PRODUCTION.  THE BROCHURE  OUTLINES BRIEFLY THE  STEPS THE FIRM
                     HAS TAKEN.  IN THE CASE OF WATER PROTECTION, THESE INVOLVE THE DESIGN AND CHOICE OF MACHINERY,
                     COLLECTING AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, WASTE TANKS, DROPLET SEPARATION, WATER  PURIFICATION,  AND LOW
                     WATER CONSUMPTION  (50 M3 POR EACH TON OF PULP PRODUCED).  AIR  PROTECTION MEASURES ARE  AIMED AT
                     REDUCING ODORS, DUST, AND S02 EMISSIONS.
SWITZERLAND


     PM(B)
STAND DER ABWASSARPEINIGUNG IN DER SCHWEIZ AH 1.
TREATMENT IN SWITZERLAND ON JANUARY 1, 1971).
SWITZERLAND.  FEDERAL TOPOGRAPHICAL SERVICE
3ERHAN                  00/00/71  PGS  N.P.
ALSO FRENCH
                          JUANUAR 1971 (STATE OF SEWAGE
                              ID*
       EPA
     00993A
                         THIS MULTICOLORED, 1:1,000,000-SCALE MAP OF SWITZERLAND, DRAWN UP BY THE FEDERAL WATER
                     PROTECTION SERVICE, DEPICTS THE LOCATION OF SEWA3E PURIFICATION  PLANTS.  THE LEGEND INDICATES
                     THE CAPACITY OF EACH PLANT, THE POPULATION RATIO FOR EACH PLANT, THE OPERATING BASIS  (MECHANICAL,
                     BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL)  SND THE NEW PLANTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

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WATEP

SWITZERLAND


     PN(B)
SWITZERLAND
     PH(B)
    ETAT DE L'EPUPATION DBS EAOX USEBS EN SOTSSE AU LER JANVIER  1971   (STATE OP
    SEWAGE PURIFICATION PLANTS IN SWITZERLAND AS OF JAN. 1,  1971)
    SWITZERLAND.  CONFEDERATION'S OFFICE OF WATER PROTECTION     EPA
    FRENCH                  00/00/71  PCS  1              ID*  00995A
    ALSO GERMAN, SE

    THIS ONE-PAGE TABLE LISTS FOR EACH SWISS CANTON THE. NUMBER OF SEWAGE PURIFICATION  PLANTS  IN
OPERATION AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE NUMBER SLATED FOR CONSTRUCTION. IT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL
DATA ON THE RATIO OF PLANTS TO THE SERVICED POPULATION, PLANT CAPACITIES, AND THE COSTS OF THE
PLANTS.


    TAT DE L'EPURATION DBS EAUX USEES EN SUISSE AU LER JANVIER 1971  (STATE OF
    WASTEWATER PURIFICATION IN SWITZERLAND ON JAN. 1, 1971)
    SWITZERLAND.  FEDERAL WATER PROTECTION SERVICE.              EPA
    FRENCH                  00/00/71  PCS  1              ID#  00996A
    ALSO GERMAN

    THIS ONE-PAGE TABLE LISTS FOP EACH CANTON THE PERCENTAGES OF THE POPULATION THAT COULD BE
CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS, WITH FIGURES BASED ON THE 1970 CENSUS.  THE
PERCENTAGES ARE FURTHER BROKEN DOWN TO INDICATE THE PERCENTAGES THAT CAN BE SERVED BT  EXISTING
FACILITIES, FACILITIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND PROJECTED FACILITIES.
SWITZERLAND


     PM(B)
    ETAT DE LA CONSTRUCTION D'OUVRAGES SERVANT A LA PROTECTION DBS EAUT EN SUISSE.
     (THE STATE OF WATER PROTECTION  WORKS  IN  SWITZERLAND)
    SWITZERLAND.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION             EPA
    FRENCH                  07/01/71  PGS  1-3            IDt  00997A
    ALSO GERMAN, SE

    THIS PRESS RELEASE SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF A FEDERALLY-INITIATED SURVEY AMONG THE CANTON AS
THE STATE OF WATER PURIFICATION  AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS.  THE PRESENT RATE OF CONSTRUCTION OF
PURIFICATION PLANTS SHOULD MEET  THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATION WITHIN THE COMING DECADE, BUT THE
PROBLEMS OF WATER POLLUTION WILL BE NOT PERMANENTLY SOLVED BY THIS CONSTRUCTION ALONE.  EVEN MORE
PRESSING WILL BE THE REQUIREMENT FOR EXPANDED FACILITIES TO KEEP PACE WITH INCREASING
ACCUMULATIONS OF REFUSE.

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WATER

SWITZERLAND


     PH(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                  73
    ETAT DE L1EVACUATION DBS ORDURES EN SOISSE AD LER JANVIER 1971.
    OP REFUSE DISPOSAL TN SWITZERIAND AS OF JAN. 1, 1971)
    SWITZERLAND.  CONFEDERATION'S OFFICE OF HATER PROTECTION     EPA
    FRENCH                  00/00/71  PCS  1              IDI  00998A
    ALSO GERMAN, SE
    *SOLID WASTE
(THE  STATE
SWITZERLAND

     PM(B)
    JAHRESBERICHT DER EAWAG FUER 1971  (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EAHAG 1971)
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  00/00/71   PCS  1-43           IDt  01015A

    THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE WORK OF THE SWISS NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WATER SUPPLY, WASTE-WATER
PURIFICATION, AND WATER PROTECTION  (EAWAG) IN ITS ANTI-POLLUTION PROGRAM IN 1971.  THE FIRST TOPIC
DISCUSSED IS THE THREE-PRONGED ROLE OF THE INSTITUTION:  TO SERVE AS A SUPPORT ORGANIZATION FOR THE
GOVERNMENT IN ITS WATER PROGRAM, TO BECOME A TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER FOR ENGINEERS CONCERNED WITH
WATER, AND TO ACT AS A CONSULTING SOURCE FOR MAJOR POLLUTERS SUCH AS COMMUNITIES, INDUSTRIES, AND
AGRICULTURE.  THE REPORT ALSO DISCUSSES EAWAG RESEARCH IN WATER POLLUTION, ITS CONSULTATIVE
ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATONS, AND ITS ENDEAVORS IN EDUCATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.  THE TEXT IS
SUPPLEMENTED WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
SWITZERLAND
     PM(B)
    (PROPORTION OF THE NUMBER OF INHABITANTS OF SWITZERLAND WHO CAN BE SERVED
    BY COMMUNAL WATER TREATMENT PLANTS TO THE TOTAL POPULATION OF SWITZERLAND)
    SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION     EPA
    FRENCH                  00/00/72  PGS  1              IDt  01023A
    ALSO GERMAN

    THIS ONE-PAGE BAR GRAPH, USING POPULATION DATA BASED ON THE 1960 AND 1970 SWISS CBNUSES,
PROVIDES INFORMATION ON PROPORTIONS OF THE SWISS POPULATION SERVED BY COMMUNAL WATER TREATMENT
PLANTS.  THE GRAPH INDICATES, FOR THE YEARS 1966 THROUGH 1972, THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL
POPULATION SERVED BY INSTALLATIONS ALREADY IN OPERATION, THOSE TO BE SERVED BY INSTALLATIONS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THE PERCENTAGE WHICH COULD BE SERVED BY PLANNED INSTALLATIONS.

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WJTEP-

SWITZERLAND

     PM(B)
"NATIONAL COUNCIL:

FRENCH
ALSO LRB
FIVER DEBATE ON NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS."  JOURNAL DE GENEVE
                                         EPA
    03/06/73  PCS  11             ID*  01207A
                         THIS NEWS STORY FROM BEPN  REPORTS ON THE  NATIONAL COUNCIL  DEBATE  RELATIVE  TO  THE  NAVIGATIONAL
                     DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER RHINE AND  THE  AAF  RIVBR  BETWEEN  BASEL AND YVERDON  AND THE  ESTABLISHHENT
                     OF A WATERWAY BETWEEN  LAKE MAGGIORE  AND THE ADRIATIC.   A  STUDY COMMISSION  REPORTING TO  THE  COUNCIL
                     DECLARED THAT THE PROTECTION OF  THE  ENVIRONMENT AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY,  OF  THE  WATERS  INVOLVED IS
                     NOT NECESSARILY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THESE NAVIGATION  PROJECTS.   A MINORITY REPORT,  HOWEVER, STATED
                     THAT AN INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AND THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT  DOES EXIST.
SHTTZEPLAND


     PM(B)
"FUTURE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS:  WHERE THEY ABE NEEDED, FROM LAKE GENEVA TO LAKE
CONSTANCE."  JOURNAL DE 3ENEVE
                                                             EPA
FRENCH                  03/06/73  PCS  11             ID*  01211A
*RADIATION
SWITZERLAND

     PM(B)
"POTABLE WATER FROM THE RHINE."  NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
GERMAN
ALSO ST
    03/0«/73  PGS  35
                                                             EPA
                                                      ID*  01231A
                         THIS FEATURE  ARTICLE DESCRIBES  THE  INCREASING  POLLUTION OF  THE RHINE FROM SWITZERLAND TO THE
                      NETHERLAND, THE RESULTANT  DETERIORATION OF THE QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER, THE TYPES OF POLLUTANTS
                      CONTAMINATING THE  RIVBR, AND THE  WORK OF  VARIOUS TECHNICAL AND  INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS SET UP
                      TO  DEAL WITH THE  PROBLEM.  THE  ARTICLE  STRESSES THE  POINT THAT  ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFICULTIES IN
                      CORRECTING THE PROBLEM IS  THE TENDENCY  TO TREAT WATER POLLUTION AND WATER SUPPLY AS SEPARATE
                      QUESTIONS.  SEWAGE CONTROL TECHNICIANS  AND WATER-SUPPLY EXPERTS, ALTHOUGH THEY BOPK CLOSELY
                      TOGETHER, NONETHEIESS PURSUE THEIP  OWN  SPECIALIZED RESEARCH.  OFTEN THE CAUSES DISRUPTING THE
                      NATURAL WATER-QUALITY BALANCE ARE CONSIDERED  AS INDIVIDUAL PHENOMENA; WHEREAS, WHAT IS NEEDED,
                      THE ARTICLE CONTINUES, IS  COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING INVOLVING THE  TOTALITY OF WATER RESOURCES.  THE
                      COSTS WIIL BB HIGH "IF WE  DO NOT  INCLUDE  IN OUR PLANNING THESE  ADDITIONAL COSTS FOP
                      POLLUTION-FREE PRODUCTION  METHODS AND PRODUCTS, WE SHALL ONE DAY HAVE NO MORE USABLE WATER."

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BATE?

DSSR
     LR(A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   75
"MAR 18,  1961 REGULATIONS ON  URBAN  SANITATION."

                        04/00/62  PGS   115-119
RUSSIAN
*SOIID HASTE
GIGIYENA I SAVITARIYA, V. 27.
            BPA
     ID#  01491A
                                         RADIATION
USSP
     LR(A)
"DEC 13, 1968 PRINCIPLES OP  LAND  LEGISLATION  OF  THE  USSR  AND UNION REPUBLICS."
OKHRANA PRIRODT.
BLINOV, V. H., ED.                                            EPA
RUSSIAN                 00/00/71   PGS   34-52           ID*  01492A
*SOIID HASTE
USSR
     IR(A)
"HAY 14, 1970 DECREE ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS  ON  STATE  CONTROL OF  LAND USE."
OKHRANA PRIRODY.
BLINOV, V. H., ED.                                            EPA
RUSSIAN                 00/00/71  PGS   72-78          ID*   01492B
*SOLID HASTE
USSP
     1R(A)
"MAY 14, 1970 DECREE ON ADHINISTRATIVE  RESPONSIBILTIY  FOR  VIOLATION OF LAND LAH."
OKHRANA PRIRODY.
BLINOV, V. H., ED.                                            EPA
RUSSIAN                 00/00/71  PGS   71-72           ID*   01492C
*S01ID HASTE
USSP
     LR(A)
"JUL 1, 1970 LAND CODE OF THE RSFSR  (RUSSIAN REPUBLIC)."   OKHPANA  PRIRODY.
BLINOV, V. B. , ED.                                            EPA
RUSSIAN                 00/00/"M  PGS   53-55,  60       ID*   01492D
*SOLID HASTE

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