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Number 23
July 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 tnrough the Library Systems
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A computerized search system is being developed which will allow future
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legal/legislative/regulatory
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a. coun try-
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This series, devoted to summaries of govsrnment 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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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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Washington, D. C. 20460
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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AIR
Finland
See GENERAL (Finland) — Control Ho. 01117A .................... 16
France
See GENERAL (France) — Control Ho. 01912G .................... 19
Germany * Fed Rep 1961 Abatement of Nuisances Lav ....................... 1
Environment and the Lav in Israel .......................... 2
Anti Air -Pollution Requirements for Gasoline Driven Vehicles ............. 2
See GENERAL (Israel) — Control No. 01908A ..................... 2k
Japan
dean Air Act Enforcement to be Mulled ........................ 2
May 30, 1972 Ordinance of the Prime Minister's Office No. 39 (Implementing
Regulations for the Offensive Odor Control Lav .................. 3
(1972 Cabinet Order No. 207) Offensive Odor Substances ................ 3
Gov't Will Approve Bill to Amend Air Pollution Prevention Lav Today ......... 3
Long-Term Anti -Pollution Program for Tokyo ...................... k
Motor Vehicle Emission Control ............................ U
WATER (Kenya) — Control No. 01T78A .......................
Mexico
Jul 27, 1972 Official Standard for the Sample Method to Determine the Apparent
Visual Density of Smoke Using the Ringlemann Smoke Chart ............. U
Jan 13, 1972 Instructive Describing the Characteristics, Use, and Interpretation
of the Ring J-eaann Smoke Chart ........................... 5
New Zealand
Oct 20, 1972 Act to Promote the Conservation of the Air and the Abatement of the
Pollution There Of (Clean Air Act 1971) ...................... 5
The Smoke Restriction Regulations 196^ No. 65 Statutory Regulations 1.96k ...... 5
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AIR
Rhodesia
Air Pollution Prevention Act, 1971 Bhodesia Act No. 33, 1971 6
South Africa
Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Act No. 45 of 1965 6
Apr 2, 1971 Regulations Governing the Control of Exhaust Fumes From Diesel-Driven
Vehicles 7
Jul 5, 1968 Regulation on Inclusion of Processes in the Second Schedule of the At-
mospheric Pollution Prevention Act, 1965 7
Jul 5, 1968 Regulation on Extension of Definition for Noxious ... Gas-Atmospheric
Pollution Prevention Act, 1965 7
Jul 19, 1968 Declaration of Controlled Area Under Part II of Act No. 1*5 of 1965 (Air
Pollution Prevention Act 8
Spain
Nov 30, 196l Decree Approving the Regulation on Troublesome, Unhealthy, Harmful and
Dangerous Industries 8
Mar 15, 1963 Order Containing Complementary Instructions to the ... Regulation on
Troublesome,-Unhealthy, Harmful and Dangerous 8
Aug 16, 1965 Decree Regulating Application of Public Takeover of Troublesome Healthy,
Harmful and Dangerous Industries 9
June 21, 1968 Order Approving the Regulation of Usage of Petroleum Products for
Heating and Other Industrial Purposes 9
Nov 7, 1968 Decree on Measures to Prevent Air Pollution by Cement Factories. ..-».. 9
Jan 17, 1969 Order Creating the Technical Advisory Committee on Problems of Air Pol-
lution 10
Regulation No. 15 on Standardization of Vehicles with Spark-Ignited Motors and Emis-
sions of Contaminating Gases 10
Aug 6, 1970 Agreement of Friendship and Cooperation with the United States of
America 10
April 13, 1972 Decree Creating the Representative Governmental Commission for the
Environment 11
Swaziland
May 22, 196U Control of Radio-Active Substances Regulations 11
Sweden
Environmental Problems in the Petroleum Industry 11
Air Pollution Across National Boundaries The Impact on the Environment of Sulfur in
Air and Precipitation 12
Sweden's Case Study for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment .... 12
Switzerland
Feb 7, 1972 Guidelines on Emission Limits for Incinerators 12
Feb 7» 1972 Guidelines on Emission Limits for Fireplaces 13
Feb 7, 1972 Guidelines on Emission Limits for Domestic and Industrial Furnaces .... 13
. The Federal Constitution 13
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A I B
Dec 19, 1958 Federal Law on Highway Traffic lU
Mar 13» 196U Federal Labor Law lU
Dec 10, 1970 Swiss Civil Code Ik
Exhaust Regulations Substantially Intensified in Switzerland 15
Air Pollution 15
Zambia
Actions for Smoke Damage (Prohibition), 1959, As Amended (Cap. 327) 15
GENERAL
Cseohoslovakia
See WATER (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. 00797A 5U
European Communities
European Community. Survey of Current Affairs, V. 3, Wo. 9 16
Finland
Aug 16, 195b Building Act No. 370 16
Aug 27, 1965 Public Health Act No. ^69 l6
France
Mar 1, 197^ Decree on the Designation of Members of the Government 17
Mar 15, 197^ Decree No. jh-2h3 on the Duties of the Minister of Cultural Affairs
and the Environment 17
Mar 15, 197^ Decree No. 7U-2UU on the Duties of the State Secretary for the Environ-
ment, Assigned to the Minister of Cultural Affairs and the Environment 17
New Organizational Chart of the Ministry of the Environment, February 197^ 18
Environment: Organization at the Disposal of the Former Minister Will be Under the
Authority of M. Dijoud 18
Disappearance of the Ministry of the Environment. Nature and Concrete 18
M. Dijoud: I Will Not Tolerate Industrialists' Using the Energy Crisis As A Pretext. . 19
GATT
Industrial Pollution Control and International Commerce 19
Dem Rep
January 3, 1972 Notice Concerning the Formation of Ministries 20
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GENERAL
Germany, Fed Rep of
Project UMPLIS: Enviromnental Planning Information System - Functions and
Organization 20
Board of Experts for Environmental Question 20
Environment: Research, Organization, Protection, No. 3 21
Ghana
Environmental Protection Council Decree, 197U (N.E.C.D. 239) 21
Sreat Britain i
Survey of Mercury in Food. Working Party on the Monitoring of Foodstuffs for
Mercury and Other Heavy Metals, First Report 22
Hondi&as
Apr 22, 1969 Order No. 1*70 Health Regulations for Environmental Improvement 22
Hungary
May 16, 1972 Ordinance, No. 6 ... for the Implementation of Government Ordinance
No. 13 on the State Public Health and Epidemiological ... Service 23
India
The Cantonments Act, 1924 (No. 11) .. 23
Israel
Environment and the Law in Israel 23
Environmental Quality in Israel 2^
The Contribution of the Israel National Committee on Biosphere and Environment .... 2U
Toward a Summary of INCBE Activities 25
Town Planning and Environmental Quality. Part I. Report of the Committee on
Research in the Social and Functional Aspects of Town Planning Israel 25
Spain
Nov 30, 1961 Decree Approving the Regulation on Troublesome, Unhealthy, Harmful,
and Dangerous Industries 25
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01125B 8
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01125C 9
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01130A 10
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01131A 11
Thailand
May 7, 1968 Sanitation District Act (No. 2) Royal Thai Government Gazette 26
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GEHERAL
United Habions
Stockholm Environmental Conference: Passing the Buck 27
Program for the Earth 27
BOISE
Firitamd
See GEfiERAL (Finland) — Control Mo. ulllTA 16
France
See GENERAL (France) — Control Ho. 01912G 19
Israel
See AIR (Israel) — Control Ho. Ol85^A 1
See GEHERAL (Israel) — Control Ho. 01906A 2U
See GEHERAL (Israel) — Control Ho. 01963A . 25
Spain
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01125A 8
See AIR (Spain) — Control Ho. 01125B 8
See AIR (Spain) — Control Ho. 01125C 9
See AIR (Spain) — Control Ho. 01130A 10
See AIR (Spain) — Control Ho. 01131A 11
Sweden
See AIR (Sweden) — Control Ho. 0197S>A 11
Switzerland ?
See AIR (Switzerland) — Control Ho. Oi360A 13
See AIR (Switzerland) — Control Ho. 01361A lU
See AIR (Switzerland) — Control Ho. 01362A lU
See AIR (Switzerland) — Control Ho. 01363A 14
PESTICIDES
Algeria
Hov 9, 1967 Ordinance Ho. 67-233 Concerning the Organization of the Control
of Plant Protection Products for Agricultural Use 30
Czechoslovakia
.See WATER (Czechoslovakia) — Control Ho. 00798A ^U
Dominican Republic
May 22, 1968 Law Ho. 311 Regulating . . . Products for the Control of Animal
and Plant Pests, Pesticides, Herbicides and Similar Products 31
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PESTICIDES
\ J r~~~f-
Finland
Conclusions of the Study Panel on Health Hazards from Herbicide Use on
Underbrush 31
German Dem Rep
Dec 18, 1973 Directive No. 2 on Plant Protection Agent and Pesticide
Residues in Foodstuffs 32
Jun 28, 1971 Order on Residues of Plant Protection Agents and Pesticides
in Foodstuffs 32
Germanyj Fed Rep of
Aug 7, 1972 Law on Traffic in DDT (DDT LAW) 32
Dec 1, 1969. First Notification on Permitted Plant Protection Agents 33
Guatemala
Jul 11, 1968 Order to Approve the Regulations,on Agricultural Pesticides 33
Bong Kong
Apr lU, 1970 Pharmacy and Poisons (Agricultural Poisons) Regulations 33
Ir&ia
The Insecticides Act, 1968 (No. 1*6) 31*
Luxemburg
May 29, 1970 Regulations on Control of Pesticides and Phytopharmaceutical
Products 3k
Mexico
Feb 19, 1973 Resolution on the Importation of Disinfectants, Insecticides,
etc. ... 3^
Morocco
Jan 10, 1969 Decree No. 26-29 Fixing Conditions for Agricultural Use of
Certain Phytopharmaceutical Poisons 35
Netherlands
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research 35
New Zealand
Agricultural Chemicals Act 1959 (No. 51), As Amended 35
Agricultural Chemicals Regulations 1968 (No. 201) 36
The Agricultural Chemicals Notice 1968 (No. 215) 36
Poisons Regulations 196U (No. 6k) 36
Niger
May 30, 1969, Decree No. 69-99/MER Prescribing Additional Provisions on the
Possession and Use of Poisons for Plant Protection Purposes 37
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PESTICIDES
Pakistan
Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance, 1971 37
Peru
Apr 30, 1962 Supreme Resolution No. 193: Regulations on the Import and
Sale of Agricultural Pesticides 37
Philippines
Executive Order No. 332 Creating the Pesticides Control and Research
Committee. Dated 10 August 1971 38
Spain
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01130A 10
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01131A * . . . 11
RADIATION
Australia
Mar 20, 1968 Navigation (Nuclear Ships) Regulations, Serial No. 38 .' . 38
France
See GENERAL (France) — Control No. 01912G 19
New Zealand
Radioactive Substances Act 1965 (No. 23) 39
Radiation Protection Regulations 1973 (No. U8) 39
Transport of Radioactive Materials Regulations 1973 (No. 51) UO
Philippines
The Atomic Energy Regulatory and Liability Act of 1968 (Republic Act No. 5207). ... UO
Philippine Atomic Energy Commission. Rules and Regulations on the Safe
Transport of Radioactive Materials in the Philippines UO
Administrative Order No. 96 of 25 January 1962 of the Secretary of Health
(On Protection Against Ionizing Radiations) Ul
Executive Order No. 139 Creating a National Committee on the Safe Transport
of Radioactive Materials Ul
Portugal
Nov 27) 1957 Decree-Law to Authorize the Govt. to Establish Protective Zones
Around Nuclear Installations and Centres Ul
Nov 25, 196l Decree-Law (No. UU060) Specifying Provisions Governing the
Protection of Persons Against Ionizing Radiation U2
Jul 13> 1963 Decree-Law Laying Down the New Composition of the Committee for
Protection Against Ionizing Radiations U2
Jun U, 196U Order to Make Compuls. Notific., ..., to the Comit. Prot. loniz.
Rad., of Apparatus Emit. loniz. Rad U2
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RADIATION
Romania
Dec 30, 1969 Decree Concerning the Organization and Functions of the State
Committee for Nuclear Energy 43
South Africa
Nuclear Installations (Licensing and Security) Act No. 43 of 1963 43
Atomic Energy Act No. 90 of 196? as Amended f • • 43
Oct U, 1968 Regulation on Conditions in Connection with Possession, Acquisi-
tion and Disposal of, Use and Conveyance of Radioactive Nuclides 44
Spain
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. OH25A 8
See AIR (Spain) ~ Control No. 01125B 8
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01125C 9
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01130A 10
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01131A 11
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Jun 25, 1969 Act No. 19 to Provide for the Establishment of an Atomic Energy
Authority . .--. (The Atomic Energy Authority Act) 45
Swaziland
The Control of Radio-Active Substances Act, 1964 (Act 23/1964) 45
May 22, 1964 Control of Radio-Active Substances Regulations 46
Swit& viand
Dec 20, 1957 Federal Order Introducing a New Constitutional Article on Atomic ?
Energy and Radiation Protection 46
See AIR (Switzerland) — Control No. 01360A 13
Thailand
Apr lU, 1961 Atomic Energy Peace Act ^7
Jul 1961 Ministerial Regulation No. 2 Issued Under the Atomic Energy for Peace
Act ^7
Oct 22, 1965 Atomic Energy for Peace Act (No. 2) 4?
May 21, 196? Royal Decree on Organization of the Office of Atomic Energy for
Peace, Ministry of National Development 48
Yugoslavia
Mar 10, 1958 Resolution on the Federal Nuclear Energy Commission 48
Zambia
The Ionizing Radiation Act, 1972 (No. 19) 48
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SOLID WASTE
Germany, Fed Rep of
See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 00980A 21
Honduras
See GENERAL (Honduras) — Control No. 01703A 22
India
See GENERAL (India) — Control No. 01927A 23
Kenya
See WATER (Kenya) — Control No. 017T8A. . . . .* 57
Spain
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01125A 8
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01125B 8
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01125C 9
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01130A 10
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01131A 11
Switzerland
See AIR (Switzerland — Control No. 01317A ' . . . 12
WATER
Australia
May 13, I960 Act No. 11 Relating to the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea
"by Oil 51
Sep 20, I960 Pollution of the Sea Oil Regulations, Serial No. 90 51
Apr 12, 1965 Pollution of the Sea by Oil Act No. k 51
See RADIATION (Australia) — Control No. 01880A 38
Dec 9, 1970 Act No. 78, Clean Waters Act 52
Jul 7, 1959 No. 18 Control of Waters Ordinance 1938-1959 52
Austria<
Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry 53
Canada
Guidelines Released for Oil Spill Dispersants 53
Chile
Apr 13, 1951 Water Code No. 9-909 53
Czechoslovakia
See GENERAL (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. 00797A 16
See PESTICIDES (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. 00798A 31
Ethiopia
1971 Order No. 27, To Provide for the Establishment of a National Water Resources
Commission 5U
Finland
See GENERAL (Finland) — Control No. 01117A 16
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WATER
France
French Association for the Study of Water 55
Great Britain
North Sea 'Comand1 Proposed to Protect Oil Rigs From Risk of Sabotage and
Pollution 55
Honduras
Apr 22, 1969 Order No. 470 Health Regulations fpr Environmental Improvement 56
India
See GENERAL (India) —- Control No. 0192TA 23
Israel
See GENERAL (Israel) — Control No. 01908A * 24
Japan
Ministry to Step Up Sewer Construction in New 5-Year Plan 56
Recent Practice of Wastewater Treatment at Yanahara Mine 57
Prospectus for the 2nd International Ocean Development Conference and Exhibition ... 57
Kenya
The Public Health Ordinance 57
The Public Health (Drainage and Latrines) Rules 58
Luxemburg
Aug 17, 1963 Order Designating Officials Responsible for Execution of Jan 9» 1961
Law on Protection of Underground Waters 58
Malawi
Water Resources Act, No. 15 of 1969 58
Malaysia
Petroleum Mining Act, 1966 (Revised—1972, Act 95) 59
Netherlands
Vertical Movement of Phosphate in Freshwater II 59
Dutch Nitrogenous Fertilizers Review, No. 15 59
Spain
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01125A 8
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01125B 8
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01125C 9
See AIR (Spain) ~ Control No. 01130A 10
See AIR (Spain) — Control No. 01131A 11
Swaziland
See RADIATION (Swaziland) — Control No. 01824A 46
Sweden
See AIR (Sweden) ~ Control No. 01975A 11
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WATER
Switzerland
See AIR (Switzerland) — Control No. 01360A 13
Thailand
See GENERAL (Thailand) — Control No. Ol89^A 26
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AIR
FINLAND
LE(A)
"AUGUST 27, 1965 PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. NO. 469." SUOMEN ASETUSKOKOELMA, V. 65
EPA
FINNISH 08/27/65 PCS 1033-U6 ID* 01117A
*GENERAL WATER NOISE
FRANCE
PH(A)
"M. DIJOOD: I HILL NOT TOLERATE INDISTRIALISTS' USING THE ENERGY CRISIS AS
A PRETEXT." LE MONDE
AHBROISE-HENDU, MARC EP'A
FRENCH 03/29/74 PCS 13 IDf 119123
^GENERAL NOISE RADIATION
GERMAN*,FED REP OF
ST( )
UMWELT; FORSCHING, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ (ENVIRONMENT: RESEARCH, ORGANIZATION,
PROTECTION), NO. 3
EPA
GERMAN 07/00/72 PGS 1-72 ID* 00980A
ALSO P.IUjk LRB SE
*GENERA" SOLID HASTE
HONDURAS
LH(A)
"APR 22, 1969 ORDER NO. U70 HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT.-1
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION, V. 20.
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, UN, COMP. EPA
ENGLISH 06/00/71 PGS 1C1-106 ID* 01703A
*GENERAL HATER SOLID HASTE
ISRAEL
LR(A)
"HARCH 13, 1961 ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES LAH."
V. 15
ISRAEL. MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, TRANSL.
ENGLISH 00/00/00 P3S 52-55
NOISE
LAHS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
ID*
EPA
0185UA
THIS LA* PROSCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE GENERATION OF UNREASONABLE NDISE FROM ANY SOURCE
IF THAT NOISE DISTSUBS OH IS LIKSLY TO DISTURB PASSERSBY OR PERSONS IN THE VICINITY. IT LIKEHISE
PROSCRIBES THE GENERATION OF SMELLS AND OF AIR POLLUTION IF ODOR OR POLLUTION IS LIKELY TO DISTURB
PERSONS IN THE IMH3DIATE ENVIRONMENT. THE MINISTERS OF HEALTH AND JUSTICE ARE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE
EULES TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROHIBITIONS. THE LAH ALSO MAKES THE GRANTING OF ANY LICENSE UNDER THE
TRADES AND INDUSTRIES ORDINANCE OR ANY OTHER LICENSE RSQUIRED FOR THE OPERATION OF AN ENTEPPRISE
CONDITIONAL UPON COMPLIANCE HITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS NUISANCE ABATEMENT LEGISLATION.
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ISRAEL
LR (A)
PAGE
"ENVIRONMENT AND THE LAW IN ISRAEL."
ABROAD, V. 13
TERLO, ZVI
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS
*GENERAL
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN ISRAEL AND
11-21*
ID#
EPA
0185UB
ISRAEL
LR(B)
"ANII AIR POLLUTION REQUIREMENTS FOR GASOLIHE DRIVEN VEHICLES." DEPARTHENT
OF STATE AIRGSAN, AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV, A-OC1
U.S. DEPT. OF STATE EPA
ENGLISH 01/03/76 PGS 1-2 ID# 01855A
THIS REPORT, PREPARED BY THE U.S. EMBASSY PERSONNEL IN TEL AVIV, OUTLINES STANDARDS FOR AIR
POLLUTION 2MISSION CONTROL FOR BOTH GASOLINE - AND DIESEL-DRIVEN VEHICLES OPERATING IN ISRAEL.
A CRANKCASE VENTILATION SYSTEM — ONE D3AHING THE EMISSIONS GENERATED IN THE CRANKCASE BY MEANS OF
ENGINE DEPRESSION INTO THE ENGINE'S VENTILATION SYSTEM — WILL BE APPROVED WHEN TH'E ENoINE IS
HERMETICALLY CLOSED IN A MANNER POSITIVELY PREVENTING THE ESCAPE OF CRANKCASE EMISSIONS THROUGH
ANY OPENING AND UNDER ALL OPERATING CONDITIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE CONNECTED TO THE
INDUCTION SYSTEM. CARBON-MONOXIDE CONTENT OF EXHAUST GASES MAY NOT EXCEED U.5S. APPROVAL HILL BE
GRANTED TO DIESEL VEHICLES WITH A READING OF NOT MORE THAN 35 UNITS ON THE HARTRIDGE SMOKE-METER
SCALE UNDER CERTAIN SPECIFIED CONDITIONS AND WITH A RATION OF AT LEAST 6 ROAD HORSEPOWER PER TON
(1COOKG), 6. V.W.
ISRAEL
PM(A)
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN ISRAEL
ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE
ENGLISH 12/18/73 PGS 1-6
*GENERAL WATER NOISE
ID*
EPA
C1908A
JAPAN
LR (B)
"CLEAN AIR ACT ENFORCEMENT TO BE MULLED." JAPAN TIMES
ENGLISH
ALSO PMB
05/12/7U PGS 9
EPA
ID* 00393F
THIS NEWS REPORT ANNOUNCES THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY (EA) WILL SOON CONDUCT HEARINGS ON
WHETHER THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL LAW CAN BE ENFORCED SO AS TO APPLY STRICTER AUTO EMISSION
LEVELS BEGINNING IN FISCAL 1976. FISCAL 1975 RESTRICTIONS REQUIRING A REDUCTION OF THE QUANTITIES
OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROCARBON EMITTED IN AUTO EXHAUSTS TO ONE-TENTH OF THE CURRENT LEVEL AND
THAT OF NITROGEN OXIDES TO H5% OF THE CURRENT LEVEL ARE SLATED TO BECQME EFFECTIVE FOR ALL CARS
PRODUCED ON OR AFTER APRIL OF NEXT YEAH. THE 1976 RESTRICTIONS WOULD FURTHER CURTAIL THE ALLOWED
EMISSION OF NITROGEN OXIDES. JAPANESE CAR MANUFACTURERS ARE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT MEETING NEW
REGULATIONS FOR REASONS OF TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES, PROHIBITIVE SALES COSTS, AND FUEL ECONOMY.
THE NEWS ARTICLE COMMENTS THAT OBSERVERS THINK THAT EA MAY BE COMPELLED EITHER TO POSTPONE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE REGULATIONS OR TO RELAX THEM WITH THE HOPE THAT CLEAN-AIR GOALS MAY 3E REALIZED
BY A MORE GRADUAL APPROACH.
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AIR
JAPAN
LE(A)
JAPAN
LR(A)
(MAY 30, 1972) ORDINANCE 0? THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE NO. 39 (IMPLEMENTING
REGULATIONS FOR THE OFFENSIVE ODOR CONTROL LAW)
EPA
ENGLISH P6S U-5 ID* 00398B
THIS ORDINANCE, ENACTED UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE OFFENSIVE ODOR CONTROL LAW NO. 91 OF 1971,
SETS EMISSION STANDARDS ALON3 BOUNDARY LINES OF SITES AFFECTED BY THIS REGULATION, ESTABLISHES A
METHOD OF SETTING STANDARDS FOR SMOKE STACKS, PRESCRIBES METHODS OF MEASUREMENT, AND OUTLINES HOW
PUBLIC NOTICES ARE TO BE HADE. AN APPENDED SCHEDULE SETS MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS FOR
AMMONIA, METHYL MERCAPTAN, HYDROGEN SULFIDE, METHYL SULFIDE, AND TRIMETHYL AMINE.
(1972 CABINET ORDER NO. 207) OFFENSIVE ODOR SUBSTANCES
EPA
ENGLISH PGS 1-3 ID* 00398C
THIS ORDSR, ISSUED ON THE BASIS OF PROVISIONS "OF THE SCHEDULE OF THE OFFENSIVE ODOR CONTROL
LAW NO. 91 OF 1971, DESIGNATES AMMONIA, METHYL MERCAPTAN, HYDROGEN SULFIDE, METHYL SULFIDE, AND
IETRAMETHYL AMINE AS SUBSTANCES COMING UNDER ITS PURVIEW. ARTICLE 2 OF THE ORDER ASSIGNS
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION TO PRfiFECTURAL GOVERNORS AND CERTAIN MAYORS. ARTICLE
3 PRESCRIBES THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND FACILITIES TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES. THIS ORDER
BECOMES EFFECTIVE MAY 31, 1972.
JAPAN
LH(B)
"GOV'T WILL APPROVE BILL TO AMEND AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION LAB TODAY."
JAPAN TIMES.
EPA
ENGLISH C3/16/7U PUS 2 ID* 01852A
THIS NEWS STORY REPORTS THAT THE JAPANESE CABINET WILL APPROVE ON MARCH 16, 197U A BILL TO
AMEND THE AIH POLLUTION PREVENTION LAW TO FACILITATE INTRODUCTION IN APBIL 1975 OF A SYSTEM TO
CONTROL THE QUANTITY OF SULFUS OXIDES EMITTED BY DIFFERENT FIXED POLLUTION SOURCES. AFTER CABINET
APPROVAL, THE BILL WILL BE SENT 10 THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE DI3T FOR ENACTMENT. THE AMENDMENT
IS DESIGNED TO LIMIT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SULFUR OXIDES FOR A SPECIFIC AREAS BY CURTAILING THE
POLLUTANTS FROM EACH FACTORY IN A 3IVEN AREA. THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS NOT EFFECTIVE, THE STORY
REPORTS, BECAUSE A FACTORY CAN DISCHARGE INDEFINITE QUANTITIES PROVIDING IT KEEPS THE CONCENTRATION
OF POLLUTANTS BELOW THE GOVERNMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS. UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT, DRAWN UP BY A COMMITTEE OF THE CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR CONTROL OF POLLUTION OF THE
ENVIRONMENT, THE GOVERNMENT WILL PUT INTO EFFECT THE TOTAL AMOUNT CONTROL SYSTEM IN SEVERAL AREAS
SEVERELY AFFECTED BY AIR POLLUTION.
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AIR
JAPAN
?H(B)
PAGE
"LON3-I2RH ANTI-POLLUTION PROGRAM FOR TOKYO.1
FRENCH r4/25/74 PGS 68
L'USINE NOUVSLL3, NO. 17
EPA
ID# 01947A
ACCORDING TO THIS NEWS BRIEF, THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF TOKYO HAS ANNOUNCED A LONG-TERM
ANTI-POLLUTION PROGRAM STRICTER THAN THAT IN FORCE FOR ALL OF JAPAN. EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1974
THIS PP.OJEAH, WHICH IS ESTIMATED HILL COST ABOUT $10,530 MILLION, IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE BY
10-?OLD AI?. POLLUTION OVER THE CITY BY 1978. THIS MEANS A REDUCTION BY THAT YEAR OF THE CARBON
OXIDES TO 15,000 TONS FHOH THE ESTIMATED 19C.CCC TONS THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN PRESENT BY
1978 HAD NOTHING BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO PREVENT THE INCREASING POLLUTION LOAD OVER THE CITY.
JAPAN
* (B)
"MOTOR Vi-HICLE EMISSION CONTROL."
TOMYO, A-282
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
cNGLISH 04/19/74
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AIRGRAM AMEMBASSY
PGS
ID*
EPA
C1961A
THIS AIR3RAH, PREPARED BY U.S. EMBASSY PERSONNEL IH TOKYO, REPORTS THAT JAPAN'S ENVIRONMENT
AGENCY (SA) HAS REQUESTED JAPANESE AUTOMOBILE MAKERS TO GET READY FOR A HEARING IN MAY 1974 ON
THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING THE NITROGEN OXIDS EMISSION CONTROL PLAN FOR 1976.
THIS PLAN WAS FORMALLY ADOPTED BY EA IN OCTOBER 1972 TOGETHER WITH PLANS TO CONTROL EMISSIONS OF
CAF.BON MONOXIDE AND HYDROCARBONS, FOLLOWING A RECOMMENDATION BY THE CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR POLLUTION
CONTROL. BASED ON THESE PLANS, EA OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED THE 1975 STANDARDS FOR AUTOMOTIVE
EXHAUST EMISSIONS. THESE STANDARDS ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN 89* REDUCTION IN CARBON MONOXIDE,
91% IN HYDROCARBONS, AND 45* IN NITROGEN OXIDES IN TERMS OF AVERAGE EMISSION LEVELS FROM A
PASSENGER CAR.
KENYA
LF. (A)
"THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE." LAWS OF KENYA, CHAPTER 242, REV. ED.
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/62 PGS 1-74 ID* 01778A
*WtTES SOLID WASTE
MEXICO
LR(A)
"JUL 27, 1972 OFFICIAL STANDARD FOR THE SAMPLE METHOD TO DETERMINE THE APPARENT
VISUAL DENSITY OF SMOKE USINo THE RIUGELNANN SMOKE CHART" DIARIO OFICIAL.
EPA
SPANISH 08/05/72 PGS 3-7 ID« 01733A
THIS OFFICIAL STANDARD BY THE SECRETARIAT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE DESCRIBES THE METHOD OF
DETERMINING THE APPARENT VISUAL DKNSITY OF SMOKE USING THE RINGELMANN CHART. THIS METHOD IS
APPLICABLE ONLY FOE SMOKE VARYING IN TONE PROM TRANSPARENT TO SHADES OF GREY TO BLACK. A
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FORMS FOR RECORDING AND CALCULATING SMOKE DENSITY ARE INCLUDED.
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AIR
MEXICO
LR(A)
NEW ZEALAND
LB (A)
"JAM 13, 1972 INSTRUCTIVE DESCBIBINiS THE CHARACTERISTICS, USE, AND INTERPRE-
TATION OF THE RINGELMANN SMOKE CHART" DIARIO OFICIAL.
EPA
SPANISH 03/25/72 PGS 10-12 ID» 017U6A
THIS INSTRUCTIVE BY THE SECRETARIAT OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SERVES TO EVALUATE
SHOKiJ EMISSIONS AND RESCINDS ARTICLES 10, 11, 12, 14, AND 15 OF THE HESITATIONS FOR THE
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION ARISING FROM THE EHISSION OF FUMES AND DOST. THIS
INSTRUCTIVE 3XPLAINS HOW TO CONSTRUCT AND USE A RINGELMANN SHORE CHART AND CONTAINS A SAHPLE
CHART. Ah EXPLANATION OF HOW TO MEASURE THE DENSITY OF DIFFERENT COLORED SHORE IS INCLUDED.
OCT. 20, 1972 ACT TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE AIR AND THE ABATEMENT OF
THE POLLUTION THERE OF (CLEAN AIR ACT 1971)
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/72 PGS 1-63 ID« 01861A
THIS ACT, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IS DESI3N3D TO CONTROL AIR POLLUTION
GEN2RALLY BY OBLI.JIN.J OCCUPIERS OF PREMISES TO ADOPT THE BEST MEANS OF CONTAINING AIR POLLUTANTS
AND TO MINIMIZE BY THE MOST SUITABLE PROCESS OR EQUIPMENT T.HE EMISSION OF AIR POLLUTANTS AND TO
REDDER HARMLESS THOSE THAT ARE EMITTED FROM THOSE PREMISES. SUBJECT TO THE ACT 'ARE OCCUPIERS'' OF
INDUSTRIAL AND TRADE PREMISES WHO KNOWINGLY VIOLATE THIS OBLIGATION OR FAIL TO MAINTAIN AND
OPE3ATE PROPERLY FUEL BORNIN3 AND CONTROL SQUIPHENT IN AN EFFICIENT CONDITION. THE ACT COVERS THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF CLEAN AIR ZONES, SPECIAL CASES SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES AND CP.OHN PROPERTY,
LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS, AND APPEAL PROCEDURES. THE MISCEALLANEOUS PROVISIONS CONCERN THE DUTY TO
FURNISH INFORMATION, UNJUSTIFIED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION. APPENDED SCHEDULES SPECIFY CLASSES OF AIR POLLUTANTS, PROCESSES REQUIRING LICENSES,
THE CLEAN AIR COUNCIL, AND ENACTMENTS AND ORDERS AMENDED OE REPEALED.
NEW ZEALAND
Lfi (A)
"THE SMOKE RESTRICTION REGULATIONS 196U" (NO. 65)
ENGLISH 00/00/65 PGS 3*2-305
STATUTORY RE3ULAIIONS 196U
EPA
ID* 01931A
TH25E REGULATIONS CLASSIFY UNAUTHORIZED EMISSION OF SMOKE IN RESTRICTED AREAS, DESIGNATED BY
THE tUNISTER OF HEALTH, AS A NUISANCE UNDER SECTION 29 OF THE HEALTH ACT, 1956. IN A DESIGNATED
ABEA, ALL PRACTICAL MEASURES (AS DEFINED BY A CHEMICAL INSPECTOR APPOINTED UNDER THE ACT) MUST BE
TAK3N TO MINIMIZE EMISSIONS OF DUST, GRIT, ASH, SULFUR OXIDES AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF INCOMPLETE
COHdUoTION. EMISSION OP DENSE SMOKE (AS DARK AS SHADE NO.2 ON RINGELHANN CHART) FOR MORE THAN
FOUR MINUTES IN ANY HOUH IS ALSO PROHIBITED. ESTABLISHED ENTERPRISES MAY BE EXEMPTED BY LOCAL
AUTHORITIES FOii UP TO SEVEN YEARS. LOCAL AUTHORITIES MAY GRANT CONDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS TO PERMIT
OPERATIONS SUCH AS REPAIRING DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT, LIGHTING COLD FURNACES, BLOWIN3 SOOT, AND
T3STINJ FUELS OS EQUIPMENT FOH PURPOSE OF SEDUCING EMISSIONS. SMOKE INSPECTORS ARE APPOINTED BY
LOCAL AUTHORITIES 70 ENFORCE THiSSE REGULADIONS. CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES ARK EXEMPTED ENTIRFLY.
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RHODESIA
Lfi (A)
"AIS POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT, 1971." RHODESIA ACT NO. 33, 1971.
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/71 PGS 631-65« ID# 01793A
THIS ACT ESTABLISHES AN AIR POLLUTION ADVISORY BOARD UNDEP THE MINISTER OF HEALTH TO ADVISE ON
MATTERS BELATED TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AND STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST. THE MINISTER MAY DESIGNATE
AREAS FOR CONTROL OF NOXIOUS GASES, SMOKE AND DUST. IN A CONTROLLED AREA, SPECIFIED INDUSTRIAL
ACTIVITIES ARE PROHIBITED WITHOUT A REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE, ISSUED BY THE CHIEF HEALTH OFFICE? IN
THE AREA WHEN HE IS SATISFIED THAT REASONABLE POLLUTION-CONTROL MEASU.RES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND
THAT NO UNDUE DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY IS PRESENT. HE MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL ANTI-POLLUTION
MEASURES AT ANY TIMS. SMOKE AND DUST CONTROL AREAS APE UNDER JURISDICTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
UNLESS THE MINISTER ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY. ENTERPRISES CAUSING A S.10KE OS DUST NUISANCE IN A
CONTROLLED AREA MAY BE REQUIRED TO ASSUME COST OF REMEDIAL MEASURES. THE MINISTER MAY PRESCRIBE
EMISSION-CONTROL DEVICES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND ISSUE OTHER REGULATIONS TO CONTROL EMISSIONS. AN
AIP. POLLUTION APPEAL BOARD IS ESTABLISHED TO HEAR APPEALS ON DECISIONS UNDER THIS ACT.
SOUTH AFRICA
LR(A)
"ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT NO. H5 OF 1965." GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINAIRE, NO. 1089. ?
EPA
ENGLISH 04/21/65 P3S 2U-72 ID* 01788A
ALSO AFRIKAANS
A NATIONAL AIR POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS ESTABLISHED TO ADVISE THE MINISTER OF HEALTH,
WHO IS TO IMPLEMENT THIS ACT, ON MATTERS RELATED TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL. AN AIR POLLUTION APPEAL
30AP.D IS SET UP TO REVIEW DECISIONS BY OFFICERS ENFORCING THIS ACT. THE MINISTER MAY APPOINT A
CHIEF AIH POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICES AND NECESSARY INSPECTORS. POLLUTING ENTERPRISES (LISTED IN
SCHEDULE II) MAY NOT BE OPERATED, ALTERED OR EXPANDED WITHOUT A REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OR
PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE CHIEF OFFICER, WHO MUST BE SATISFIED THAT BEST AVAILABLE
POLLUTION-CONTROL TECHNOLOGY IS EXPLOITED. HE MAY REQUIRE INSTALLATION OF MORE EFFICIENT DEVICES
BEFORE ISSUING A CERTIFICATE OR AT ANY LATER TIME. CERTIFICATION MAY BE DENIED TO A POLLUTING
ENTERPRISE LIKSLY TO CAUSE UNREASONABLE HARM TO THE COMMUNITY. OTHER PROVISIONS CONCERN
INSTALLATION OF FUEL BURNING APPLIANCES (EXCEPT IN DWELLINGS), REGULATION OF INDUSTRIES CAUSING
DUSI POLLUTION, AND CONTROL OF MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS.
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MR
S007H AFRICA
LR(A)
SOUTH AFRICA
L3 (A)
"APR. 2, 1971 REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CONTROL OF EXHAUST FUMES FROM
DIESEL-DRIVEN VEHICLES . . . ." GOVERNMENT 3AZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, N.
EPA
ENGLISH OV02/71 PGS U2-U3 ID* 01788B
ALSO AFRIKAANS
THESE REGULATIONS, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH UNDER SECTION 39 (1) OF THE ATMOSPHERIC
POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT, 1965, PKOHIBIT THE OPERATION OF A DIESEL-DRIVEN MOTOR VEHICLE IN
CERTAIN AREAS IF THE EXHAUST FUMES PRODUCE A READING HIGHER THAN 70 WHEN MEASURED ON A
UARTRID3S-B.P. SMOKE METER IN THE PF.ESCRIB2D MANNER. THESE REGULATIONS, AS HELL AS PROVISIONS IN
IKS ACT WHICH DEAL WITH MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS (PART V), ARE MADE APPLICABLE IN THE BLOEMFONTEIN,
DURBAN, JOHANNESBURG AND CAPE TOWN MUNICIPALITIES.
"JULY 5, 1968 REGULATION OS INCLUSION OF PROCESSES IN THE SECOND SCHEDULE OF THE
ATHOSPHEKIC POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT, 1965." GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, N. 2179.
EPA
ENGLISH 1C/OU/68 PGS 12-15 ID* 01788C
ALSO AFRIKAANS „
TdlS REGULATION, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH UNDER THE ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION PREVENTION
ACT, 1965, EXPANDS THE LIST OF CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES IN SCHEDULE II OF THE ACT TO
INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL 25 TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES. A SIMILAR REGULATION, ISSUED ON MAY 27,
1966, MADE THE OPEEATION OF POWER STATIONS BURNING SOLID FUELS A CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.
SOUTH AFRICA
LR (A)
"JULY 5, 1968 REGULATION ON EXTENSION OF DEFINITION FOR NOXIOUS . . . GAS--
ATMOSPH3RIC POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT, 1965." GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, N. 2179.
EPA
ENGLISH 1C/OU/63 PGS 11 13* 01788D
ALSO AFRIKAANS
THIS REGULATION, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH UNDER THE ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION PREVENTION
ACT, 1965 (NO. U5), EXPANDS THE DEFINITION OF "NOXIOUS OP OFFENSIVE GAS" TO INCLUDE: FUMES
CONTAINING IRON, NICKEL, ALUMINUM, MAGNESIUM, MOLYBDENUM, TITANIUM, TUNGSTEN, SELENIUM, POTASSIUM,
SODIUM, SILICON AND CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS AND ITS COMPOUNDS; CAR30S MONOXIDE, ACETYLENE AND BENZENE;
AMINES, PYHIJINE AND ITS DERIVATIVES; POLYCYLIC HYDROCARBONS; SMOKE, 3RIT AND DUST.
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AIR
SOUTH AF5ICA
Lr (A)
SPAI.J
LF(A)
"JULY 19, 1968 DECLARATION OF CONTROLLED AREA UNDER PART II OF ACT NO. "5 OF
1965 (AIB POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT)." 30V. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, N. 2179.
EPA
ENGLISH 1G/n4/68 PGS 12 ID* 01788E
ALSO AFRIKAANS
THIS REGULATION, ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH UNDER SECTION 8 OF THE ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
PREVENTION ACT, 1965, HAKES PART II 0? THAT ACT, DEALING WITH CONTROL OF NOXIOUS GASES, APPLICABLE
TO THE 5NTI32 REPUBLIC.
"NOV. 30, 1961 DECREE APPROVING THE REGULATION ON TROUBLESOME, UNHEALTHY,
HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS INDUSTRIES," REPERTORIO CRONOLOG, DE LEGIS.
EDITORIAL AHANSADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH 00/00/61 PGS 1U16-1U23 ID* 01125A
WATER RADIATION NOISE SOLID WASTE GENERAL
THIS DECREE, ISSUED BY THrl PRESIDENCY, OBLIGES ALL INSTALLATIONS, ESTABLISHMENTS, ACTIVITIES,
INDUSTRIES OR BUSINESS, WHETHER PUBLICLY OB PRIVATELY OWNED, TO AVOID OPERATIONS THAT WOULD
ALTER IH2 NORMAL SANITARY AND HYGIENIC CONDITIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND HARM PUBLIC OP PRIVATE
TREASURES, PEOPLE OH PROPERTY. IT SETS COMPREHENSIVE STANDARDS TO PROTECT AIR AND WATER FROM
INDUSTRIAL HASTES IN SOLID, LIQUID, GASEOUS, CHEMICAL OR RADIOACTIVE FORMS. IT ALSO ESTABLISHES
STANDARDS TO CURB NOISE AND VIBRATING DISTURBANCES. A DETAILED ANNEX LISTS VARIOUS BUSINESS
ACTIVITIES AND CLASSIFIES EACH AS TROUBLESOME, UNHEALTHY, HARMFUL OR DANGEROUS. THE REGULATION
IS COMPLEMENTED BY A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN A MARCH 15, 1963 ORDER. THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE
TEXT Or THi DECREE FIRST APPEARED IN THE BOLET. OFIC. DEL ESTADO, APRIL 1 AND 2. 1963.
THIS DECREE WAS FURTHER COMPLEMENTED BY A DECREE ISSUED ON AUG. 16, 1968 ON THE APPLICATION
OF PUSLIC TAKEOVER OF TROUBLESOME, UNHEALTHY, HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS INDUSTRIES.
SPAIN
LF. (A)
"MAR. 15, 1963 ORDER CONTAINING COMPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ... REGULATION
ON TROUBLESOME, UNHEALTHY, HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS," REPERTORIO CRONOLOG, DE LEGIS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH 00/00/63 PGS 654-658 ID* 01125B
WATER RADIATION NOISE SOLID WASTE GENERAL
ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF GOVERNMENT; THIS ORDER COMPLEMENTS THE NOV. 30, 1961 DECREE
APPROVING THE REGULATION ON TROUBLESOME, UNHEALTHY, HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS INDUSTRIES. IT
CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS FOR INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES OF THIS NATURE ON OBTAINING LICENSES,
ADOPTING CORRECTIVE MEASURES, UNDERGOING INSPECTIONS, AVOIDING FINES FOR VIOLATIONS AND
REGISTERING WITH OFFICIAL AGENCIES. THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE TEXT OF THIS ORDER FIRST APPEARED IN THE
BOLET. OFIC. DEL ESTADO, GACETA DE MADRID, APRIL 2, 1963. AN AUG. 16, 1968 DECREE ON THE
APPLICATION OF PUBLIC TAKEOVER OF TROUBLESOME, UNHEALTHY, HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS INDUSTRIES FURTHER
COMPLEMENTS THE NOV. 31, 1961 DECREE.
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AIR
SPAIN
LR (i)
SPAIN
LR(A)
"AU3. 16, 1968 DECREE REGULATING APPLICATION OF PUBLIC TAKEOVER OF TROUBLESOME
HEALTHY, HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS INDUSTRIES," REPERTORIO CRONOL03, DE LE3IS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COHP. EPA
SPANISH 00/00/68 PGS 1631-1632 ID* 01125C
WATER RADIATION NOISE SOLID HASTE GENERAL
THIS DECREE, ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF GOVERNMENT, PLACES UNDER THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE 1961
REGULATION ON TROUBLESOME, UNHEALTHY, HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS INDUSTRIES (APPROVED IN A NOV. 30,
1961 DECREE) AND ITS COMPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED IN A MAR. 15, 1963 DECREE ALL ESTABLISHMENTS
STORES, INDUSTRIES, INSTALLATIONS AND ACTIVITIES WHOSE OPERATIONS ARB A POTENTIAL THREAT
TO THE HYGIENE AND SAFETY OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THEY MUST COMPLY HITH THE REGULATION OR RISK
PUBLIC CONTROL. THE DECREE ESIABLISHEX PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW IN THE EVENT THAT THE STATE OB ANY
OF ITS AUTONOMOUS AGENCIES DIRECTLY INTERVENE IN SUCH ACTIVITIES. JURISDICTION OVER SUCH MATTERS
IS -5IVEN BY THE DECREE TO MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, THE PROVINCIAL COMMISSION FOR TECHNCIAL SERVICES,
AND THE CENTRAL SAFETY COMMISSION. THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE TEXT OF THIS DEC5EE FIRST APPEARED
IN THfc BOL3T. OFIC. DEL ESTADO, SEPT. 19 AND 20, 1968.
"JUNE 21, 1968 ORDER APPROVING THE REGULATION OP USAGE OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FOR
HEATING AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES," REPERT09.IO CRONOLOj, DE LH3IS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH CC/CO/68 PGS 1148-1152 13* 01126A
IHIS 02D3R, ISSUED FROM THE MINISTRY OP INDUSTRY, SETS STANDARDS FOR THE USE OF PETROLEUM
PRODUCTS FOR HEATING AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES TO AVOID DANGERS IN THE HANDLING OF
HYDEOCAR30N5. UHDEH ARTICLE FIVE, THE ORDER ESTABLISHES NCRMS FOR CHIMNEY AND SMOKESTACK
CONSTRUCTION TO PREVEN TAIR POLLUTION. THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE TEXT OF TH2 ORDER FIRST APPEARED IN
THE 30LBT. OPIC. DEL ESTADO, JULY 3, 1968.
SPAIN
LR (A)
"NOV. 7, 1968 DECREE ON MEASURES TO PREVENT AIR POLLUTION BY CEMENT FACTORIES,11
RilPERTORIO CRONOLOG. DE LE3IS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH 00/00/68 P3S 1909-191C ID* 01127A
THIS DECREE, ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR CEMENT PLANTS TO
FOLLOW IN OR&ER TO PREVENT THSIR POLLUTING THE ATMOSPHERE BY SMOKESTACK EMISSIONS OF SOLID
PARTICLE AND uAS MIXTURES. THE DECREE SETS FORTH TECHNCIAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH MUST BE MET BY EACH
PLANT AND, IN ADDITION, PRESENTS A SYSTEM OF FINES FOR VIOIATORS. THE FINE'S AMOUNT IS DETERMINED
BY THE GRAVITY OF THE OFFENSE, THE ECONOMIC STANDING OF THE FIRM, THE DANGEK POSED TO THIP.D PARTIES
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR REPETITION OF OFFENSES. IN THE EVENT OF A REPETITION, THE COUNCIL OF
MINISTERS, AJ THE REQUEST OF THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, CAN ORDER A CLOSE-DOWN OF A CEMENT FACTOFY'S
KILNS. TH£ SPANISH-LANGUAGE TEXT OF THIS DECREE FISST APPEASED IN THE BOLET. OFIC. D5L ESTADO,
NOV. 23, 1968.
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AIR
SPAIN
LF(A)
"JAN 17, 1969 ORDER CREATING THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COHHITTES ON PROBLEMS OF
AIR POLLUTION," HEPERTORIC CEONOLOGU. DE LEGIS.
KDITORIAL ARANZADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH OO/CO/69 PCS 140 IDf 01128A
THIS ORDiiR HAS ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND CREATES THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY
COKMITTEE ON PROBLEMS OF AIR POLLUTION WHOSE FUNCTION IT HILL 3E TO STUDY POLLUTION OF THE AIR
CAUSED BY PARTICLES AND FUMES DISCHARGED BY FACTORIES, HOMES AND AUTOMOBILES. THE COMMITTEE HILL
BE SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED TO ENUMERATE CONTAMINANTS, DETERMINE THEIR DIFFUSION IN THE AIR, DEVELOP
TECHNIQUES AMD METHODS TO MEASURE POLLUTION, AND STUDY PREVENTATIVE AND CORRECTIVE MEASURES. THE
COMMITTEE'S MEMBERSHIP IS DETAILED IN ARTICLE THO. THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE TEXT OF THIS OSDEP FIRST
APPEARED IN THE BOLET. OFIC. DEL ESTADO, JAN, 22, 1969.
SPAIN
LR(A)
"REGULATION NO. 15 ON STANDARDIZATION OF VEHICLES HITH SPARK-IGNITED MOTORS
AND EMISSIONS OF CONTAMINATING GASES," REPERTORIO CSONOLOGY. DE LEGIS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH
00/00/70 PGS 1232-1245
,ID» 01129A
THIS REGULATION HAS ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF
FIRST TIME IN T.HE BOLET. OFIC. DEL h'STADO OF JULY
AGREEMENT OF MARCH 20, 1958 THAT ESTABLISHES NORMS
NATIONS OF STANDARDIZATION OF AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND
AUGUST 11, 1961.
REGULATION NO. 15 SETS DOHN THE TECHNICAL AND
AUTOMOBILE MOTORS AND APPLIES TO THEIR EMISSION OF
MOTORS FOR VEHICLES HITH TWO 03 THREE HHEELS HHOSE
AND/OR WHOSE MAXIMUM VELOCITY IS LOHER THAT FIFTY
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND APPEARED PUBLICLY FOR THE
29, 1970. I? IS AN ANNEX TO THE GENEVA
AND RECIPROCAL RECOGNITION AMONG THE SIGNATORY
EQUIPMENT. SPAIN SIGNED THE 1958 AGREEMENT ON
MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR STANDARDIZING
CONTAMINATING GASES. IT PROVISIONS EXCLUDE
MAXIMUM WEIGHT IS BELOH FOUP HUNDRED KILOGRAMS
KILOMETERS PER HOUR.
SPUN
LR(A)
"AUG. 6, 1970 AGREEMENT OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION HITH THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA," REPERTORIO CRONOLOG. DE LSGIS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COHP. CONP.
SPANISH 00/00/70 PGS 1972-1976 IDI 01130A
HATER SOLID HASTE PESTICIDES RADIATION NOISE GENERAL
THE AUG. 6, 1970 AGREEMENT OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION BETHEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN
WAS ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND APPEARS IN THE BOLET. OFIC. DEL ESTADO, SEPT. 26,
1970. IT ESTABLISHES AREAS OF BILATERLA COOPERATION THAT INCLUDE CULTURE, EDUCATION, SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE, ECONOMY, INFORMATION AND DEFENSE. CHAPTER FOUR, ENTITLED
"COOPERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND URBAN PROBLEMS," DEFINES THE AREAS OF MUTAL CONCERN AS:
CONTAMINATION IN ALL FORMS, ESPECIALLY OF AIR, HATER AND SOIL; ECOL'OGY AND ANIMAL CONSERVATION; AND
URBAN PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING NOISE' REDUCTION. PRACTICAL METHODS OF COOPERATION
INCLUDE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND EXPERTS, DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTERS, AND
TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS. THE AGREEMENT, EFFECTIVE ON SEPT. 26, 1970, HILL BE ADHERED TO FOR A
FIVE YEAR PERIOD AND MAY BE RENEHED FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS UPON AGREEMENT OF THE SIGNATORY
NATIONS.
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AIR
SPAIN
LR(A)
"APRIL 13, 1972 DECREE CREATING THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNHENTAL COMMISSION FOR
THt ENVIRONMENT," HEPERTORIO CRONOL0.5. DE LE3IS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COHP. EPA
SPANISH OC-/00/72 PGS 919-920 ID* 01131A
WATEP SOLID WASTE PESTICIDES RADIATION NOISE 3ENERAL
IHIS DECREE, ISSUED PROH TH2 PRESIDENCY, CREATES A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION FOR
THE ENVIRONMENT, TO CONSIST OF THE HEADS OF VARIOUS SPANISH MINISTRIES, THAT WILL COORDINATE ALL '
GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE DECREE ESTABLISHES,
AT THE SAME TIME, THE INTERHINISTE5IAL COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT TO ACT AS A SUPPORTIVE BODY
FOR PROGRAMS UNDERTAKEN BY THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION. THE INTERMINISTERIAL COMMIS
SION HILL CONSIST OF FOUR SPECIALIZED COMMITTEES: FOR THE DEFENSE OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT; FOR THE
FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION; FOR TH£ FIGHT AGAINST WATER POLLUTION; AND FOR THE DEFENSE OF NATURE. THE
SPANISH-LANGUAGE TEXT OF THIS DECREE FIRST APPEARED IN THE BOLET. OFIC. DEL ESTADO, APRIL 13 AND
1U, 1972.
SWAZILAND
LE (A)
MAY 22, 196U CONTROL OF RADIO-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS.
EPA
jiNGLISH CO/00/61* PGS 1-17 ID# 0182UA
*RADIATION WATER
SWEDSN
?H(B)
MILJOVAR3SPROBLEM VID PETROLEUMINDUSTRI (ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY). PUB. 1972:12
NATIONAL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD EPA
SWEDISH 00/OC-/72 P3S 1-167 ID* 01975A
SUMMARY IN ENGLISH
HATER NOISE
THIS PUBLICATION, ONE OF SEVZHAL DEALIN3 WITH POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF
INDUSTRY, RESULTS FROM AN INVESTIGATION CARRIED OUT BY A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS FROM THE
SWEDISH PETROLEUM-REFINING INDUSTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD. IT REVIEWS THE PRESENT
SITUATION IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY, CONSIDERING POLLUTION CAUSED BOTH BY EMISSIONS FROM REFINERY
PSOJESSES AS WELL AS BY WASTE WATER EFFLUENTS. PRESENT METHODS OF DEALIN3 WITH BOTH WATER AND
AI? POLLUTION PROBLEMS ARE THEN CONSIDERED AS WELL AS POSSIBLE WAYS OF FURTHER IMPROVING THE
SITUATION UITH RE3AHD TO BOTH FORMS OF POLLUTION. THE FINAL SECTION EXTENDS THE DISCUSSION TO
NOISE PROBLEMS IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY.
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AITi ?OLLUTION ACROSS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES. THE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF
SJLFUE IN AIR AND PRECIPITATION
SWED2N. MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN iFFAIPS AND OF AGRICULTURE EPA
3N3LISH C8/00/71 P3S 1-96 ID# 01030A
THIS STUDY, PR3PARED BY THE SWEDISH PREPARATOHY COMMITTEE FOR THE U.N. CONFERENCE ON THE
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT, FOCUSES ON THE EFFECTS OF SULFUR EMISSIONS FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
AND SHEP.JY PRODUCTION. THE STUDY ANALYZES THE EFFECT OF TWO TYPES OF SULFUR POLLUTANTS: SULFUR
POLLUTANTS IN THE Ala AND THEIR EFFECT ON HEALTH, MSTALS, AND SULFUR DIOXIDE DAMAGE TO VE3ETATION;
AND ACID DEPOSITION AS IT AFFECTS SOILS, LAKES, RIVERS, AND FOREST PRODUCTIVITY. IT ESTIMATES THE
COSTS AND iFFiCTS OF TH2SE THO POLLUTANT TYPES IN QUANTITATIVE TERMS FOR THE YEARS 1982 AND 2000.
THE STUDY CONCLUDES THAT A REDUCTION WELL BELOW PRESENT LEVELS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SULFUR
EMITTED 15 NEEDED TO PREVENT DAMAGE CAUSED BY ACID DEPOSITS, AND THAT TO LIMIT DAMAGE TO HUMAN
HEALTH, THE MONTHLY AVERAGE SHOULD BE LESS THAN O.C5 PPM. THE STUDY AVEES THAT SULFUR EMISSIONS
AKE AN INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM AND URGES INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.
SWEOiN
3T( )
SHi.D3S«S CASE STUDY FOR THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON
THh liUH&N ENVIRONMENT
BOLI3, BEST AND OTHERS
ENGLISH C3/CO/72 PGS N.P. IDf
COVERS NORTH3RN EUROPE
EPA
01035A
THIS VOLUME CONTAINS 13 INDIVIDUALLY PAGINATED REPORTS CITED IN A CASE STUDY TITLED "AIR
POLLUTION AC20SS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES - THE IMPACT OF SULFUR IN AIR AND PRECIPITATION," PUT TOGETHER
3Y THE SWEDISH PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE U.N. CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT. BASED ON AN
EXTENSIVE LITERATURE SURVEY AND ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION, THESE TECHNICAL REPORTS, EACH WITH A
SUMMARY AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY, DISCUSS THE ATMOSPHERIC SULFUR CYCLE IN NROTHERN EUROPE, SULFATE AND
ACIDIC P2ECIPITATION IN NORTHERN EUROPE, SULFATE AND ACIDIC PRECIPITATION EFFECTS OF SULFUR
POLLUTANTS, LONG-TERM CHANGES IN THE PH OF HATER SOURCES AND IN THE CHEMISTRY OF SOILS, LOW-COST
METHODS ?OR SEDUCING SULFUR-DIOXIDE AND EMISSIONS, FUTURE T3ENDS AND THE NEED FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
ON SULFUR IN THE AIS AND ITS PRECIPITATION.
SWITZERLAND
LE(A)
"F£B 7, 1972 GUIDELINES ON EMISSION LIMITS FOR INCINERATORS." BUNDESBLATT,
NO. 15
EPA
GERMAN Oi»/m/72 P3S 1096-98 IDI 01317A
SOLID WASTE
THES2 GUIDELINES, ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
FEDERAL CL3AN AIR COMMISSION, APPLY TO INCINERATORS OF ANY SIZE FOR BURNING OF: DOMESTIC HASTES;
WASTES CONTAINING ONLY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL REFUSE; AND RESIDUES FROM
PUBLIC SEWAGE PURIFICATION PLANTS. NOT COVERED ARE INCINERATORS USED PRINCIPALLY FOR BURNING
INDUSTRIAL WASTES OR WASTES FROM HOSPITALS, ETC. INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS STIPUALTE, AMONG OTHER
THINGS: THAT REFUSE MUST BE STORED AND BURNT IN A MANNER SUCH AS TO PREVENT DAMAGE OR ANNOYANCE
BY SMOKE, DUST OR ODOR; THAT FLUE GAS MUST BE BURNT OUT; AND THAT INCINERATORS MUST BE EQUIPPED
WITH CHIMNEYS. ALSO STIPULATED ARE THE AMOUNTS OF DUSTS PERMITTED TO BE PRESENT IN INCINERATOR
WASTE GASES. LIMITATIONS ARE ALSO PLACED ON THE OPEN BURNING OF REFUSE OR THE BURNING OR REFUSE
IN DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL FURNACES.
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13
AIR
SWITZERLAND
LR(A)
SWITZERLAND
LB(A)
"FEB. 7, 1972 GUIDELINES ON 2HISSION LIMITS FOS FIREPLACES."
3UNDESBLATT, NO. 15
EPA
01318A
GEBMAN
04/14/72 P3S 1099
[D*
THES3 GUIDELINES, ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
F2DERAL CLEAN AIR COMMISSION, APPLY TO ALL TYPES OF FIREPLACES. THEY STIPULATE THAT ONLY DRY WOOD
OP CHAaCOAL MAY BE BURNT IN FIREPLACES AND SXPBESSLY FOSBID THE BURNING OF PAPER AND REFUSE.
WITH REAGSD TO FIR£PLACE CONSTRUCTION, IT IS STIPULATED THAT FIREPLACES MUST BE CONSTRUCTED IN
SUCH A WAY THAT SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS OF F5ESH AIP. ARE ADMITTED AT THE SAME TIME THAT AIL FUMES
AP.E CARRIED OFF THROUGH THE CHIMNEY AND THAT NO POLLUTION OF INT2RIOR AIP TAKES PLACE.
"FEB. 7, 1972 GUIDSLINES OK EMISSION LIMITS FOE DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL
FURNACES." BUNDiSBLATT, NO. 15
EPA
GERHiN 04/14/72 PGS 1089-1094 ID* "1319A
TUESE JUIDELIH2S, ISSUED 5Y THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR ON THE.RECOMMENDATION OF
THE FEDERAL COMMISSION FOR CI»E4N AIR, APPLY TO HEATING FUFNACES AND FURNACES FOR PRODUCING STEAM,
HOT WATER OR ELSCTRICIIY, WHICH EMPLOY LIQUID, SOLID OP. GASEOUS FUELS. THE* DO NOT APPLY TO
INSTALLATIONS IN WUICH SOLID, LIQUID OR GASEOUS HASTES AFE USED AS FUEL OS *N WHICH 300DS ARE
PROCESSED THROUGH DIBECT CONTACT WITH FURNACE WASTE GASES. VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE GUIDELINES
DEAL HIT!!: FURNACE SIZS JUDGED IN TERMS OF FUEL CONSUMPTION CAPACITY; CHIMNEY DESIGN, ESPECIALLY
WITH aEvJAKD TO EXHAUST APEF.IURfi; AND EMISSION LIMITS IN TERMS OF FUHNAC2 CAPACITY AND TYPS OF
FUEL USED. AN APPENDIX DETAILS METHODS AND TESTING PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING FUEL QUALITY.
SWITZ2KLAND
LR(A)
'TU2 FED2RAL CONSTITUTION." DISPOSITIONS DU DHOII FEDERAL APPLICABLES A LA
PROTECTION DE L'ENVIRONMENT
SWITZERLAND. FSD23AL OFFICE FOB ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
FRENCH 08/TO/72 P3S 1-4 ID* C1360A
WATSE NOISE RADIATION
THiS SOURCE REPRINTS SECTIONS OF THE TEXT OF THE SWISS FEDERAL CONSTITUTION AND FEDERAL
LEGISLATION P3PIINEH? TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. ARTICLE 22 OF THE CONSTITUTION HAS MARGINAL
IMPLICATIONS IN THAI IT AUTHORIZES TH2 CONFEDERATION TO SXPttOPIATE PROPERTY OR RESTRICT ITS USE
IN THE PUBLIC INTE33ST. ARTICLE 24 GRANTS TO THE CONFEDERATION LEGISLATIVE PREROGATIVES IN THE
PROTECTION OF GROUND AND SURFACE WATt-RS, WITH EXECUTION LEFT TO THE CANTONS. THIS ARTICLE ALSO
AUTHORIZES THE CONFEDERATION TO ISSUE DIRECTIVES ON PROTECTION AGAINST THE DANG2RS OF IONIZING
RADIATION. ARTICLE 24 ALSO GIVSS THE CONFEDERATION THE RIGHT TO LEGISLATE ON MATTERS DEALIN3 WITH
THE PROTECTION 0? MAN AND HIS iNVIPOHHENT, PA3TICULAP.LY AS REGARDS AIP POLLUTION AND NOISF., WITH
tXECUTION INCUMBENT ON THE CANTONS UNIE3S A PARTICULAR LAW PEST3ICTS EXECUTION TO THE FEDERAL
JOV2HHH3ST. OTH5R ARTICLES BEAR PEoIPHERALLY ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THEY AFE CONCL3NSD WITH
THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS, THE REGULATION OF TRANSP03TATIOK, AND PURE FOOD LEGISLATION.
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AIR
SWITZERLAND
Lfi(A)
SWITZERLAND
LR(A)
"DEC. li, 1958 FEDERAL LAW OH HIGHWAY THAFFIC." DISPOSITIONS DU DROII FEDERAL
APPLICAiiLES A LA PROTECTION DE L1SNVIRONEMENT
SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
FRENCH C8/00/72 PGS 5 ID* 01361A
NOISE
THIS SOURCE, SUSMARIZING SWISS FEDE5A7, LEGISLATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT, REPRODUCES THOSE
AR7ICLZS OF TiiE MARCH 13, 195U FEDERAL LAW OH HI3HWAY TFAFFIC THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION. ARTICLE 8 PROVIDES THAT THE FEDERAL COUNCIL MAY ISSUE DIRECTIVES OS THE CONSTRUCTION
AND EQUIPPING OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES AND THEIR TRAILERS WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE
PREVENTION OF NOISE, SMOKE, ODOR AND OTHEr. NOXIOUS AND DISAGREEABLE EFFECTS.
"MARCH 13, 196U FEDERAL LA303 LArf." DISPOSITIONS DU DEOIT FEDERAL APPLICA3LES
A LA PROTECTION DE L' ENVIRONMENT
SWITZERLAND'. FEDERAL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
FRENCH C3/00/72 PGS 4-5 ID* 01362A
NOISE
THIS SOURCE, SUMMARIZING SWISS FEDERAL LEGISLATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT, REPRODUCES THOSE
ARTICLES OF THZ MARCH 13, 196U FEDERAL LABOR LAW THAT ARE AT LKAST MARGINALLY APPLICABLE TO
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AS IT CONCERNS THE WORK ENVIRONMENT. ARTICLE 6 OF THIS LAW OBLIGES
EMPLOYERS TO PROTECT THE LIFE AND HEALTH OF TH5I? EMPLOYEES AND SHELTER NEIGHBORING AREAS FROM
THE NOXIOUS AND DISAGREEABLE EFFECTS OF THE ENTERPRISE BY TAKING ALL PRECAUTIONS THAT THE STATE
OF TECHNOLOGY PERMITS, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PARTICULAR OPERATION. EMPLOYERS ARE ALSO
REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THEIR OPERATIONS AND WORK PATTERNS SO AS TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS, ILLNESSES, AND
FATIGUE. ARTICLE 7 OBLIGES WORKERS TO ASSIST THEIR EMPLOYERS IN CARRYING OUT MEASURES TO
PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND REDUCE ACCIDENTS. ARTICLE 8 OF THE FEDERAL LABOR LAW REQUIRES THAT
PRIOR TO IHL CONSTRUCTION OR MODIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION PLANS BE SUBMITTED
TO PUS CANTON GOVERNMENT FOR APPROVAL. FEDERAL AND CANTON?L REGULATIONS MUST FIRST BE MET.
SH1T2EHLAND
LR(A)
"DECEMBER 10, L970 SWISS CIVIL CODE." DISPOSITIONS DU DROIT FEDERAL APPLICABLES
A LA PROTECTION 02 L1ENVIPONEMENT
SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
FRENCH 08/03/72 PGS H ID* 01363A
NOISE
THIS SOURCE, SUMMARIZING SWISS FEDERAL LEGISLATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT, REPRODUCES THOSE
ARTICLES OF THE DECEMBER 10, 1970 SWISS CIVIL CODE PERTINENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRAINT. ARTICLE
68fc BINDS PROPRIETORS IN THE EXERCISE OF THEIR FIGHTS OF HNERSHIP, ESPECIALLY IN INDUSTRIAL
EXPLOITATION ACTIVITIES, TO REFRAIN FROM ANY EXCESSES TO THE DETRIMENT OF NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
PARTICULARLY FORBIDDEN ARE SMOKE AND SOOT EMISSIONS, DISAGREEABLE EXHALATIONS, NOISES AND
VIBRATIONS HAVING A DAMAGING EFFECT OR EXCEEDING TOLERABLE LIMITS. ARTICLE 679 PERMITS SUITS
AT LAW AGAINST PROPRIETORS WHO HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR OWNERSHIP RIGHTS IN THIS CONTEXT BY THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN A33RIEVED OR THREATENED BY THOSE EXCESSES.
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AI5
SWITZERLAND
LE (B)
"EXHAUST REGULATIONS SUBSTANTIALLY INTENSIFIED IN SWITZERLAND."
5UEDDF.UTSCHE ZEITUNa
EPA
GERMAN 11/27/73 PGS 28 ID* 01999A
TiilS ARIICLZ PSPOKTS ON HEW EXHAUST GAS REGULATIONS POP. MOTOR VEHICLES ANNOUNCED BY THE SWISS
FEDEEAL MINISTRY OP JUSTICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 197U. THE NEW REGULATIONS ARE
INTENDED TO EFFECT AS MUCH A3 A FIFTY PERCENT REDUCTION IN HARMFUL EXHAUST COMPONENTS SUCH AS
HYDROCARBONS AND CAR30N MONOXIDE. ACCORDING TO TH2 REGULATIONS, BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 197« NEW
!10TOR V3HICL23 WILL BE LICENSED ONLY IF THEY MEET STANDARDS SET DOWN IN THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION
FOK EUROPE'S REGULATION 15 ON UNIFIED REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF EXTERNAL I3NITION MOTOR
VEHICLES KITH REGARD TO THE EMISSION OF AIR POLLUTING GASES. THE REGULATION REQUIRES THREE
DIFFERENT EXHAUST T2STS: A TEST ON A CHASSIS DYNAMOMETER; A MEASUREMENT OF CARBON MONOXIDE
£MI3SIONS UNDER IDLING CONDITIONS; AND AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVES OF THE BURNING OF
UN3URNT GASES HSCYCLED FROM THE CRANKCASE.
SWITZERLAND
"AIR POLLUTION." NEUE ZU2RCHER ZEITUNG
3RANDJ2AN, E., AND OTHERS
GERMAN 03/13/72 PGS 25-23
ALSO L3B 37-39
EPA
ID* 00965A
iHIS SECTION OF THE NEWSPAPER "NEU2 ZUERCH2R ZEITUNG" CONTAINS A SERIES OF ARTICLES AND
JATA ON THE AI? POLLUTION PROBLEM IN SWITZERLAND AND ON THE WORLD SCENE AS A WHOLE. MAJOR TOPICS
DZALT WITH ARE: THE PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION, METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE AIR
POLLUTION PROBLEM, AIR MONITORING, DUST MEASUREMENT, SPECIFIC AIR POLLUTATNS (SULFUR DIOXIDE,
NITROGEN DIOXIDi,, CARBON MONOXIDE, FORMALDEHYDE, EASILY LIQUEFIABLE HYDROCARBONS), AIR POLLUTION
OUTSIDE OF SWITZERLAND, THRESHOLD VALUES, THE DETOXIFICATION OF AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST 3ASES, THE
3LI1INATIOS OF MEPCUF.Y FROM EXHAUST GAS3S, FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO THE RECIPROCATING ENGINE,
AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH WITH SP2CIAL REFERENCE TO LONDON, MORTALITY, AND PROSPECTS AND SOLUTIONS.
ZAMBIA
LMA)
"ACTIONS FOR SMOKE DAMAGE (PROHIBITION), 1959," AS AMENDED (CAP. 327).
Til2 i,AtfS OF ZAMBIA.
EPA
2NoL:Sd CO/00/71 P3S 1-7 ID* 01819A
~.HS AC? AUTH03IZ3S THE DESIGNATED MINISTER TO ENTER INTO "SMOKE AGREEMENTS" WITH OPERATORS
OF HIN2S ANJ METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES WHEREBY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC INDEMNIFIES
jiNTSiiPRISES WITHIN A "SMOK2 AREA" AGAINST DAMAGES ARISING FROM ESCAPE OF GASES, FUKES OR SKOKE.
OPHRAIOR3 OF INDEMNIFIED ENTERPRISES ARE REQUIRED TO USE ALL REASONABLY PRACTICABLE METHODS AND
PROCESSES TO MINIMIZE ESCAPE OF GASES, FUMES OR SMOKE LIKELY TO CAUSE DAMAGE, AND GENERALLY, TO
TAKH EV55Y SEASONABLE PRECAUTION TO PREVENT DAMA3E OR NUISANCE ARISING FROM OPERATION OF THE
i'KTEaPEISE.
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
VODMI H03PODAH3TVI, RADA A (SiATER MANAGEMENT, SERIES A)
NOVAKOVA, JIRINA, ED.
CZ3CH 10/00/72 PGS 2U1-272 ID*
*WAT3fi
EPA
C0797A
EUROPEAN COHhUKIIIiS
"EUROPEAN COaaimiY." SURVEY OF CURRENT AFFAIRS, V. 3, HO. 9
3RIIISH INFORMATION SERVICE EPA
ENGLISH 09/00/73 PGS 354-359 IDt 01699A
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES THE PROGRAM OF ACTION THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY HAVE
SET FOilH FOR THEMSELVES IN THE 1970'S, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS. THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
ADOPTED ON JULY 18, 1973 AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM. IT CALLS FOR MEASURES TO PREVENT OR REDUCE THE
ILL EFFECTS OF POLLUTION AND NUISANCE; TO INSURE THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND TO
MAINTAIN THE BALANCE OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT ALONG LINES CONSISTENT WITH
COGNIZANCE OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF WORKING CONDITIONS; TO PLAN GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVITIES AND POPULATION, ALONG WITH TRANSPORT FACILITIES, IN ORDER TO COUNTER
THE DdTRIKENTAL IMPACT OF CONGLOMERATION; AND TO COLLABORATE WITH STATES OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN
COIldUNITY IN THE SEARCH FOR JOINT SOLUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OCCASIONED BY ECONOMIC
GROWTH. TH2 ARTICLE OUTLINES WORK TO BE UNDERTAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THESE GOALS.
FINLAND
"AUGUST 16, 1958 BUILDING ACT NO. 370." SUOMEN ASETUSKOKOELMA, V. 1958
EPA
FINNISH 08/16/58 PGS 930-953 ID* 011 16A
THIS ACT AND THE BUILDING STATUTE BASED ON IT CONTAIN REGULATIONS THAT GIVE TO GOVERNMENT
AUTHORITIES AT THE TIME BUILDING PERMISSION IS UNDER CONSIDERATION THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW
THZ BUILDING PLANS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO BEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
FINLAND
LE(A)
"AUGUST 27, 1965 PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. NO. U69." SUOMEN ASETUSKOKOELMA, V. 65
EPA
FINNISH 08/27/65 PGS 1033-46 ID* 01117A
AIR WATER NOISE
THIS ACT REQUIRES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT FACTORIES, INSTALLATIONS, AND STORES CAPABLE OF
IMPAIRING TrlE ENVIRONMENT BE LOCATED ONLY AT SITES APPROVED BY THE HEALTH BOARD UNLESS THE SITE
HAS BEcN RESERVED FOR SUCH FACILITIES IN SITE-DEVELOPMENT PLANS. THE HEALTH BOARD MAY IMPOSE
CONDITIONS TO ITS APPROVAL, SUCH AS REQUIRING THE APPLICANT TO TAKE CERTAIN MEASURES TO PREVENT
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE OS TO MONITOR CONTINUOUSLY ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE OPERATION OF
HIS FACILITY. THE HEALTH ACT ALSO CONTAINS PROVISIONS REGULATING DRAINAGE AND BASTE DISPOSAL.
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GENERAL
PRANCE
PH(A)
FRANCE
PM(A)
"MARCH 1, 1974 DECREE ON THE DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT."
JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
EPA
FRENCH 03/02/7H P3S 2419 ID# 01912A
ALSO LRA
THIS DECREE BY THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE NAMES, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PRIME MINISTERS,
NEW MEMBERS OF THE 30VESNMENT (MINISTERS AND STATE SECRETARIES). AMON3 THOSE NAHES ARE ALAIN
PEVREFITTE AS MINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT (REPRESENTING A FUSION OF TWO
PREVIOUSLY INDEPENDENT MINISTRIES) AND PAUL DIJOUD AS HIS STATE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
"MARCH 15, 1974 DECREE NO. 74-243 OH THE DUTIES OF THE MINISTER OF CULTURAL
AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT." JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA RSPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
EPA
FRENCH 03/16/74 PGS 304C ID* 01912B
ALSO LRA
THIS DECREE BY THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE ASSIGNS TO THE MINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE
ENVIRONMENT THE EXERCISE OF THOSE DUTIES PREVIOUSLY EXERCISED BY THE MINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
AND BY THE MINISTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES
PREVIOUSLY SUBORDINATE TO THESE MINISTERS ARE PLACED UNDE" THE AUTHORITY OF THi? NEW MINISTER.
THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE NEW SINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT ARE EACH
RESPONSIBLE IN TllEIR RESPECTIVE SPHERES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS DECREE.
FRANCE
PM(A)
"MARCH 15, 1974 DECREE NO. 74-244 ON THE DUTIES OF THE STATE SECRETARY FOR
THi ENVIRONMENT, ASSIGNED TO THE MINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT." JOURNAL OFFIC,
EPA
FRENCH 03/16/74 PGS 304C-41 ID* 01912C
ALSO LRA
THIS DECREE BY THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE ASSIGNS TO THE STATS SECRETARY FOH ?H2 ENVIRONMENT THE
RESPONSIBILITIES, UNDER THE AUTHORITY AND DELEGATION OF THE MINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE
ENVIRONMENT, PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED TO THE MINISTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
TO CARF.Y OUT HIS DUTIES, THE STATE SECRETARY HAS AT HIS DISPOSAL THE SECRETARIAT GENERAL OF THE
HIGH COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, THE OFFICE (DIRECTION) FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION AND
NUISANCES, OFFICE (DIRECTION) ?OF. THE PROTECTION OF NATURE, THE DEPARTMENT (SERVICE) OF 3ENERAL
AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION, PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND THE MISSION
FOF THE URiiAN AND RURAL ENVIRONMENT, WHICH ARE ALL PLAC£D UNDER HIS AUTHORITY. THE STATE
SECRETARY HAS THE AUTHORITY FROM THE MINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT TO SIGN
IN HIS NAME ALL ACTS, DRECREES, AND DECISIONS WITHIN THE LIMIIS FIXED BY THIS DECREE.
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•3ENE3AL
FRANCE
PN(A)
PRANCE
LE NOUVEL ORGANIGEANME DU MINISTERS DE L1ENVIRONMENT, FEVRI32 197U
(NEW ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THS MINISTRY OF THE ENVIOPNMENT, FEBRUARY 197U)
EPA
FRENCH 02/00/7U PGS 1 IDi 01912D
THIS ORGANIZATIONAL CHART SHOWS THE HIERARCHY Of ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICES IS THE MINISTRY CF
CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT (HEADED BY THS MINISTER ALAIN PEYR2FITTE AND THE S1AIE
SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT PAUL DIJOUD), OUTLINING THE NAJ05 OFFICES AND GIVING THS NAKE OF
THE MAJOR OFFICIALS. THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBDIVISIONS COMING UNDSR THE STATE SECRETARY ARE:
SECRETARIAT GENERAL OF THE HIGH COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, OFFICE (DIRECTION) FOR THE
PREVENTION OF POLLUTION AND NUISANCES, OFFICE (DIRECTION) FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE, THE
DEPARTfiENI (SERVICE) Of GENERAL AFFAIRS (ADMINISTRATION, BUDGET, PLANNING), DEPARTMENT (SERVICE)
OF INFORMATION, PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND THE MISSION FOP. THS URBAN AND
RURAL ENVIRONMENT.
"ENVIRONMENT: ORGANIZATION AT THE DISPOSAL OF TH3 FOHKEP MINISTER WILL BE.
UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF M. DIJOUD." L2 KONDE
EPA
FRENCH 03/13/71* ?GS 35 IDf 01912E
ALSO L5B
THIS NEiiS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE NEW STATS SECRETARY FOE THE ENVIRONMENT PAUL DIJOUD WILL
EXERCISE AUTHORITY OVER THE DEPARTMENTAL OS3ANIZATION OF TH3 FORMER MINISTER FOR THE PROTECTION
OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. HIS STAFF HILL PREPARE RESOLUTIONS THAT HILL BE SUPPORTED IN THE
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS BY THE MINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE STATE
SECRETARY SEEKS TO ASSURE THOS3 WHO FESL THAT ENVIRONMENTAL INTERESTS HAVE BEEN SHORT-CHANGED
THAT THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MINISTER FOE THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT BY A
STATE SECRETARY DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A DOWNGRADING OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
TWO LETTESS TO THE EDITOR A3E APPPENDED TO THE ARTICLE; THEY EXPRESS THIS CONCERN.
FRANCE
P«(A)
"DISAPPEARANCE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
LE HONOR
BALLET, ETIENES
FRENCH OU/07/7U P3S 3
NATURE AND CONCRETE."
ID#
EPA
01912F
THIS EDITORIAL, COMMENTING ON THE COMBINING OF CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS UNDER ONE
MINISTRY, EXPLORES THE ADVANTAGES AND DRAWBACKS OF THE RESHUFFLING OF PORTFOLIOS IN THE FRENCH
CABINET, WHETHER THE MOVE REPRESENTS A DOWNGRADING OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES OR WHETHEP IT
STRENGTHENS THE POSITION OF THE NEW MINISTRY VIS-A-VIS MORE POWERFUL MINISTRIES.
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GENERAL
FRANCE
PM(A)
"M. DIJOUD: I WILL NOT TOLERATE INDISTRIALISTS' USING THE ENERGY CRISIS AS
A PRETEXT." LE HONDE
AMBROISE-REHDU, MARC EPA
FRENCH 03/29/74 PGS 13 ID* 01912G
AIR NOISE RADIATION
THIS ARTICLE CONSISTS OF REPLIES BY THE NEW SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL, PAUL
DIJOUD, TO QUESTIONS ASKED 3Y THE STAFF OF "IE MONDE." THE QUESTIONS AND REPLIES COVER, AMONG
OTHEE TOPICS, THE SECRETARY'S ROLE IN TH2 NEW MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS,
THE EFFECT OF THE ENERGY CRISIS, PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS, AND NOISE SUPPRESSION.
THE SECRETARY SEES NO SUBSTANTIVE FUSION IN THE COMBINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
INTO ONE MEW MINISTRY. HIS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ARE THE SAME AS THOSE EXERCISED
3Y THE FORMER MINISTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND HERE SPECIFICALLY
ASSIGNED BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE REPUBLIC. THE SECRETARY STATED THAT OBLIGATIONS OF
INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS UNDER THE LAW WILL BE ENFORCED DESPITE THE ENEH3Y CRISIS, WITH THE PRIME
MINIST£3 AND THE PRESIDENT DETERMINED TO REDUCE AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION. NOISE SUPPRESSION IS
DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF MULTIPLICITY OF SOURCES. INDIVIDUAL, NOT BLANKET MEASURES HILL BE TAKEN.
5ATT
pa (A)
LA LUTTE COSTRE LA P'OLLUTION INDUSTRIELLE ET COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL
(INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE)
U.N. GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE EPA
FRENCH 07/00/71 PGS 1-29 ID# 01901A
ALSO SE
THIS PAPER, PUBLISHED BY THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) AS PART OF THAT
BODY'S INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE SERIES, OUTLINES THE EFFECTS THAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEASURES THAT
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES MIGHT TAKE TO COMBAT POLLUTION COULD HAVE ON THE COMPETITIVE STATE OF THE
INDUSTRIES AFFECTED AND ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE. IT ALSO EXAMINES THE
LATITUDE OF ACTION THAT THE 78 3ATT MEMBER STATES HAVE IN THE ANTI-POLLUTION SPHERE, GIVEN THEIR
OBLIGATIONS TO PROMOTE TRADE ON A NON-DISCRIMINATOPY BASIS. DIVIDED INTO SIX PARTS, THE PAPER
SETS FORTH ITS MAIN HYPOTHESIS, ANALYZES THE SOCIAL COSTS INVOLVED IN THE POLLUTION FIGHT, LISTS
HAYS TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE COSTS, AND SETS FORTH CERTAIN GATT CONSIDERATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS. THE
LATTER TOUCH UPON PRODUCT STANDARDS, COST-PRICE DIFFERENCES OCCASIONED BY ANTI-POLLUTION OUTLAYS,
THE POSSIBILITY OF RELOCATING CERTAIN INDUSTRIES IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS AND THE CONSEQUENCES, AND
THE PF.03ABLS NEZD FOR GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY OF KEY INDUSTRIES IN THEIR ANTI-POLLUTION ACTIVITIES.
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3ENE3AL
GERMAN DEM R£?
GERMANY,FED KEP OF
PM(A)
"JANUARY 3, 1972 NOTICE CONCERNING THE FORMATION OF MINISTRIES." GESETZBLATT
DSR DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN 8EPUBLIK, ?T. II, NO. 2
EPA
G3RMAN 01/18/72 P3S 18-19 IDf 01913A
ALSO LRA
THIS NOTICE ESTABIISHES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MINISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND
riATER (RESOURCES) MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVE JAN. 1, 1972. THE MINISTRY ASSUMES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF
ITS RESPONSIBILITIES THE WORK OF THE FORMER OFFICE OF WATER (P.ESOORCES) MANAGEMENT.
"PROJECT UMPLIS: ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING INFORMATION SYSTEM - FUNCTIONS AND
ORGANIZATION." UMWELT: FOHSCHUNJ, GESTALTONC, SCHUTZ, NO. 3
KUNZ, WERNER, AND HORST HITTEL EPA
GERMAN 07/00/73 PGS 43-U7 ID* 01871A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES AND EXPLAINS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF UMPLIS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
INFORMATION SYSTEM CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED BY THE WEST GERMAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE CHIEF
PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM IS TO COORDINATE INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MANY DIVERSE
ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE, INVOLVED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AREA. THE SYSTEM IS THUS
PLANNED TO FUNCTION LESS AS A OATA BANK THAN AS A MEANS OF DIRECTING PERSONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE
INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, TO ALREADY AVAILABLE INFORMATION SOURCES OR TO ORGANIZATIONS
WOFKING IN THIS AREA. IT IS HOPED, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT UMPLIS MAY ASSIST IN INDICATING TO
RESEARCHERS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THOSE AREAS IN WHICH OVERLAPPING WORK IS BEING DONE AND THOSE
WHICH A5E 3EING NEGLECTED. THE AUTHORS DISCUSS THE CENTRAL SWITCHBOARD SYSTEM OF UMPLIS AND
THE VARIOUS SUBSYSTEMS PLANNED TO KEEP ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND APPROACHES TO
THE3 AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON, INTER ALIA, ENVIRONMENTAL DATA BANKS, RESEARCHERS, AND PLANNING.
GERMANY,FED SEr OF
PM(A)
"BOARD OF EXPERTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTION."
3£5HANY,FED REP OF, FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY
GEESAN 01/27/72 PGS 1-3
ALSO L3A
UMWELTSCHUTZ, NO.
EPA
ID* 01971A
10
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES AND REPRODUCES THE TEXT OF THE DECEMBER 28, 1971 ORDER ESTABLISHING A
BOARD CF EXPERTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS IN THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR. THE BOARD,
CONoISTINU OF HO MORE THAN 12 MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE CHIEF ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS, IS TO
PERIODICALLY APPRAISE THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE FEDERAL
REPUBLIC AND TO ASSIST THE PUBLIC AND ALL AUTHORITIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN
A8KIVING AT DECISIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS. THE BOARD IS FURTHER EMPOWERED TO EVALUATE THE .
CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION AND THE DIRECTIONS IN WHICH IT IS DEVELOPING AND TO CALL ATTENTION
TO UNDESIRABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENTS AND SUGGEST POSSIBILITIES FOR AVOIDING OR ELIMINATING
TriEH. THE INTERIOR MINISTER IS AUTHORIZED TO REQUEST THE BOARD TO PREPARE EXPERT OPINIONS ON
SPECIFIC SUBJECTS. THE ORDER ALSO CONTAINS FURTHER DETAILS ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD, ITS
LEADERSHIP, ITS MEETINGS AND THE MANNER OF REPORTING ITS FINDING.
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GERMANY,FED REP OF
ST( )
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21
USSELT; FORSCHING, GESTALTUN3, SCHUTZ (ENVIRONHEN1
PROTECTION), NO. 3
RESEARCH, ORGANIZATION,
GERMAN
ALSO PMA, LEd S3
SOLID WASTE AIR
07/00/72 PCS 1-72
ID*
EPA
00980A
THIS ISSUE OF "UMWELT: F03SCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ," (ENVIRONHENT: RESEARCH, ORGANIZATION,
PROTECTION) FEATUKSS AN ARTICLE ON THE UN CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IN STOCKHOLM AMD
32PRINT5 T.-1E CONFERENCE'S "DECLARATION ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT." THE STUTTGART TECHNICAL FAIR ON
tHi; ENVIRONMENT IS ALSO REPORTED ON. DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTES ARE TREATED IN ARTICLES WHICH
COMPARE THE COMPOSTING METHOD FAVORABLY WITH METHODS OP INCINEPATION AND FILTRATION AND DISCU3S
THE RECYCLING OF HOUSE HASTES. TWO ITEMS ON AIR POLLUTION TREAT (1) THS ELIMINATION OP CHLOPIN.MED
CARBOHYDRATES BY INCINERATION AT SEA, AND (2) REMOVAL OF FLUORINE FROM EXHAUST GAS. OTHER ARTICLES
TPEAT: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AS A COMMUNITY AND POLITICAL PROBLEM; EFFECTIVE PENAL SANCTIONS
AGAINST POLLUTION; ScSSARCH, PLANNING AND MODELS FOR THE FUTURE IN THE dNVISOSMENTAL FIELD; AND THE
EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET'S ADVERSE REACTION TO THE WEST 3ESMAN -3ASOLINE LBAD LAW OF AUGUST'S, 1971.
Lf. (A)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION*COUNCIL DECREE, 197U (N.K.C.D. 239)
EPA
ID* 01822A
ENGLISH
00/00/7tt P3S 1-6
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COUNCIL, ESTABLISHED 3Y THIS DECREE, IS RESPONSIBLE F02 ADVISING
THE uOVEHNMSMT ON ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT. IT IS TO COORDINATE ACTIVITIES OF
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BODIES CONCE3SSD WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, AND TO CONDUCT RESEARCH, AT THE REQUEST OF IHE GOVERNMENT OR ON ITS OWN
INITIATIVE, RSLAT2D TO IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND rlATHTAINING A SOUND ECOLOGICAL BALANCE.
WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, THS COUNCIL IS TO ENSURE THE OBSERVANCE OF
PSOP2R ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS IN PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF ALL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING
THOSE ALHEADY IN EXISTENCE. tNVIKONMESTAL REGULATIONS APS TO 3E MADE BY THE COMMISSIONED FOK
SCOHOMIC PLANNING OH THE ADVICE OF THE COUNCIL. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AF.E APPOINTED BY THE
GOV^iNKENT AND MUST INCLUDE R-??.E3ENTATIV£S OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND OTHER MINISTRIES,
TKE ATIOtNEY-GENEF-AL'S OFFICE, AND TH£ COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH.
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GENERAL
-5REAT BRITAIN
ST( )
SUF.ViY OF MEF.CUSY IN FOOD. rfOP.KING PASTY ON THE MONIT03ING OP FOODSTUFFS FOR
H-iftCURY AND OTHER HEAVY METALo, FIRST PEPOPT.
GREAT BRITAIN. MINISTRY OF AGF.ICULTUSE, FISHERIES, AND POOD EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/71 PGS 1-33 ID» C1627A
TrilS R&PORT WAS ISSUED BY THE WORKING PARTY 0» ?HE >,ONITC5ING OF FOODSTUFFS FOR MEF.CUFY AND
OIHZH H£AVY METALS, WHICH WAS S2T UP ?0 DETERMINE THE AMOUNTS OF MERCURY AND CERTAIN HEAVY METALS
IN FOOD IN Trie. UNITED KIN3DO« AND PEP03I TO THZ PHARMACOLOGY SUBCOMMITTEE AKD THE FOOD ADDITIVES
AND CONTAMINANTS COMMITTEE OF THE DEPT. OF AGPICULTUFE, FISHZF.itS AMD FOOD. THZ REPORT, ON MERCUSY
EXPLAINS TH3 MERCURY MONITORING PROGRAM, INCLUDING ITS BACKGROUND AND AIMS, THE FOOD SELECTED TC 3E
MOKITOt.ZD, ANJ THE ANALYTICAL METHODS USED. THE RESULTS AND AN APPRAISAL THEREOF ARE THtN JIVEN.
THE 3EPOF.I CONCLUDED THAT: THE AVERAGE CONSUMES TAKES IN HOT MOP.E TtiAN T2N MICSOGRAKS OF KERCUSY
PFF. DAY; MOST FOODS HAVE LITTLE OR NO TRACES OR MERCURY'; AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS IN FISH ?.ND
SHELLFISH, THOU3H LOW, ARE HItJHSh THAN IN OTHE? FOODS; PERSONS ENDANGEEBD WOULD BE THOSE WHO
£AT LARGE QUANTITIES OF FISH FROM CERTAIN COASTAL AKEAS rfHERE CONCENTRATIONS ARE HI3H3S. APPENDICES
PEE3EN1 THE DATA OS MERCURY CONCENTRATION GATHSEED IN THE COURSE OF THE SURVEY.
HONDURAS
LR (A)
"APF. 22, 1969 ORDER NO. U7(; HEALTH REGULATIONS FO? ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT .--
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION, V. 20.
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, UN, COMP. EPA
ENGLISH C6/00/71 P3S K1-VJ6 ID* C1703A
WATER SOLID WASTE AIR
IHi.S£ REGULATIONS VEST IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION DIVISION, AUTHORITY TO MAKE RULES AND CONDUCT INSPECTIONS RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL
IMP30VEM5NT. AMONG THE RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED TO X:1E DIVISION ARE: SANITARY CONTROL OF
HAIHR FO?. HUMAN CONSUMPTION, SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS,
COLLECTION ASD DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTES, jiNVIRONMESTAL CONDITIONS IN REGARD TO HOUSING AHD
COMME2CIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, AIR POLLUTION AND OTHER HAZARDS, DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN
AND RURAL CENTERS, AND INDUSTRIAL AND LAB05 HYGIENE. SPECIFIC CHAPTERS AND TITLES DEAL WITH
THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY. THESE REGULATIONS ARE E^FOSCED BY HEALTH INSPECTORS.
SANCTIONS AR3 PROVIDED FOR VIOLATIONS. THE OFFICIAL TEXT APPEARS IN LA GACETA, NOS.
19.908-19-934, JAN 2227, 1970.
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GENK7.AL
HUNGARY
LH (A)
"HAY 16, 1972 ORDINANCE, NO. 6 ... FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT
ORDINANCE NO. 13 ON THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ... SERVICE." INT DIG OF HLTH LEG
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS 805-8C8 ID* 01972A
THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE ASSIGN TO THE AGENCIES OF THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND EPIDKMlOLOGICiL SUPERVISORY SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSEEING INSTRUCTIONS DESIGNED TO
PREVENT Or. ABATE SANITARY EPDIKIOLOGICAL HAZARDS AND OF TAKING NECESSARY MEASURES TO ACHIEVE
THIS END. AMONG TH2SE MEASURES AHE THOSE TO BE TAKEN FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE SOIL AND AIR
AGAINST POLLUTION AND FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CLEAN HATERS; THOSE DEALING WITH NOISE AND OTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCES AND WITH RADIATION-fiMITTING SUBSTANCES; AND MEASURES TO PROTECT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS CONTAMINATION. THE S3RVICS IS DIRECTED, ADMINISTERED AND
CONTROLLED BY THE CHIEF STATE SANITARY AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INSPECTOR, WHOSE FUNCTIONS ARE TO
PROPOSE SOLUTION S OF PROBLEMS TO THE MINISTER OF HEALTH, TO INSTITUTE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS,
70 COKSELAiE THL WORK OF THE SUBORDINATE AGENCIES, TO MAKE DECISIONS ON TECHNICAL HATTERS, AND TO
INTEKVI.N2 IN ALL CASES LEGALLY WITHIN HIS JURISDICTION. (MAGYAR KOZLONY, HAY 16, 1972)
INDIA
LP. (A)
"THE CANTONMENTS ACT, 192U" (NO.
UNFEP2ALiiD CEKTP.AL ACTS, V. 2
CHITALSY, D.V. AND S. APPU RAO
ENGLISH Ol/Cli/69
WAT3F SOLID WASTE
11). THE A.I.S. (ALL INDIA REPORTER) MANUAL
FGS 35-1U6
ID*
EPA
01927A
THi CANTONMENT BOARDS, GOVERNING BODIES FOR MILITARY DISTRICTS, ARE AUTHORIZED TO REGULATE
OPERATIONS LIKELY TO CAUSE NUISAKCES, INCLUDING DANGEROUS OR OBNOXIOUS TRADES, DRAINAGE AND
S£«EFAGJ: WORKS, ACTIVITIES CAUSING POLLUTION OF DRINKING HATER, AND BURIAL AND BURNING GROUNDS.
THE oOAPDS A3£ OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE FOS SAFE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE, RUBBISH, SOLID WASTES AND OTHER
OFFENSIVE BATTLE. CESSPOOLS AND RECEPTACLES FOS FILTH MUST BE MAINTAINED SO AS NOT TO POLLUTE
WATERCOURSES OE CAUSE A NUISANCE. DISPOSAL OF FECAI MATTER, EU3BISH 08 CORPSES IN A MANNER
CAUSING A NUISANCE IS ALSO PROHIBITED. THE BOARDS MAY HAKE Bi-LAWS TO IMPLEMENT THIS ACT.
ISRAEL
LF. (A)
"2NVIROSMENT AND THE LAW IN ISRAEL."
A5POAD, V. 13
TEFLO, ZVI
iNGLIS!! 00/OSV73 P-5
AIP
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN ISRAEL AND
11-2U
ID*
EPA
0185UB
THIS ARTICLE ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN ISRAEL ANALYZES IMS CRIMINAL CODE ORDINANCE, THE TOWN
PLANNIt'J LA«, AND ESPECIALLY THE 19b1 ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES LAW. IT PROBES IN PARTICULAR A CASE
tfiiESi TiiL COURTS «2RE ASKED TO HAVE THE MINISTER CONCERNED SHOW CAUSE WHY HE HAD NOT FULFILLED HIS
DUIY UN DEE SECTIONS 5 AND 7 OF THS NUISANCE ABATEMENT LAW OF SETTING AIR QUALITY STANDARDS.
IN =2VI2«ING THIS AND OTHER CAS23, THR AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN
OF.Di?.. ENABLING LEGISLATION SHOULD NOT BE PRESENTED 10 THE PARLIAMENT (KNESSET) UNLESS
SIMULTANEOUS ??EPA?ATION OF IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS HAVE BF.EN MADS. MORE DETAILED NORMS SHOULD
32 INCLUDED IN THE LAWS THEMSELVES. LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS SHOULD HAVE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
FUFTlitt, WHaN FEASIBLE, LEGISLATION SHOULD AIM CONCURRENTLY AT ELIMINATING NUISANCES NOT ONLY AT
THE CONSUMER bUT ALSO AT THS PRODUCER LEVEL. TAXATION SHOULD DE EXPLORED AS AN INCENTIVE FOR
IMPROVED INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES. HE ALSO ADVOCATES ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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GENEPAL
ISRAEL
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN ISRAEL
I5FASL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE
EW3LISH 12/16/73 P3S 1-6
AIR HATE3 NOISE
EPA
ID# 01908A
THIS DOCUMENT, THE TEXT OF A LECTURE flY URI MA5.INOV, DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SEi.VICE, ON DEC. 18, 1973 TO TH5 THIRD HOBLD CONGSF.SS OF ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS, SUMMARIZES
iHVISONHSNTAL QUALITY IS ISRAEL. IT PRESENTS INFORMATION ON THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
ISRAELI ENVIRONMENT (POPULATION 3RCWTH, HIGH DENSITY, URBANIZATION, INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION, AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION), AND ON THE ISRAELI APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN
IKE ARiiAS OF WATER, AIR, FOOD, AND NOIS3 POLLUTION, AND PHYSICAL PLANNING. THE INITIAL ATTEMPTS
OF Il-iJi GOVEP-NMSNT TO COPE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PP03LEMS ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL ARE DESCRIBED SUCH AS
THE CPEATION OF THE ISRAELI NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON THE BIOSPHEPE AND ENVIRONMENT AND LATER THE
COMMITTEE OF DIRECTORS-GENERAL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. THE GREATER PART OF THfi LECTURE IS
DEVOTED TO THE CREATION (MARCH 20, 1973) AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE.
THE S^I-.VICE'S PBOGRAM IS OUTLINED AS ABE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL PLANNING 6 BUILDING BOARD.
PAGE
2U
ISRAEL
?H(A)
"THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ISRAEL NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON BIOSPHERE AND
ENVIRONMENT." TAKEN FROM BIOSPHERE III, 1
TAMIR, M.K. JOSEPH EPA
ENGLISH 10/OV73 PGS 1-2 IDt 01909A
THIS ARTICLE, EXCERPTED FROM BIOSPHERE HI/1 (OCT. 1973) AND AMONG FACT SHEETS IN AN
INFORMATION PACKET DISTRIBUTED BY THE ISRAELI ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE, SUMMARIZES THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ISRAELI NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON BIOSPHEPE AND ENVIRONMENT TO THE KNESSET. THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NON-PARTISAN COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENTARY MEMBERS ON ECOL03Y IN 1970 MARKED THE
3TA3T 0? COOPEP.ATION BETWEEN THE KNESSET AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES. LATER A KNESSET COMMITTEE
ON IH£ ENVIRONMENT WAS SET UP. WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INCBE, BILATERAL COMMUNICATION HAS
FSALIZiD BETWEEN HEaBEHS OF THE COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE KNESSET. THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES THIS
COOPERATION AND THE EFFORTS OF INCBE ON BEHALF OF THE KNESSET. THE AUTHOR, CHAIRMAN OF THE
KNESSET COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, CONCLUDES THE ARTICLE BY STATING THAT HE PERSONALLY
FAVORED A SEPAP.ATE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THAT HE REGARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
SBVlaONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE PENDING CREATION OF A HIGHER LEVEL BODY.
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GENERAL
ISRAEL
PM(A)
ISPA3L
9H(3)
"TOW ABO A. SUMMARY Of INCBE ACTIVITIES." TAKEN ?POM BIOSPHERS III, 1
AHIRAN, DAVID EPA
ENGLISH 10 /no/7 3 PGS 1-2 ID* C1910A
THIS ARTICLE, EXCERPTED FROM BIOSPHERE HI/1 (OCT. 1373) AND AMONG PAPEPS DISTRIBUTED IN AH
INFORMATION PACKET BY THE ISRAELI ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE (EPS) , DISCUSSES THE
ORGANIZATION AND WORK OP THE ISRAELI NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON THE BIOSPHERE AND ENVIRONMENT (INCBE) .
HHILK THE ORGANIZATION OF INCBE REFLECTED A CONSERVATIVE AND SIMPLISTIC APPROACH TO PROBLEMS OF
THE ENVIRONMENT, IT HAS OF DECISIVE SIGNIFICANCE ALONG WITH THE KNESSET COMMITTEE ON THE
ENVIRONMENT IN MAKING THE PUBLIC AWAF.E OF THE U.-.oEFT NEED 10 PROTECT ENVIRONMENT QUALITY. IT
IS TO 5E ASSUMED, THE AUTHOR CONTINUES, THAT THE FOUNDATIONS FOR CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN
GOVERNMENTAL BODIES AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS - SUCH AS THE HSBRSW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM WHICH
iiAS REPRESENTED IS THE INCBE - WILL BE REI!1?OF.CED THFO'JGH ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NtH EPS.
TOWN PLANNING AND SNVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. PAST I. REPORT 0? THE C01MITTEF ON
ntS£»3CH IN THE SOCIAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS 0? TOWN PLANNING
ISSAEL. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR PESSiRCH AND DEVELOPMENT SPA
iNGLISK 12/00/73 P.53 1-135 ID* •'•1963A
NOISE
THIS SjiPORT, PREPARED BY THE COMMUTES ON BFSEA3CH IN THr. FUNCTOIONAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF
TOMS PLANNING, DISCUSSES THE TRADITIONAL 2NVIRONMENTAL ISSUE OF CLIMATE, HOISE, .\ND URBAN OPSN
SPACES. THE CHAPTER ON CITY PLANNING ASD UP.BAN ACOUSTICAL QUALITY COVERS DISTURBANCES CRF.AT2D BY
KOIS2, SrASDARDS FOR ACOUSTICAL QUALITY REQUIRED 3Y DIFFERENT URnAN AF.EAS, THE EFFECT OF VAPIOUS
PLAJHIMJ FACT033 ON CONDITIONS OF UHBAH NOISH, TSAFFIC NOISZ, FUNCTIONAL PLANNING OF TRAFFIC, AND
METHODS OF IMPHOVIN3 THE ACOUSTICAL ENVIRONMENT. THE CHAPTER ENUMERATES PFCOMHENDATIONS FOP
INSURING IMPPOVEHtNT IN URBAN NOISE CONDITIONS BY HSANS.OF CITY PLANNING. (THE REPORT IS IN
HEBREW W;TH AN EXTENSIVE ENJLISH-LANGUAOE SUMMARY AND OUTLINE OF ITS CONTENTS.)
SPAIS
LE(A)
"NOV. 30, 19o1 DECREE APP30VIK3 THE REGULATION ON TROUBLESOME, UNHEALTHY,
HASaFUL AMD DANaEHOUS ISDU3T3IES," REPEETORIO CPONOL03, DE LEGI3.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH 00/00/61 PGS 1ii16-1t23 ID* 01125A
*AIR WATER RADIATION NOISE SOLID WASTE
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GENS^AL
SPAIS
"MAR. 15, 1:163 ORDER CONTAINING COMPLEMENTARY IJJSTF.ilCTIONS TO TriS ... REGULATION
OH TPOU3LESU1E, UNHEALTHY, HARMFUL AND DAN3EROU5," FEPE3TOSIO CRONOLOG, D3 LE3IS.
EDITORIAL ASANiAJI, CONP. EPA
SPANISH V/C//63 PGS 65U-658 ID# 011258
*AI? rfATEH RADIATION NOISE SOLID WiSTS
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SPAIN
IP. (A)
"AUG. 16, 196d DECREE aSuULAIIKG APPLICATION 0? PU3LIC TAKEOVER OF THOU3LESOHE
HSALThX, HARHFUL AND OANJ£?.OII3 INDJ3TPIE3," PEP2PT03IO CSONOL03, t?. LE3IS.
JJDriOaiAL ASANinOI, COM?. EPA
SPANISH n~/"'P/fid PUS 1631-1632 ID» 01125C
*AIP. WATKa RADIATION NOISE SOLID (IASTE
SPAIN
L? (A)
"«Jo. o, 1970 AuEESSERT OF FaiENDS.ilP AND COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, ' P.F.PE3TORIO CRONOLOJ. DE L33IS.
KOITOKIaL hFAHZADI, COMP. COMP.
SPANISH OC/OC/7C P^S 1972-1976 10* M13^A
*AIS WATiJR SOLID WASie PE3IICIDSS FADIATION NOISE
SPAIN
"APRIL 13, 1972 DECREE CHEATING THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENTAL COMHISSION FOR
THc iNViaONHENI," REPERTORIO ORONOL03. DE LE3IS.
EDITORIAL J.RAN2ADI, CONP. EPA
SPANISH OC-/30/72 PGS 919-920 ID» C1131A
*AIP. WATER SOLID WASTE PESTICIDES FADIATION NOISE
THAILAND
LP.(A)
"SAY 7, 1J66 SANITATION DISTRICT AC? (NO. 2) "SOYAL THAI GOVERNMENT
190-192
IU:25SATIOSAL TRANSLATION, TRANSL.
ENoL.,31! 05/07/71*
WAT2H
EPA
ID« °.189i»A
THIS ACT REPEALS AND REPLACES SECTION 25 OF THE SANITATION DISTRICT ACT OF 1952. SECTION
25 OF THS NSW ACT SIAISS WHAT A SANITATION DISTRICT MAY DO WITHIN ITS AREA INCLUDIN3 PROVIDING
AND HAISTAININci LAND AND WATERWAYS, PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, PRESERVING
CLEANLINESS OF THE STREETS, PATHS AND PUBLIC PLACES, PROVIDING 3ARBA3E AND WASTE DISPOSAL,
PREVENTING AND STOPPING CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, ANJ PROVIDING CLEAN WAT2E AND PIPED WATER. THE
ACT ALSO STATES WUfiN A SANITATION DISTRICT MAY UNDERTAKE ACTIONS OUTSIDE ITS JURISDICTION AND
WHSH IT HAY PARTICIPATE WITH OTHEP PERSONS IN FORMING A LIMITED COMPANY OR HOLDING SHARES IN A
LIMITSD COMPANY.
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UNITiD NATIONS
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"STOCKHOLM i-NVIRONHENTAL CONFERENCE:
V. 27. NU. 2«
3INO"P., SEPP
G£5.tUN (
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PH (M
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28
"A. DIJ3UDJ 1 HILL NOT TOL2F.M2 INDUSTRIALISTS' USING THE ENERGY CRISIS AS
A PRiTi'XT." LE rfONDE
AHbKOlaS-rijINDU, 3ARC EPA
FSZNCH C3/2V7U PGS 13 ID» M912G
AIF. 3ADIATIOH
ISEAiL
it. (A)
H 13, 1951 ABAT£MENT OP NUISAKCES LAW." LAHS 0? THE STATE OP ISRAEL.
V. 15
ISsASL. .liNISTHlf OP JUSTICE, THANSL. EPA
SNULISH Of»/rtO/uC P3S 52-55 10* 0185UA
*AI5.
ISFA2Z,
Prt (A)
6NVI50NMEN1AL 'JUALITX IN ISRAEL
IS5AHL. tNVIRONKLNTAL PROTECTION SKKVICE
ENGLISH. 12/18/7 J PGS 1-6
*«tNtaAL Alfe HATEH
EPA
IDt 01903A
ISRAEL
TOWN PLANHIN-J AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. PART I. 3EPOPT OP THE COMMITTEE ON
RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF TOWN PLANNING
ISRAEL. NATIONAL COUNCIL F03 FESEA3CH AND DEVELOPMENT EPA
ENGLISH 12/00/73 PSS 1-135 ID* 01963A
*iii.Ni,P.AL
SPAIN
"NOV. 3'J, 1yo1 DECREE APPROVING TH2 a2GULATION ON TROUBLESOME, UNHEALTHY,
HAFWFUL AKD DAtlaS30US INDUSTRIES," S2PEF.TORIO CRONOLOJ, DE LE3IS.
EDITORIAL AF.AHZADI, COM?. EPA
SPANISH ^/OC/61 PUS U16-1U23 ID* 01125A
*AIF. WATER SADIATION SOLID HASTE GENERAL
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NOIS3
SPAIN
LH (A)
"MAR, 15, 1963 ORDER CONTAINING COMPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ... REGULATION
ON TROUBLESOME, UNHEALTHY, HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS," REPE3TORIO CRONOL03, DE LE3IS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH 00/30/63 PGS 65<*-658 ID* 01125B
*AIB WATER RADIATION SOLID HASTE GENERAL
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29
SPAIN
LR(A)
"AUG. 16, 1968 DECREE REGULATING APPLICATION OF PUBLIC TAKEOVER OF TROUBLESOME
H3ALTHY, HARMFUL AND DAN3EROUS INDUSTRIES," REPERTOSIO CRONOL03, DB LE3IS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH OC-/00/68 PGS 1631-1632 ID# 01125C
*AIR WATER RADIATION SOLID WASTE GENERAL
SPAIN
LP.(A)
"AUG. o, 1970 AGREEMENT OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION WITH THE UNITSD STATES OF
AMERICA," REPERTORIO CRONOLOJ. DE LEJIS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COMP. COMP.
SPANISH On/00/70 PGS 1972-1976 ID* 01130A
*AIP. HATER SOLID WASTE PESTICIDES RADIATION 3ENERAL
SPAIN
"APRIL 13, 1972 DECREE CREATING THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNHFNTAL COMMISSION FOP.
THE ENVIRONM3NT," REPERT08IO CSONOL03. DS LSGIS.
EDITORIAL AHANZADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH 00/00/72 PGS 919-920 ID* 01131A
*ilP. WATER SOLID WASTE PESTICIDES' RADIATION 3BNS3AL
SWED2N
PM (8)
HILJOVARDSPR03LEM VID PETROLEUMINDUSTRI (ENVIRONMESTAL PF.OBL3MS IN THE
PETPOLEU21 INDUSTRY). PUB. 1972:12
NATIONAL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD EPA
SWEDISH 00/OV7? ?JS 1-167 ID* 01975A
SUMMARY IN ENGLISH
*AIF. WATER
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?AG2
NOISi
SWITZERLAND
LR(A)
"IUi FEDERAL CONSTITUTION." DISPOSITIONS DU DKOIT FEDERAL APPLICABLES A LA
PROTECTION DE L'ENVIRONMENT
SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL OFFICE ?OP EMVIPONMcNTAL PROTECTION EPA
FRiiNCli Od/aO/72 P35 1-U ID* 0136TA
*AIR WATER RADIATION
5WITJ2F.LAND
LF. (A)
"DEC. 19, 1 95d FEDERAL LAW ON HIGHWAY TRAFFIC." DISPOSITIONS DU DF.OIT FEDERAL
APPLICAbLES A LA PROTECTION On L1ENVI30NEMFNT
SHI7ZE3LANO. FEDERAL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
FRENCH 08/00/72 P.JS 5 ID* 01361A
*AIP.
SWITZERLAND
LE (A)
"KAaCii 13, 196U FEDERAL LABOR LAW." DISPOSITIONS DU DF.OIT FEDERAL APPLICABLES
A LA PROTECTION DE L1ENVIPONSMENT
SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSOTECTlbN EPA
FRENCH 08/00/72 ?^3 U-5 ID* 01362A
*AIR
3WIT2EFLAND
LF. (A)
"DEC2H3ER 1C, 1,970 SWISS CIVIL CODE. •' DISPOSITIONS DU DROIT FEDESRL APPLICABLES
A LA PROTECTION DE L1ENVIROSEHENT
SWITZERLAND. FEDE9AL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
FRENCH Cd/t'0/72 PoS U I0# 01363A
*AIR
PESTICIDES
ALGESIA
LR(A)
"NOV. 9, 1967, ORDINANCE HO. 67-233 CONCERNING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CONTROL
OF PL^NT PROTECTION PRODUCTS FOR AJ8ICULTURAL USE." INT. DIG. OF HLTH. LEG., V. 19.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP. EPA
ENGLISH CO/00/68 PCS 567 ID* 0183UA
THIS ORDINANCE PROHIBITS THE HOLDING, SALS, EXPOSURE FOR SALE AND DISTRIBUTION, AND
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING OF COMMERCIAL PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS FOR AGRICULTURAL USE WHICH HAVE
NOT iEEN APPROVED OR FOR WHICH A PROVISIONAL SALES LICENSE HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY
OF AGRICULTURAL AND AGRARIAN REFORM. PRODUCTS THUS AFFECTED INCLUDE ALL COMMERCIAL PLANT
PROTECTION PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF PLANTS AND MATERIALS DERIVED FROM PLANTS,
PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS AND TRACE ELEMENTS, WHETHER SOLD SINGLY OR AS MIXTURES. THE MINISTER OF
AGRICULTURE AND AGRARIAN RSFOEM IS TO GRANT APPROVAL ONLY TO PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BFEN SUITABLY
TESTED UNDER HIS AUTHORITY. PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS CONTAINING TOXIC SUBSTANCES ALSO REMAIN
SUBJECT TO THE LEGISLATION IN FORCE ON THE MARKETING, HOLDING, AND USE OF POISONS. THE ORIGINAL
FRENCH TEXT OF THE ORDINANCE APPEARS IN JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE AL3ERIENNE DEMOCRATIQUE
ET POPULAISE, NOV. 17, 1967, NO. 94, P. K-02.
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
SS( )
PAGE
31
VODNI H03PODAHSTVI, RADA 3 (WATER MANAGEMENT, SERIES B)
NOVAKOVA, JIRIHA, ED.
CZECH 10/00/72 PGS 2H1-272 ID#
ALSO PM3
*WAT2H
EPA
C1798A
DOHIUICAN 3EPU3LIC
LK(A)
"MAY 22, 1968 LAW NO. 311 REGULATING . . . PRODUCTS FOR THE CONTROL OF ANIMAL
AND PLANT PESTS, PESTICIDES, HERBICIDSS AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS." FOOD 6 AGRICULTURAL LEG., V. 18.
FOOD & AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, UN, COMP. EPA
ENGLISH 09/00/69 PGS 1-6 ID# 01705A
THIS LAW REJULATINo THE MANUFACTURE, PROCESSING, PACKAGING, STORAGE, IMPORT AND
DISTRIBUTION OF, AND ALL TRADE IN INSECTICIDES, PRODUCTS FOR THE CONTROL OF ANIMAL AND PLANT
PESTS, PESTICIDES, HES3ICIDSS, AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS REQUIRES THAT EVERY PESTICIDE AND ITS
CONSTITUENTS WHICH ARE TRANSPORTED, DISTRIBUTED OH DISPLAYED FOR SALE MUST COMPLY WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT. SALS OF THESE PRODUCTS MAY BE AUTHORIZED ONLY BY THE STATE SECRETARIAT
FOE AGKI-CULTURE. TH£ LAW COVERS LABELING AND PACKAGING OF THESE PRODUCTS AND THEIR
RE.5TSTEATION. IF IT IS DISCOVERED THAT SUBSTANCS3 EXIST WHICH HAVE A SATISFACTORY LEVEL OF
ACTIVITY ANO ARE LESS DANGEROUS THAN AN ALREADY REGISTERED PRODUCT, THE SECRATARIAT IS
AUTHORIZED TO REQUIRE THAT THE MANUFACTURES OR IMPORTER MODIFY THE LATTER PRODUCT ACCORDINGLY.
HEALTH AUTHORITIES AKi EMPOWERED TO CONDUCT INSPECTIONS TO INSURE COMPLIANCE. THE OFFICIAL
IEXI APPEn.'-.a IN JACETA OFICIAL, JUNE 15, 1968, P. 3-11.
PIN LAND
VL3AKONTORJUNTA-AINEIDEN TS5VEYD2LLISIA VAIKUTUSKSIA TUTKINEEN TYORYHHAN
MliTINIO. (CONCLUSIONS OF THE STUDY PANEL ON HEALTH HAZARDS FROM HERBICIDE USE ON UNDERBRUSH)
IDAHPAAH-HZIKKILA, JUHANA, AND OTHERS EPA
FINNISH 00/OV73 P3S 1-69 IDS OC799A
SEPARATELY PAGINATED ADDENDA
THIS F.EPOST CONTAINS TH3 F3SULTS OF A STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE FINNISH MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO
STIoAIi, THE P2ASON5 FOR THE HI3H DISEASE RATE AMONG RAILROAD WORKERS ENGAGED IN THE CLEARING OF
UND-.;i!B?USH. THS STUDY FOCUSES JN HERBICIDES AS THE CAUSE. THE DETAILED REPORT COVERS THE
DEFINITION OF 7KE PROBLEM, PROCEDURES, CHARACTERISTICS AND EFFECTS OF THE HERBICIDE COMPOUNDS USED,
TOXIC FEATURES AND EFFECTS, EFFECTS OF PHSNOXY ON HUMAN HEALTH, CHEMICALS USED IN FINLAND FOR THE
ELIMINATION' OF UNOER3ROWTH, CON PAGINATION OF THE PREPARATIONS USED, THE QUESTIONNAIRE THAT THE
PAK.2L PSEPA33D ANO DISTRIBUTED, SWEDISH EXPERIENCES IN THIS SUBJECT AREA, UPINE SPECIMENS OF
PERSONS EXPOSED TO THE HERBICIDSS, AND A SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS A
3Ir,LIOGRAP.-!Y AND TWO APPENDIXES. ONt APPENDIX DEALS WITH THE PLAN OF THE STUDY AND THE COST
iSIIMAlES: THE OTH£S IS AN AUTHENTICATION OF THE CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF THE COMPOUNDS.
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N DZh :.£? "Di.C. 13, 1973 DIRECTIVE NO. 2 ON PLANT PROTECTION AGENT AND PESTICIDE
RaoIDOio III FOODSTUFFS." J2S2IZBLATT 0£H DEUTSCHES DEHOKP.ATISCHEN REPUBLIK, PT, I. HO. 3
EPA
L? (A) (JisMAN 31/2<*/7U PGS 27-3C 10* r-19COR
TiilS DIRECTIVE, AMENDIN3 AND REPLACING IN PART THE JUNE 28, 1971 DIRECTIVE ON RESIDUES IN
FOODSTUFFS, 3TATES THAT NEW PLANT PROTECTION AGENTS AND PESTICIDES NOT LTSTED IN THE APPENDED
SCHEDULES AND WHICh ARE TO Bt USED ON AGRICULTUPAL PRODUCTS DESTINED FOR HUNAN CONSUMPTION MAY
ONLY ut .2!li?LOYfci) AFTER DETERMINATION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TOLERANCE LEVELS BY THE MINISTRY OF
rtiALTH. ra£ TWO APPENDED SCHEDULES LIST A GREAT NUMBER OF PLANT PROTECTION AGENTS AND PESTICIDES
ALONG KITH ?HEIR TOLERANCE LEVELS 111 VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL AND PROCESSED FOODS: FRUITS, BERRIES,
V£G=:T«BL£S, DRAINS, FLOORS, PISH, EG3S, ETC.
3E?.iU>i DE.1 :-.e? "JLJNa 23, 1 J71 ORDER ON RESIDUES OF PLANT PROTECTION AGENTS AND PESTICIDES
IN FOODSTUFFS." 3ESETZBLATT DER DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN SEPUBLIK, PT. II, NO. 60
EPA
LP. (A) G3PHAN 08/11/71 PGS 526-528 ID* 019003
THIS OKDER BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH STIPULATES THAT FOODSTUFFS MAY NOT CONTAIN RESIDUES OF
?LAS? PROTECTION AGENTS AND PESTICIDES IN AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF THOSE SPECIFIED IN THE APPENDED
ANSEXia OF THIS 03029 (GENERAL TOLERANCE LIST AND TOLERANCE LIST FOR SPECIAL APPLICATIONS).
IXC3PTIONS TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS OROEB HAY BE GPANTED IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES ONLY WITH THE
APPROVAL OF THE MINISTER OF HEALTH. NE« PLANT PROTECTION AGENTS AND PESTICIDES NOT LISTED IN
THE ANNEXES 11AY ONLY BE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AFTEE A DETERMINATION
OF TU3IS TOLERANCE LEVELS BY THE INSTITUTE FOR PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH OP THE GERMAN ACADEMY
* OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES.
GERM\HY,F£0 :.i? Or "AUG 7, 1972 LAW ON TRAFFIC IN DDT (DDT LAW)." BUNDESGESETZBLATT , I.
EPA
LF(A) GEEHAN 08/1C/72 PGS 1385-87 ID* 00313A
THIS LAW PRuaiBITS THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, COMMERCIAL HANDLING,
ACQUISITION, OR U3£ OF DDT AND DDT PREPARATIONS. THE PROHIBITION DOES NOT, HOHEVER, EXTEND TO
SUCil PRODUCTS USCD EXCLUSIVELY FOR COHBATTING LICE, PHARAOH'S ANTS, OR BEDBUGS, NOR TO SUCH
PRODUCTS NOT INTENDED FOR USE: ON HUMANS OH OTHER VERTEBRATE ANIMALS; IN BUILDINGS STABLING
ANIMALS TO 3S US3D FOR FOOD; OR IN PLACES WHERE FOOD IS PRODUCED, HANDLED OB MARKETED, LABELING
PROCEDURES FOP SUCH PRODUCTS AHS SPECIFIED. THE FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICE IS ALSO, IN INDIVIDUAL
CASoS, AUTHORIZED TO WAIVE THE PROHIBITION, WHEN DDT IS TO BE USED FOR EXPERIMENTAL OR SIMILAR
PUFPOSiiS. THE FEDERAL MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY AFFAIRS IS, IN COORPERATION HITH THE
MINISTER FOR FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, EMPOWERED TO SET MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE QUANTITIES FOR
DDT IN MiAI AND COSMETICS. OFFENSES AGAINST THE LAW MAY BE PUNISHED BY FINES OH IMPRISONMENT.
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PESTICIDES
GERMANY.FED Hi.? OF
LH(A)
"DEC. 1, 1969, PIHST NOTIFICATION ON PERMITTED PLANT PROTECTION AGENTS."
SUPPLEMENT TO BUNDESANZEIGER NO. 15 (SUPPLEMENT 3/70)
EPA
GiF.UAN 01/23/70 PGS 1-16 ID* 00589D
THIS NOTIFICATION, ISSUED IS PURSUANCE OF THE MAY 10, 1968 PLANT PROTECTION LAB BY THE
P2STICIDES DIVISION OF THE FEDERAL BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, LISTS THOSE
SU35TAHCSS WHICH MAY BE USED AS PESTICIDES, SPECIFICS THE FORM IN WHICH THEY MAY BE USED, AND
LISTS THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF MANUFACTURES AND DISTRIBUTORS OF THESE PRODUCTS.
GUATEMALA
LE(A)
"JUL 11, 1Jt>8 ORDER TO APPROVE THE REGULATIONS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES."
INT. DIG. OF HLTH. LEGIS., VOL. 20.
rfOKLD H2ALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP. EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/69 P-JS 105-^7 ID« 01709A
TUIS OSD2F CONTAINS REGULATIONS APPLYING TO ALL ACTIVITIES CONNECTED WITH THE IMPORTATION,
MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, HANDLING, ST08AG£, UTILISATION, APPLICATION, SALE OF, AND ?=ADE IN
AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS OCCASIONALLY USED AS SUCH, AND THS PROTECTION
07 PHi HEALTH OF PERSONS LIABL2 HO BE EXPOSED TO THEIR EFFECTS. INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS DEAL WITH:
AUTHORIZATION AND REGISTRATION OF SUCH PRODUCTS; ANALYSIS CF PESTICIDES; LIMITATIONS ON
PRODUCTION, IMPORTATION, ETC. OF PSSTICID33; HANUFACTU22, IMPORTATION, UTILIZATION OF, AND
TPADE IN MACHINES AND EQUIPMSST USED FOa THS APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES; CONDITIONS TO 3E
SATISFIED BY PPcirtrSES AND INSTALLATIONS OF ENTERPRISES WHICH UTILIZE, MANUFACTURE OR SHPPLY
PESTICIDES; PRECAUTIONARY HSASUS'S AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SAFETY; ADVERTISING OF PESTICIDES;
AND PMIALTI3S. THE ORIGINAL SPANISH T£XT OF THIS ORDER APPEARS IN 2L JUATEMALTECO. DIARIO
OFICiAL, JULY 27, 1968, NO. 15, PP. 177-179.
tiuNG KON3
If. (A)
"AEPIL 14, 1970 PHARMACY AMD POISONS (AGFICULTUBAL POISONS) REGULATIONS."
INT. DIJ. OF HLTH. LEG., V. 24, NO. 2
WOfeLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMF. EPA
fiNJLISH 00/^0/73 PJ3 318 ID« ^ISoOA
1HE32 ccJULiTIONS, ISSUED BY THE uOVERNOP IN COUNCIL PURSUANT TO IH3 PHA3MACY AND POISONS
ODOih'ANCf., ?adSC?.I35 THAT NO ?£RSON MAY I.IPOEr, £XPOP.T, PUF.CHASE, SELL OR POSS5SS ANY
A.5EICULTJKAL POISON OTrfSRtfISi THAM IN CONFORMITY WITH A LICBNSS ISSUED 3Y THE DIRECTOR OF
AGiICULiUF.2 AND FISHERIES Oa r:la JIP.ECTO? OP COMHEP.CE AND IMDUSTHY. TME OFFICIAL VERSION OF THESE
= £o'Ji.AriOiJ3 APfZAHS IN THE HOSG KONG GOtfEEllH£NT GAZ3TTE, LE3AI S'JPPi3MENT NO. 2, V. 112, f.PHIL 17.
197J', P. &20).
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PE5TICIDS3
INDIA
LE (A)
"TK2 IKSSCTICrJJi'S ACT, 1J63" (HO. U6) . THE A. 1. 3. (ALL INDIA dSPORTEK)
MANUAL, -JHEEP*iL£D CENTRAL ACIS, V. 12
CHITALttY, D.V. AND 3. APPU a.AO EPA
CC/K'/71 ?js 871-392 ID#
THi CENIiUL JOVE2NH£Nf IS AUTH03IZ3U TO APPOINT A CENTRAL INSECTICIDES BOARD TO ADVISE ON
TECHNICAL MATTi3S ..ELATED TO CONTROL OF PESTICIDE USE. A REGISTRATION COMMITTEE, WHOSE MEMBERS,
OTH33 THAN Tilii CHAIRMAN, ARE APPOINTED BY THE 'JOV2F W.EtlT FEOM AMONG MEMBERS OP THE BOARD, IS
RESPONSIBLE FOF LICENSING PESTICIDES FOP MANUFACTUF.3 AND I1PORT AFTE? TESTING T.'IEM FOB SAFETY AND
LFF £CriVfiN23J. THE GOVERNMENT 15 ALSO AUTHORIZED TO APPOINT INSECTICIDE INSPECTORS WITH POWBRS
07 EHT5Y AND MAY SAKE 8SGOLATIONS ON PACKAGING, LABELING, "AHUf ACTURE, IMPOST, DISTRIBUTION,
TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND USE OF PESTICIDS5, A3 WELL AS OTHSB REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THIS ACT.
STATE GOVERNMENTS .1AY MAKE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS .THIGH APE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ACT. IT IS
P-ECHiaiTtD TO MANUFACTURE OR SELL ANY PESTICIDE WITHOUT A LICENSE ISSUED BY AN OFFICER APPOINTED
BY IHi CENTRAL GOVBRHHEST. PESTICIDES CONTROLLED BY THIS ACT ARt LISTED IN THE SCHEDULE.
LUXEMBURG
LR (A)
"MAY 29, 1970 REGULATIONS ON CONTROL OF PESTICID£S AND PHYTOPHARM ACEUTICAL
PRODUCTS. " IHT. DIG. HLTH. LEG., V. 21. «
WOPLJ dtALTH O2 3ANIZATION, COMP. EPA
ENGLISU CO/10/7C PGS 752-755 ID* 01H03B
THiiSt SE-JULATIONS, ISSUED UNDER THE FE3 20, 1963 LAW Or PESTICIDES AND PHYTOPHASMACEUTICALS,
ESTABLISHES A COMMISSION TO LICENSE TH£ IMPORT, MANUFACTURE, SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF
PHYTOPHARHACSUTICAL PRODUCTS. BEFORE ISSUING A LICENSE, THE COMMISSION, WHICH IS TO INCLUDE
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH REPRESENTATIVES, 1UST DETERMINE THAI THE PRODUCT rfILL BE PROPERLY USED
AND THAT SUCH USE WILL NOT CAUSE DANCES TO PERSONS USING IT OK TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH,
CONTAMINATION OF FOODSTUFFS, DAMAGE TO SOIL FERTILITY OP HARM TO DESIRABLE PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
APPROVED PRODUCTS MUST BE RE3VALUATED AT LEAST SVEEY TEN YEARS BY TH£ TECHNICAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AMD MAY BE EEMOVtD FROM THE MARKET UPON SIX MONTHS
NOTICE. THEY APE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES ACCORDING TO TOXICITY. CLASS A (HIGHLY
DAMGHROUi TOXIC SUBSTANCES) AND CLASS 3 (TOXIC) SUBSTANCES MAY BE SOLD ONLY BY APPROVED VENDERS
TO APPROVED USERS, LICENSED UNDER THESE REGULATIONS. OFF. TEXT PART A, N. 33. 1970.
MEXICO
LR (.A)
"FEBRUARY 19, 1973 RESOLUTION ON 1H2 IMPORTATION OF DISINFECTANTS, INSECTICIDES,
ETC. ..." DIAHIO OFICIAL
EPA
SPANISH 02/26/73 PGS 7 ID* 01739A
THIS RESOLUTION ADDS TO THE LIST OF CONTF.OLLED PRODUCTS FOR WHICH AN IMPORT LICENSE FROM
THE SECRETARIAT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE IS REQUIRED THS FOLLOWING ITEMS: DISINFECTANTS,
INSECTICIDES, HERBICIDES, RODESTICIDES, AND ACARICIDES. THIS PROVISION WILL TERMINATE IK TWO
YEARS FROM THE TIME OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS RESOLUTION IN THE OFFICIAL LEGAL GAZETTE UNLESS
OTHERWISE DETEF.MIHED BY THE SECRETARIAT.
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35
PESTICIDES
MOROCCO
L? (A)
"JAN. 10, 1969 DECREE NO. 26-29 FIXIN3 CONDITIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL USE OF
CERTAIN PHYTOPHA3MACEUTICAL POISONS." BULLETIN OFFICIEL, NO. 2951.
EPA
FRENCH 05/21/69 PGS 5tt8-55T ID* 01817A
ZH1S DECREE. ISSU2D BY THE HINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND AGFARIAN REFORM UNDER THE DECEMBER 2,
1922 ROYAL D3CREE OH POISONS, ESTABLISHES MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
IN 31 PHYTOPHA&MACEUTICAL POISONS. PERIODS OF TIMS 3EFOP.E HARVEST AND DURING CULTIVATION WHEN IT'
IS P30HIBIT2J TO APPLY THESE PREPARATIONS AEE ESTABLISHED. IN ADDITION, THESE PRODUCTS MUST BE
STOiiED IS THEIR OEI3INAL CONTAINERS, IN WELL-VENTILATED, LOCKED STORAGE AREAS, ISOLATED FROM FOOD
PRODUCTS. PERSONS USING THESE PRODUCTS MUST WEAR APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING TO PREVENT
CONTACT WITH SKIN, INHALATION, 05 INGESTION OF THESE POISONS.
!Icr:lE3LAMDS
SK )
rUu-NISiHS, V. 27
NETHERLANDS ORGANIZATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
ENGLISH 1VCV2 PGS 525-6U2 ID#
ALSO LE3
EPA
C1C29A
THIS ISSUE, CONSISTING OF 13 ARTICLES PREPARED BY MEMBERS OF THE NETHERLANDS ORGANIZATION FOP
SCIENTIFIC 3SSEAHCK, FtVIEWS THE IMPLICATIONS OF PESTICIDES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR CERTAIN
BIRDS AND MARINE MAMMALS. THE SUMMARY OF ARTICLES STRESSES THE NEED FOR LEGISLATION TO CONTROL THE
dS? OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS »H2HE ENVI50HM5NTAL DAMAGE ARISES FROM APPLICATION RATHER THAN FROM THE
PRODUCTION PROCESS. THE ISS'J£ CONTAINS ILLUSTRATIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, AND TABLES AS WELL AS
INTSODUCIOF.Y SUMMARIES OF EACH ARTICLE. THE ARTICLE COVER THE IMPACT ASD RESIDUE LEVELS OF
CHZJUICALS ON VARIOUS BIRDS AND BATS, Tii2 MORTALITY INCIDENCE IN WILDLIFE FROM THE ABUSIVE USE OF
PESTICIDES, THE TOXICITY OF TMTD, EXPE?IMEN.AL STUDIES WITH HC3, AND LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF
INDUCTION IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES.
NEW ZEALAND
Lr. (A)
"A ;?.i-uL:urAL CHEMICALS ACT 1959"
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a 3*' Z:ALAH:> "AVJ&;CUITUSAL C^MICALS REGULATIONS 1968" (NO. 2C1). INT. DIG. HLTH. LEG.,
v. 21
VO?LD HiALIH JZvJANIZATION, COUP. EPA
L? (A) SSiLISii •.C/C.V70- PGS 76B-776 ID* 01932B
THh.3- tfiJULATIONS, ISSUED U2)D2r. THE AGRICULTURAL CHEHICALS ACT 1959, REQUIRE A PERMIT PROS THE
D:f-C*OP.-iJilIi3aAL OF AGr.ICULTUK.2 FOP USE OF SCHEDULE 2 INSECTICIDES (EXCEPT CERTAIN DDT, ODD OR
Z.IKO.US PKZ?A?ATIO?IS) . PERMITS MAY NOT 3E GRANTED FOR ASF.IAL APPLICATION OF INSECTICIDES WITHOUT
CONSENT 0? THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE GIVEN ON ADVICE OF THE AGRICULTU3AL CHEMICALS BOARD.
HOf .'ICULTUSAL PRODUCERS MAY, HOWSVKE, S3 lilVEN PEPMITS TO APPLY INSECTICIDES WITH AIRBLAST SPRAYERS
.v'rr.iou:1 SUCH CONSENT. SALS o? SSSTRICTKD PESTICIDES TO PERSONS WITHOUT A PERHIT is PROHIBITED.
I-ESTEICTSO PESTICIDES MUST BE SECURELY PACKAGED FOR TRANSPORT OR CARRIED IN BULK IK VEHICLES
JiSUKiO TO fP.EVEM: ACCIDENTAL LOSS. TliE 3IEECTOP-3ENE5AL HAY FURTHER RESTRICT OR PROHIBIT, AS HE
DEMS WiCSSSARY, TEAN3POHT OH STORAGE OF ANY INSECTICIDE. PACKAGING, SALE, TRANSPORT, AND USE OF
Ci-TAIN ilS&fllCIJSS ArE ALSO REGULATED. IT IS PSOHI3ITED TO APPLY ARSENIC MIXTURES FROM AIRCRAFT.
Till Di£SC?0?.-(iiJMSHAL HAY SET CHEMICAL STANDARDS FOS ANY AGFICULTURAL CHEMICAL.
NEW <;i.,L»SD "TiiE AualCULTUfiAL CHEMICALS NOTICE 1968" (HO. 215). STATUTORY REGULATIONS 1968
EPA
L? (A) SKviLISH ?VOV69 ?«S 1671-74 ID# 01932C
THIS SOTICS, ISSUED BY ItlE OIP.ECTOF.-GENEHAL OF AGRICULTURE UNDEfi THE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL
aEiiULATIOSS 1968, iSTASLISHES DSIAILED TECHNICAL STANDARDS ON MANUFACTURE, TESTI83 AND USE OF
PREPAFAIZONS 0? DDT, PELLETED PREPARATIONS OF CERTAIN OTHER INSECTICIDES, AND GRANUALTED
CONTAINING DDT AND SUPERPHOSPHATE OR DDT AND SOME OTHE5 FERTILIZER.
NErf ZEALAND "POISONS RiSULAriOSS 196U" (SO. 6U) . INT. Dli. HLTH. LEG., V. 17
EPA
L5(A) fiNuLISH CiV^O/66 PGS 56tt-536 ID* 0193UA
iH£S2 REGULATIONS ESTABLISH GENEBAL PROVISIONS GOVBRSIBG PACKING, STORAGE, HANDLING, AND
LAL2LLIMG OF POISONS, INCLUDING CERTAIN PESTICIDES AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS. PROCEDURES FOR
iSta-JiNCY TREATMENT OF PERSONS EXPOSED TO ACCID3BTAL POISONING MUST BE INCLUDED ON LABELS OF
C3ETAIK PESTICIDE CONTAINERS. SECTIONS H5 AND US PSOVIDE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ON LABELLING
AMD US:: OF 5JLID INSECTICIDES AND SYSTEMIC PESTICIDES. SECTIONS 5<»-56 PROHIBIT IMPORT OR TRANSPORT
OF ?3oIICIJES WHICH ABE NOT SECURELY PACKAGED IN CONTAINERS PROPERLY LABELLED ACCORDING TO
SECriOH 22 OF THE POISONS ACT 196C, UNDEE WHICH THESE REGULATIONS WERE PROMULGATED. (OFFICIAL
T£XT 13 IH SPA'iUTOHY REGULATIONS 196U, PAGES 26ft -301.
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NIGE:J
LE («)
"MAY 3C', 1969, DECREE NO. 69-99/M*?. PRESCRIBING ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE
POSSESSION AND USE OF POISONS FOR PLANT PROTECTION PURPOSES. " INT. DIG. 0? HLTH. LEG., V. 22.
liOELO HEALTH ORGANIZATION, CO'IP. EPA
ENJLISii OiVCC/71 PGS 1<*6-<;7 ID« 01835A
BY THIS DECREE, IHE MANUFACTU5E , CONVERSION, EXTRACTION, PREPARATION, POSSESSION, OFFER,
DISTRIBUTION, B20KEF.AGE, PURCHASE, SALE, IMPORT, AND EXPORT OF SUBSTANCES CLASSIFIFD IS SCHEDULE
0 0? lilE APRIL 2, 1951 POISONS DSCHEE AND, IN GENERAL, ALL AGFICULT'JRAL, INDUSTRIAL AND
COME5CIAL OPE3ATIOHS INVOLVING THESE SUBSTANCES, ARE PROHIBITED WITHOUT A LICENSE ISSUES I>Y
THL MINISTER OP RURAL ECONOMY. THE MAY 19, 197C OEDEE NO. 005 MER/AG 0? THE MINISTRY OF RURAL
ECONOMY, MADE PURSUANT TO THIS DECREE, ESTABLISHES THh. LIST OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS
*ND SPECIALITIES RECOGNIZED AS NECESSARY FOR USE IN THE CONTROL OF CROP PESTS. IN ORDER TO
PURCHASE THESE PRODUCTS, INDIVIDUALS AND APPROVED ASSOCIATIONS MUST 3E INCLUDED OH A SPECIAL
2E5ISTFH KfiPT 3Y TRADERS. IHE ORIGINAL FRENCH TEXT OF THIS DECREE APPEARS IN THE JOURNAL OFFICIFL
DS LA i-.2PUBLIO.UE DU NIGER, JUNE 15, 1969, NO. 12, PP. 463-U5U.
PAKISTAN
LE (A)
"AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES ORDINANCE, 1971." THE ALL PAKISTAN LEGAL D3CISIONS.
1971 (VOLUHL 23)
EPA
ENGLISH 0^/^0/71 PCS 1^8-16 ID*
PASTS OF THIS ORDINANCE DEAL WITH THE SALS AND REGISTRATION OF PESTICIDES, IHPOFTATIOH OF
PESTICIDES, LABELLING OF PACKAGES CONTAINING PESTICIDES, AND THE STORAGE AND USE OF PFSIICIDE3. THE
OPDIiUKCE ALSO SETS UP AND DETAILS THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCriuUS OF THE AGRICULTURE PESTICIDES
TrC'.iNTCAL A5VISOHY COMMITTEE. II FURTH2F. PROVIDES ?C?. \ PESTICIDES LABORATORY, AS ViBLL AS FOE THE
APPOINTMENT OF GOVSP.NBENT ANALYSTS AND INSPSCTU&S AMD SPECIFIES THEI5 POHEP.S AND FUNCTIONS. ALSO
SPECIFIED A82 OFF£MStS AGAINST THE PROVISIONS OF ?HE ORDTNAMCE AMD PENALTIES FOS SUCH OFFENSES.
Th^ icKSULT OF TESTS AND ANALYSES CARRIED OUT UNDji?. THF P30VISION3 OF THE ORDINANCE "IAY BE
PUSLISaED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMfiST, WHICH IS ALSO AUTHORIZED, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
AJ?.IC'JL7Ur£ P63TICID2S TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TO MAK£ B'JLtiS FO? IMPLEMENTING THE PFOVISIOSS
OF T.HE ORDINANCE.
PERU
L:-. (A)
"Ai-aiL 31, 1962 SUPREME EESOLUTION NO. 193: aEGULATIONS ON THE IMPORT AMD SALE
OF AGBICUtTUSAL PESI1CIDES . . ." ?OOD AND AGr.ICULTiir.AL LEGISLATION, V. 12.
FOOD AMD AGRICULTURAL ORGhSIZATION, UN, COMP. EPA
iHoLISii ••>C/0"/6'i PGS 1-12 ID* 01689A
THIS -ESOLUTION tiEQUIRES THAT IHE iXPOPT AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES AND SISILAP
SUisSIANCES a; SUuJ2CT TO THS PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF Thi AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION AND CONTPOL
DIRECTORATE. THE PROVISIONS 0? THIS RESOLUTION COV2R THE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
TECiiSICJL ADVISORS, THE MAINTENANCE OF ?E;IS7EK3 ASi) TH'i ENTRY 0? PESTICIDES, PSOCEDUPrs FOF
?.£-;'JHSiISG THE ENTSY OF PESTICIDES, P.EQUIa£:'.ENTS ?0? ENT?Y AND THE USE OF EXPERIMENTAL
PRODUCTS, IHFOFKAIION TO B£ PLACSD ON Trti Li.BELS AND ON ADVEF.7ISINJ MATERIAL, IHE CONTROL AND
INSPECTION 0? P2STICIDSS, AND VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. THE OFFICIAL TEXT OF THIS RESOLUTION
Ap?2A.vs IN EL ?Z:F.UANO, JUNE 5, 1962, ?. 3.
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PHILIPPINES
LF (A)
"KXSCUIIVZ 0?.D£3 NO. 332 CHEATING THE PESTICIDES CONTFOL AND RESEARCH
CD.-ialTTEE. DATED 10 AUGUST 1971." OFFICIAL GAZETTE, VOL. 67, NO. 3U
EPA
ENGLISH 03/23/71 P'GS 669'J-92 ID* 01939A
JlP.ZC
HIS ij;-.D25 ESTABLISHES A F3STICID25 CONTROL AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE, WHOSE MEMBERS INCLUDE THE
TOr.S OF TH2 BUREAUS OF PLANT AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THii FOOD AND DH'J3
riON. AMONG THE FUNCTIONS AdO POKERS OF THa COMKITTEE ARE: ADMINISTEPING, DIRECTING,
, AND REGULATING THE IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, SALE, DISTRIBUTION, AMD USE OF PESTICIDES;
SIui;;G PULES AND REGULATIONS FFGAPDING THE IMPORTATION, ETC. OF PESTICIDES TO IMPROVE
ULTHSAL PRODUCTION, PUBLIC .13ALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; COORDINATING ITS ACTIVITIES
SiMILA?LY-OCC(I?IED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; INITIATING STUDIES DIRECTED TOWARDS THE MORE EFFICIENT
Att^ r'OaaULAriON AND US£ OF PESTICIDES IN ORD2K TO OFFSET THE PROBLEMS OF FOOD AND
AL CONTAMINATION; AND OUTLINING .MEANa BY WHICH THE USE OF PESTICIDES MAY BE CONTPOLLED
FOr Tilt Paor^CTION OF THE USS3S AND CONSUMERS OF PSSTICI DE-TREAT2D FOOD AND OTHSP COMMODITIES.
P?.S3C
AGrl
WITii
ANj S
3PAIS
La (A)
"AUJ. 6, 197G AoBEEHENT OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION HITH THE UMIT5D STATES OF
AMERICA," SEPERTOF.IO CRONOLOJ. DE L2JI3. *
£DITOfc;.iL ARAHZADI, COMP. COMP.
SPANISH 00/^/70 PGS 1972-1976 ID* 0113
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"a. DIJOUD: I WILL NOT TOLS3ATE INDISTBIALISTS1
A PH3TEXT." LE MONDE
AHDKOISS-RENDU, MARC
F?.ESCH 03/29/74 PGS 13
f^NiPAL AIR SOISE
USINJ THE ENERGY CRISIS AS
ID*
EPA
C1912G
NSW ZEALAND
LF U)
"SADI'JACIIVE SUBSTANCES ACT 1965" (NO. 23). IHE STATUTES OF NEW ZEALAND 1965
EPA
ZSoLIsil ^C/OC/66 PCS 279-296 IDt 01933A
A r.A3IOL03ICiiL ADVISORY COUNCIL IS ESTABLISHED, CONSISTING OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH.
*HO 15 CHAIRMAN, AND SIX OTHER MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH. THE COUNCIL IS TO
AUVIS£ Tiia tiI!II5?b'P AND DIPEC70P.-JSNESAL ON APPLICATIONS FOP IIC2NSES TO POSSESS OS USE EADIOACTIVE
MA73PIAL3, AND ON OTHi.3 MATTERS RELATED TO CONTPOL OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND I?RADIATING
S. IT IS PROHIBITED TO •!AMUFACTUR£, SELL, IMPORT, EXPORT, TRANSPORT OS STORE ANY
IV- lATiJE^AL ^XCEPI IN C0.1PLIAMCE WITH EE.JOLATIOHS ISSUED t/NDEE THIS ACT OP WITH WRITTEN
Df IHo MINISTER. 3ADIOACTIV3 IIAXEF.IALS AND IRRADIATING APPARATUS HAY BE USED ONLY IN
Ci
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0?
":.-.-, ;J.S?03i OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS PECULATIONS 1373" (NO. 51). INT. DIG. HLTH.
LTJ., V. 2"
WOr.iO ;:£A^7:-! JE jAKI 2ATION , 7JMP. EPA
i.-i-jlli:: VV-O/73 PJS 366 ID* P1933C
TiU.5?. REGULATIONS, ISSUED UMDS? THS RADIATION PROTECTION ACT 1965, REQUIRE THAT IMPORT INTO,
i FSO.M, AK3 IP.ANSPORT HIIHIN NEW 22ALAND OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS 1UST 3E DONE IN ACCORDANCE
ti TiiS CU3i PUBLISHED IK THE SCHEDULE, WHICH IS DERIVED F30M THE REGULATIONS FOR SSFE TRANSPORT
-«i)IOACIIV2 i-lAT3F.IALS ISSUED SY THE INTERMATIONAL ATOMIC ENER3Y AGENCY IN 1967. EVERY CARRIER
iESFONorjLi FOH ENSURING TriAT ThE CODE IS COMPLIED WITH AND WORKERS ARE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED
IIJj ALL orA«t3 Or TRANSPORT, INCLUDING LOADING, UNLOADING AND STORAGE OPERATIONS. SUBJECT TO
:A:N c-nainojis, SF.ALSD CONTAINERS OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS ARE EXEMPTED FROM THESE REGULATIONS
rHSY Al;.I PACKED, LABELLED, 3ARKED A«JD TRANSPORTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1967 INTERNATIONAL
.11: £;;,TJY AJ2HCY RE3DLATIONS OF HIE 1970 REGULATIONS RELATING TO CARRIAGE OF PESTRICTED
ULij BY AI?, ISSUED BY THS INTERNATIONAI AIF TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION.
(A)
"IHi ATOMIC iSaPJH P.EvJULATORY AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1966 (?EPUBLIC ACT NO.
52-7)." JFFICIAL JAZETTS, VOL. 65, NO. 18
EPA
SNoLISii C5A>5/69 PCS /i485-a50i) ID# 01935A
riit rULi, TIIL31 Q? THIS ACT IS "AN ACT FSOVIDING FOR THE LICENSING AND PECULATIONS OF ATOMIC
zN£?.3Y FACZLIIIE3 AND 1ATEFIALS, ESTABLISHING THE RULES ON LIABILITY FOS NUCLEAR DAMAGE, AND FOR
OTMES ?U?POS£." THE PRINCIPAL PSOVISION3 D3AL WITH: THE GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINE
AIOHIC J^EaiY C0.1MIS3IJN; PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE REGULATION AND LICENSING OF BOTH ATOMIC
i:i.!r:?.iiY FACILITIES AND .1ATESIAL3; ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND JUDICIAL REVIEW; LIABILITY FOR
NUCLEA? DA-'iiJi; AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE ACT. THE ACT REPEALS ALL PREVIOUS
Aero, ixEcarrvE e?D£Hs, ADMINISTRAIIVE ORDERS, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES AND REGULATIONS INCONSISTENT
• I7H 7:iJ: rr.OVISIONS OP THE PRESENT ACT.
IF U)
"PHILIPPINE ATOKIC SNEEGY COMMISSION. PULES AND REGULATIONS ON THE SAFE
T3rtNSPO?.T OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS IN "HE PHILIPPINES." OFFICIAL GAZETTE, VOL. 62, NO. 19
A'ufiLD HiALIS ORGANIZATION, CO?!P. EPA
SNoLISil 09/05/66 P3S 3209-U4 ID* 01936A
AND HSJULATIONS COVER THE FOLLOWING BROAD AP.EAS: LIMITATION OF EXPOSURE OF PERSONS
70 "AD1ATIJN; Gi'NcSAL ACCIDENT PROVISIONS; PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS; PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS
cOa FISSILE MATERIALS; AND ST03AGE AND TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. ANNEXES CONTAIN
INrOSiMATION 3'JCH AS THS CLASSIFICATION OF SADIONUCLIDES INTO GROUPS FOR TRANSPORT PURPOSES AND
HAXINIM PSSMISSiaLE L£VELS OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION. THESE RULES ARE TO BE ENFORCED BY THE
PHILIPPIHi ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION IN COOPERATION WITH AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL RAILWAYS, THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION, THE BUREAU OF POSTS, THE LAND
7F.A8SPOHTATIOS COMMISSION, THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND OTHER
LAW-ENFORCING AGENCIES.
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ctADXAIION
PHILIPPINES
"ADMINISTRATIVE OBDSR HO. 96 OF 25 JAHUARY 1962 OF THE 3EC33TARY OP HEALTH
(ON PROTECTION HJAINST IONIZING HADIATIONS) . " OFFICIAL 3AZ£TT2, VOL. 58, NO. 38
A'OF.LD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COKP. - EPA
ENGLISH 09/17/62 PG3 6081-87 ID* "1937A
THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON PROTECTION AGAINST IONIZING RADIATIONS COVEFS THE FOLLOWING
AP.3AS: R2JI3TRATIOH; CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF INSTALLATIONS; MAXINUK PERMISSIBLE
DOS23 (3ASID ON THS BASIC SAFETY STANDARDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC BNEHGY AGENCY OF JUNE 1962);
SUPERVISION; PERSONNEL PROT3CTION; MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS ; PROTECTION OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING X-RAY
TBFATilSNI; DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE3; P.ADIATION IHST9YHENT3 ; HANDLING OF CADAVEBS CONTAINING
RttUlOISOTOPIo; MONITORING OF FADIATION ISSTAL LATIOS5 ; TMEPAPY POOBS; «A3!JINJ SUNS; ACCOUNTING
FOF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIATION ILLNES3, INJURIES, EMERGENCIES, AC7IDENTS; ELECTRICAL
MAi-ARDS; DECONTAMINATION OF VACATED PSi.lISrS; ASD PENALTIES FOF VIOLATION OF THE ROLES AND
?.£.GJI.AIIU»IS LAID DOWN IN THIS 03DSE.
PHILIPPINES
Lt (4)
iXnJUTIV£ OSDER NO. 139 CF^ATIBG A NATIONAL COK1I1TEF. OS THF. SAFE T3AKSPOST
OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS." OFFICIAL >A22TTE, VOL. SI, SO. 12
EPA
ENGLISH rt»3/22/t5 P3S 1635-36 ID* 'M933A
IHIS 03DZ3 CPEnTES A NATIONAL COHMITTE2 OH THE 3AFS THAN3P03T 0? RADIOACTIVE ^ATESIALS, TO 3S
-OKPOSiD OF THE GENERAL HANAGi? OF THS PillLIPPINE NATIONAL 3AILWAYS, T!i2 ADHINISTftATOSS OF THE
CIVIL AESONAUXICS ADHINISTRATIOS , THS POSTMASTi? GENERAL, 7 HD THS COHMI3SIOHEPS OF THE ATOMIC
ZNcHGY COMrflSSICN, THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, THs. LAJiD TRAHSPOF.I COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COHMISSIOS. THS COMMITTEE IS TO ASSIST THE ATOMIC TNSEGY COMMISSION IN PF2?AHING RULES AND
:-:ErjLATioNS FOE THE SAFE TRANSPORT OF i'-ADioACTiVi KATisiALs ASD is TO STUDY THE KAVIJEP SY ^HICH
liii-SS SHL5S AND 52JULAIIOKS SAY BE HOST SFFiCTIVSLY ENFO-SCiD .ITHIN THE PPASEWOSK OF EXISTING I AH.
THE COMHiTTEi IS ALSO TO SiiaVr, AS ADVI30B TO THE ATONIC ENE?.GY COMMISSION IN HATTBPS AFF2CIIN5 ~K
SEI?aE»7, I?ANS?OPI, AND CAHP.IA'JS BY LAND, SEA 0?. AIF OF hnOIOACTIV:: «AxE?.I,\LS.
"NOV. 27, 1*57 EtCHSE-LAW TO t:JTHO?IZ3 THi GOVT. 70 2STA5LISH P?.OTSCTIVE 7.3 HI
AHOUND KUCL£AH IMSTALLATION3 AFD CEN^rtHS. . . ," lt~. DIG. HLTHL. L2G., V. !<"
WOELJ H2ALTI! OR3ANIZATION, COilP. EPA
fO/C-r-/59 PGS 157-156 134 01121A
TliU DSCSEi-LArf NO. <.H»\>.! AUrtiOFIZiS TiiZ OO'/SSMSENr TO 5SIR31I5H P?.OT£CTIVE ZON?S A50UND
NUCLEAt INS^ALLATIOHS «ND CtST2:(3 FOB THE '.lANDLIS:; TF PADIOACTIVE 053S. ACCORDIS3 TO ITS
P?OVI.$:ONS, THE PEFIMZTEF.S Of THLSE ZOS42S A?.£ TO 2F. DEt??1IKED 3Y THS PRESIDENT OF TME COUNCIL
AFUF. sStiKTNvJ r-LCOMHEHDATIONS F50.1 THE NUCt£A? tNiP.GY BOARD «SD ADVICE PP.OH TH2 T0»« AND COUNTRY
l-i,\NNlti5 ADMISI37FATIOH. XHS D-:j?tS-IAX 3AWS CONSTRUCTION WITHIN PROTECTIVE ZONES UHLSSS
?i--UiViD 3Y XHS K'ICLEAr 2N2K ;'i 30AHO. THS ?C?.TUo'J3SS-LAS\Jt!A JE OSI^IHAL OF THIS DSC?E2-LAX
APP2AH&0 IN t:l£ DIArlO DO v5QV£a:JO, NOV. 27, 1957, rAFT I, NJ. 26), ?. 12J3.
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U2
RA&IATION
POSTJ.JAL
Lh (A)
"1IOV. 25, 1*61 DECPEE-LAK (JO. UUCoC.) 5PBCIFYi:i ; PROVISIONS JOVSKNIHG THE
rsoTscnoN OF PSF.SONS ASAINST IONIZINJ ?ADIATIOI,» INT. DIG. HLTH. LEG., v. 13.
WOELO H5AL7.4 OP.JANIZATIOS, COMP. EPA
ENGLISH ':rv'i'VC2 PG5 555-553 ID*
THIS DZC
•:.£S:.'ONoI3Ii.I
UNDit. AP7ICL
SUCL-ili RNi'?.
PBODUCTION,
IMPOKIiTION,
F./.DIAIIOM ?O
MAXIMUK AOr-lI
r\S RAD10ACTI
THIS JKC2E1-
HEi-UvK OZ?INBS filE EXTENT OF PSOTZCIIOI SG'JUIFED AGAINST IONIZING RADIATION, STATE
TY IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING XOF.K dlTH FA JIOACTI VE SOURCES, AND PENALIISS FOR VIOLATORS.
I SIX, ?. CO,1HITI£E ?OK PROTECTION AGAINST IONIZING 3ADIAIION *ILL EE CF.EA.TEJ UNDKH THE
uK BOARD. THE CO.IrtirTEE'j ^OST SWEuPIK'J DUTY MILL 35 TO AUTHORIZE IMPOBTATIOK,
UTILIZAIIUN, STOSA3E, TFAK5P03T AND DISPOSAL 0? FADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AS M?LL A?
PSOOUCriON, INSTALLATION AND USE OF APPA5AIUS 70?. THE P?OD:JCTinS OF IONIZING
S SCIENTIFIC, «2DIC4L 05 INDUSTRIAL P'JSPOS2S. IN TWO ANNEXES, THE DECSEE-LAW fIXES
SSIBLE UOS53 IN EXPOSUP2 TO lON'IZIIJO HADIATION AND THE 1AXI;1UM ADMISSI^LS CONCEHTP ATION
VJ NJCLIDES IN D2IHKIKG ^AT2S AMD INilALSD AI?. THE PORTUGIIESE-LAHG'IAGK ORIGINAL OF
UW A??iiAP.3 IN THE DIAPIO DO GOVEF.NO, PAST I, NOV. 25, 1961, NO. 27a, PP. 1477-1U38.
PORTUGAL
Lr, (A)
"JULY 1?, 19b3 DSC3EE-LAW LAYING DOWN THE [IE« COHPOSITIJN OF TH5 COMMITTEE! FO?
PKOTECTIOH nJAiNST IONIZINJ RADIATIONS...," INT. DIG.MiLTH. LEJ., V. 16.
WO?.LD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COilP. EPA
ENGLISH -ir/.l-VPS ?'?S 385 ID# 011218
7HIS DECRJiS-LAri NO. U5132 LAYS DOWN THE NEW COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR PFOIECTION
AGAINSI IONIZIHG ?.ADIAXIONS S.2T UP UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NUCLEAR ENERGY BOARD 3Y SECTION SIX
OF DEC?.Er:-LAW KO. «ii06C- AND INTRODUCES PROVISIONS REGARDING ITS OPERATION. THE DECPE^-LA
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RAJlAIION
EOHASIA
LP. (A)
"DECEMBER 30, 1969 DECREE CONCERNING THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE
COMMITTEE FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY" INT. DIG. HLTH. LEG., V. 23
MOSLD HSALTH 03 IANIZATION, COUP. EPA
ENGLISH CC/00/72 PGS P. 116 IDf 01373A
IHIS DECREE, NO. B70, DEFINES IN DETAIL THE FUNCTIONS OP THE STATE CQMHITEE FOR NUCLEA3
GY INCLUDING ITS EESPONSIBILIIITES IN THE AREA OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY T?OR THOSE INDIVIDUALS
-Q IS TH£ NUCLEAR FIELD. INCLUDED IN THE STATE COMMITTEE'S STRUCTURE ARE: A GENERAL
ISSPEOrOP.ATE OF SAFETY OF INSTALLATIONS AND RADIATION PROTECTION AND A DIRECTORATE FOB THE
APPLICATION' OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNIQUES IN BIOLOGY, AGRICULTURE AND MEDICINE. THE
/.OMASIAN-LANiiUAGS ORIGINAL IS FOUND IN 3ULETIN, OFIC. AL HEPUB. SOCIAL. HOH. , PART I,
JANJASY 22, 1J70, NO. 1, PP. 8-9.
30U?:l AFrlCft
If (A)
"KUCL2AE INSTALLATIONS (LICSN5ING ASD 33CUSITY) ACT MO. 43 OP 1963." STATUTES
OF Titi. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA — MINING AND MINERALS.
SPA
2MGLISU ftvVDO/72 P.5S 441-H57 ID* "1785A
ALSO AFSIKAASS
ZHIS ACT PROHIBITS OPBP.ATIOS OF A NUCLEAR INSTALLATION WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM THE ATOMIC ENERGY
t,o»-.sD, ciT£j IK rns ATOMIC ENERGY ACJ, 1357. A LICENSE MAY BE ISSUED, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS SET BY
7Ki =OA?.D, OULY TO A CORPORATE 30DY AND IS flEVOCABLS AT ANY TIHH. THE BOARD HAY P.EQOIRi MEASURES
70 ^r.EVE«i7 NUCLKAP ,\CCIDENTS AND REGULATE HANDLING, TSEATHENT AND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
OP. XAS;^. ANY REGULATIONS BUST B3 POSTED AT THE NUCLEAR SITE. IT IS PROHIBITED TO ENRICH
FISSIONA3L5 .lATEPIAL EXCEPT AT INSTALLATIONS OPERATED BY TH2 BOAB0. SUFFICIENT NOTICE HOST BE
JiVEJ TO ALLOti PdbLZC TESTIMONY ON A PROPOSED HUCLEAF SITE. IF NOCLEAH ACCIDENT OCCU3S, THE BOA9D
:;us: BE N'onrito irtHEDiATELY AMD GIVEN PARTICULARS. THS LICENSES is LIABLE FOP NUCLEAR DAMAGE AND
KUS; O:-:POS:T SECUHITY HITH THE HIHISTER OF HIKSS BEFORE A LICENSE is ISSUED. A SITE OPERATED BY
THK 30AF.J -i'JSr 3t r.ZG'JLATED AS IF IT ȣRS A LICENSED INSTALLATION. THE MINISTER HAY KSGULATE
OFS^ATZOJ) OF NUCLEAR-POWERED VESSELS IN SOUTH AFRICAN WATEnS. POWERS OF INSPECTION ARE GHANT2D.
SOUTH AFPICA
LF(»)
"AlOiilC ZNir.JY ACT NO. 9(> OF 1967," AS AHENDBD. STATUTES OF THE REPUBLIC OP
SOUTii A.Fr,IC/,--«ININJ AND MIMEhALS.
EPA
ENGLISH 00/0^/72 PGS 1017-1551 ID» 01706A
ALSO AFRIKAANS
UNOi,'; THIS kCT, THS SOLE EIGHT TO PRODUCE SUCL2AE SSEPGY IS VESTED IN THE ATOMIC ENERGY BOARD.
IT MAY AUIHOSIS2 OTriEES TO PRODUCZ NUCLSAB ENERGY IN TS5.HS OF IKS MtlCLEAR ENEH3Y (LICERSIN3 AND
iiECUEITY) ACT, 1363. PRODUCTION', ACQUISITION, IMPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF 3ADIOACTIVE SUCLIDES
A at SiGULtreD 3Y Th^ oUAfiD, dHICH MAY CONSIST OF SO HOSE THAN NINE MEMBERS, APPOINTED BY THE
;i;msi£r- o? aiN£s TO RSPKESSNT VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY. OTHER POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE
tiO?.5D AP.t, 02fISaD. PROSPECTING AND MINING OF SOURCE MATERIAL (URAKIOH AND IHORIUM OR35) ARE
rE'J'JLATZ.) 3Y THE KINISTER. POSotSSION, 'DISPOSAL, ENRICHMENT, E3PROCSS5ING AND EXPORT OF SOURCE
MAI3KZAL ANi) SPtCIiL NUCLEAR MATr.?.IAL (U-233, U-235 AND rp.ANS-URANIUH ELEMENTS) AEE PROHIBITED
KlTKOUT PE3.«SSIOS Of THE MIKISTEK, HHICH HAY BE GRANTED ONLY AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD.
THE KXSIoiaS MAY DELEGATE CEfiXAIN POWERS TO THE BOA3D, BUT RETAINS ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY AND
AUTHORITY.
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SOUIa APi-IC*
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DIG. OF HLTiU LEG.
"OCT. •*, 1*63 diGULXIIOfl ON CONDITIONS IN CONN2CTIOS KITH POSSESSION.
ACQUISITION AKJ DISPOSAL OF, USE AND CONVEYANCE OF RADIOHCIIVl NUCLIBES*"
• OELO MiAiT.-i ORGANIZATION* CORP. EPA
SflSLISK ^r/Oo/70 PCS 375-39U ID« OT786B
IiIESH Si3ULA?IOSd, ISSUED BY IH* ATOBIC ENESGY BOARD UNDS? THE ATOHIC ENERGY ACT* 1967, REQUIRE
r.iDIOACrZVi ttATERIALS AND IHRADIATIMG APPARATUS AT AN AUTHORIZED INSTITUTION BE UNDER THE
5'JPir.V^SIOS OF A P2SSON, APP20V3D BY THE BOARD, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING COBPLIANCE WITH
A.HESE ?2.5UL.'«TIONS. WORKERS BUST UNDERGO MEDICAL SXAHINATIONS BEFORE BEING HIRED AND PERIODICALLY
D!J.= IS3 33PLOYH2NT. EMPLOYERS MUST KEEP A HSALTH REGISTER INDICATING DOSES RECEIVED BY EVERY WORKER
?.SD 0?n£?. HSDICAL ISFOHBATION. aASTES BUST BE DISPOSED OF IN THS BANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD*
fACZLITI-SS FOR HANDLING RADIOACTIVE BATEPIALS IS CONTROLLED UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL ATOBIC ENERGY
AiJS'lCY 52C,HLATIOaS ON PACKAGING, SHlfiLDING AND LABELLING. BAXIHUB DOSES AND CONCENTRATIONS
COSFOfiH TO THOSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION, TECHNICAL STANDARDS
A.-.t ESTABLISHED OK USE OF RADIATION IN MEDICINE, INDUSTRY AND 52SEARCH.
SPAIN
"80V. 3*. 1961 CSCKEE APPROVING THE RSGULATION ON TSO'JBlESOHfi, UHHEALTHY,
HnrS?UL ASD DA8JSROOS I»DUSTaiES,« 2EPSRIORIO CROKOLOG, BE LEGIS.
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SPANISH 00/OJ/«1 PCS 1U16~1U28 ID* CliaSA
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"MA?.. 13, 1563 ORDER COaiAINISG COMPLEMSNTA5Y INSTRUCTIONS TO THE .,. REGULATION
ON 7F.OU3LZSOME, UNHEALTHY, HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS," HSPERTOF.IO CP.ONOL05, DE LEGIS.
EDirOF:IAL AFANZaDI, COBP. EPA
oPA21IS;i OC/OC/63 PSS 65a-658 ID# 01125B
*AI? UA7.2R NOISE SOLID WASTE GENERAL
SPAIN
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"AUG. 15, 1968 DECREE REGULATING APPLICATION OF PUBLIC TAKEOVER OF TROUBLESOBE
riJALTUX, HAPBFUL AND DANGEROUS INDUSTRIES," REPERTOHIO CEONOLOG, DE LEGIS.
£DirO?.!.U ARAN4ADI, COHP. EPA
o?A!IISri Or./00/68 PGS 1631-1632 ID# 01125C
*AI? WAT-.R NOISE SOLID WASTE GENERAL
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3ADIATIOH
SPAIN
IB (A)
"A03. 6, 1970 AGREEMENT OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPESATION HITH THE UNITED STATES OP
AMERICA," 3EPERTORIO CRONOL03. DE L33IS.
EDIT05IAL ARAN2ADI, COUP. COM?.
SPANISH OO/CO/70 PGS 1972-1976 ID* 01130A
*AIE WATER SOLID WASTE PESTICIDES NOISE 3ENERAL
SPAIN
LE (A)
"APRIL 13, 1972 DECREE CREATING THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNttENTAL COMMISSION FOR
IHE ENVIRONMENT," REPERTORIO CRONOL03. DE LSGIS.
EiUTO'IAL ARAKSADI, COBP. EPA
SPANISH CO/00/72 PGS 919-92C ID* 01131A
*AIR WATER SOLID WASTE PESTICIDES NOISE 3SNESAL
SRI LAHKA (C2YLON)
LS (A)
"JUNJ 25, 1969 ACT NO. 19 10 PROVIDE FOP THE ESTABLISHMENT 0? AN ATOMIC
ENERGY AUTHORITY . . . (THE ATOMIC SNSRJY AUTHORITY AC";)." INT. DIG. OF ilLTH. LEG., V. 22
HORLJ HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP. EPA
ENGLISH rc/00/71 PGS 208-209 IDs 01853A
THIS ACT PROVIDES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. THi AUTHORITY IS
(JHAP.GED WITH CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND DiVSLOPBiNT ACTIVITIES PERTINENT TO THE PRODUCTION OF ATOMIC
ENERGY AND TilE USE Or FISSIL2 AND RADIOACTIVE MATEPIALS ?0« MEDICAL, AGRICULTURAL, INDUSIEIAL AMD
OTHER P2ACJSFUL PUB.P03ES AND WITH TAKING M2hS'JF.E3 "OS THE PROTECTION OF HEAL?:! DURIS3 SUCK
ACTIVITIES AND FOE Iii£ PROTECTION OF Tiii HzAITII 0? PEP30MS ?.MF3.0YED AT PLAC3S WHERE RADIOACTIVE
HAT3HIALS ARE PROi)'JC£D, TREATED, STORED OS USED AND FOR THE HEALTH -IF ?23SONS £S.3A.5i,D IN THE
IRAUSPORTATION OF THESE MATERIALS. Tri£ AiJTHOP.ITY IS ALSO EMPOWERED TO .1AKE PROVISIONS
PEOillDlTIB- OS RikJIJLATING THE IJiPOaT, 2XPOFT, PRODUCTION, ACQUISITIOS, STOPAZ-S, TPANSPO^T, 03
DISPOSAL OF ?.ADIOAC7IVE MATERIALS. PROVISION IS M,\3ij po?. COMP23S&TION POP DftSAiP TO HEALTH
ATTRiaUTaBLL! 10 OCCUPATIONAL 2XPOSM5E TO ilAOIATIOS. CONS'JLIATION WITH 7Hs MINISTRY OF HEALTH XAY
bF. MADS IN fiEGAF.D TO H£DICAL USE OF HAT&r-.I.US. OFFICIAL TEXT APPEARS IH THE ACTS OF CEYION 1 V. 9.
SWAZTLAKD
LE (A)
I1IL COKTP.OL OF RADIO-ACTIVE Sj'DSTiSCSS ACT, 1J64 (ACT 23/196U).
EPA
PGS 1-u ID» 01823A
i:: ;.-:is AC:, PROCESSING, HANDI.IMG, STOKAJ^ o? as-, c:-. PADTOACTIVS SUBSTANCES FO=. NOSMEDTC.U
OF .UK'S, BOSKS AS!) 1ACHINEPY ACT, 1 9* ^ (NO. *1). .5UCr! .VJTHOFIZATION 15 S'JBJiCT TO CONDITIONS
OF THIi iCi AND TO ANY OTHER CDMDITIONS IMPOStJ Ji AN IIISJETIOF. AUTH02IZATIOH HAY 3-: CASCELL5.D
TF CyMDITI-JtiJ A3£ VIOLATED JR I? TH£ IMS3ECTO? CTlStOLro IT NE^F-JSAFY TO i-ROTiCT PUBLIC SAFETY.
AH -eSl'iSrTIo" !1AY BE CXEflPTSJ ??.0"! COSDITTOKS OF THIS ACT " Tlii IN3PECTO? IS SA?ISFItD THAT No
D«NJSK T'.1 TtiC P'Jji.TC «OOLD P.£aUi,T. THI SINISTt' rOK JOirr.-'Ci, IND'J3TPY AMD ai'JSS M.^Y XAKt
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^O'J-fiii, AND ^MEiA-.iNCY MEASU.-.X'J IN C.A3- 0? ::'J7!~-J-'- ACCI"5Si:7.
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•SKAuj.Li.NO MAY 22, VJt" CONTROL Or" SADIQ-ACTIVi SUJSTANC;^ hi JJ L7.T ICNS.
E?A
I.:- CO SNGLIS.-i ;'V Voi* PJS 1-17 7 J>* "1<32iA
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ISSUED 3Y 7:iE ^.INISTi?. FO?. COMilIUCE, INDUSTRY AND MINIS USDEs TH£ CONTrOL
UF '.AJIOACTIV.: SJtiSTANCES AC7, 1^o4, SOVSF;: VO'^FDTCAI J.SL OF rADIOACTIVE S'JSSTASC F.S. .»
"?.E3i'JSSI3L; Pi'KSON," APPKOV^D jY TMi. ZNaPEOTOr, :1U57 3H APPOIKTiD 3Y A PEFSON SEEKING A LICENS;
5NSU5Z •JOKITLIANCi: WITH 7!;IS ACT AN'J ^UAPAHTSE THE SAFETY Of
>viD .r)Y r.ii CHITF MtarcAi OFFICES, IU.-JT BE APPOINTED TO t
fliUlC.ii. 3U?£?.VZSION Of ?ADIATIO.M UOPXF.B3. DHTA^LTD Tt-JilNZCAL SIASDA.aDS ARE ESTABLISHED
?Hl-50;i5 rtHJ .1AY 3L EMPLOYED TO rfOUK WI7-1 f.ADIAriON; MLAN3 OF INDIVIDUAL PrOTECmN A'.iAiRST
KAJiAfZOs; .iAXIMa.^: t£?.MZSSI3Li RADIATION 005=3; proCEDU^rlS /Or. 10SIT071N-5 £X'?OS;iSE Of HOr.KEFS,
Uii-sr.T H.^OIATION L^VZLS AMJ CONTAMINATION )F ifATi.-. BODIliS, THE AI?. AMD SUEF OUKDING EBVZr.ON^ ENT;
JSsa;i:lCY i-lIASlK-Ea IN CASE 0? SJCLEAF A.CCIOCNT; C.">«! DIT Ii^NS FOF ;3K OF SEALED AMD 'JNSKAIED
?;,JIA7IO«I .iJjaCES; AMD, RBQUIF £.1»N TS ?">? AL TEFATI-'MS IN FACILITIES AT RADIATION ENT'iH PPISZS.
"o^c. :;, 1957 FSD^SAL oaass INTF.ODUCIN.; A H£« CONSTITUTIONAL ARTICLE ON
aiUMIC JNt?'JY AND RADIATION PaOTECTION." INT. Dili. OF tiLTH. LEG., V.9
rfOHLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COHP. EPA
(A) FN'JLISH ''")/0(/58 PGS
THIS OhD^R, THE FULL TITLE OF HHICii IS THE "DEC. 2o, 1957 FEDERAL 05DEi< ON THE SES'.'LT OF THZ
KOV. ^4, 1957 NATIONAL SEFEHENDIJM ON THS FSDfiFAL 03DEP IBIRODUCINJ INTO THE CONSTITUTION A NEW
AiiTIC'ui ^K-^ ON ATONIC ENEBoY ASD BADIATION PFOTiCTIOV," ADOS TO Tri" SWISS FSD3HAL CJMS7ITUTTON
A NEW AnTICLS PEOVIDING THAT LEGISLATION ON ATOMIC ENES3Y SHALL 3E WITHIN IH2 SPHERE OF
JUPZSDICTIOH OF THE CONFEDE3ATION, WHICH SHALL BE H7SPON5ISLE FOR MAKING ?. "G'JLATION5 CN PKOTECTION
AGAIK3I THE JAN3EF.5 OF IONIZING RADIATION. (TiiE OHIGrMAL TEXT 0? THIS LAX APPEARS IK HECUEIL DES
LOIi ?ED=:fcALE5, JAN. 17, 1957, pp. U9-52.)
SWITZERLAND "TilE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION." DISPOSITIONS OJ DfiOIT FEDFPAL APPLICABLE A LA
PROTECTION DE L'ENVIRONMENT
SWITZERLAND. FaDEF.AL OFFICE F05 iKVIF.'jHMENTAI. PKOT3CIION EPA
LF (A) FRENCH 08/')0/7? ?GS 1-<» ID* C1360A
*AI35 WATER NOISE
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SADIATION
THAILAND
LE(A)
THAILAND
L?(A)
"APRIL 14, 1961 ATOHIC ENERGY P2ACS ACT" ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATIONS, TRANSL. EPA
ENGLISH 05/14/61 PGS 189-192 10* 01838A
THIS ACT ESTABLISHES AN ATOMIC ENERGY FOR PEACE BOAPD AND SPECIFIES THE CONDITIONS OF
MEMBERSHIP. THE GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD ARE LISTED AS FOLLOWS: 1) TO LAY POLICY
FOE, INITITATE, PROMOTE AND CONTROL RESEARCH, EXPERIMENTATION, INSPECTION, SURVEY AND STATISTICAL
COMPILATION CONCERNING SOURCES, ACQUISITION, AND PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR MATERISLA; 2) TO SUBMIT
OPINIONS TO THE fllNISTES CONCERNING THE DECLARATION 0? SPECIAL NUCLEAP MATERIALS AND POWER SOURCE
MAI3RI.XL5; 3) TO LAY RULES FOR THS CONTROL AND OPERATION OF ENTERPRISES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
PRESCRIPTIONS OR CONDITIONS IN LICENCES ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT; H) TO PRESCRIBE STANDARDS
SPECIALLY F03 THE USE IN CONNECTION WITH ATOHIC ENERGY; 5) TO PROMOTE AND SPREAD KNOWLEDGE
CONCERNING ATOMIC ENERGY. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS IS IN CHARGE OF THE EXECUTION
OF THIS ACT AND IS EMPOWERED TO APPOINT COMPETENT OFFICERS AND ISSUE MINISTERIAL REGULATIONS
PURSUANT TH2FE TO.
"JULY, 1961 MINISTERIAL REGULATION NO. 2 ISSUED UNDER THE ATOMIC ENERGY FOB
PEACE ACT" ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION, TRANSL. EPA
ENGLISH 07/28/61 PGS 3f>5-311 ID* 01838B
THIS REGULATION 5Y THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS STIPULATES THAT PERSONS HHC WISH
TO PRODUCE, POSSESS OR US£ SPtCIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS, ATOMIC ENERGY, BY-PRODUCTS, OP.
POW2E SOUECE MATERIALS CHEMICALLY TFANSFORMED FROM THEIR NATURAL STATE MUST FILE AN APPLICATION
FOa A LICENSE WITH THE ATOMIC SNEPGY FOR PEACE OFFICE. APPLICATIONS ALSO HUST BE FILED FOR PERSONS
WISHING TO DO ANYTHING TO POWER SOURCE MATERIALS TO TRANSFORM THEM CHEMICALLY FROM THEIR NATURAL
STATE AND PERSONS WISHING TO IMP02T OR EXPORT SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS, BY-PRODUCTS, OP. POWER
SOU3CE .'1AIERIALS. SAMPLE APPLICATION FORMS AEE ATTACHED TO THE REGULATION. THS PECULATION STATES
THAT RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MAY BE DISPOSED OF OR DESTROYED ONLY BY METHODS APPROVED IN WRITIN3 BY
THE COMMISSION.
THAILAND
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"•JOT. 22, 1965 ATOMIC ENERGY FOP PEACE ACT (NO.
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
INTERNATIONAL T5ANSLATION, TRANSL.
ENGLISH 11/01/69 ?3S 655
2) " EOYAL THM
EPA
C1833C
TH13 ACT REPEALS SECTIONS 3,5,6, AND 7 OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY FOR PEACE ACT OF 1961. IN SECTION
3 ATOMIC ENERGY IS REDEFINED AS ENERGY OF WHATEVER NATURE RELEASED UPON FISSION, COMBINATION OR
:5ASSFOHMiTION OF THi NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM OF ENERGY FROM X-PAYS. THE DUTIES, MEMBERSHIP, AND
LEN'JTM OF SERVICE OP MEMBERS OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY FOR PEACE BOARD ARE REDEFINED IN SECTIONS
5,6, AND 7. THE MINISTER OP NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS IN CHARGE OP THE EXECUTION OF THIS ACT.
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RADIATION
T;UILA;;;> ".-!.-,Y _1, I9o7 ;.OYAL DiC?.^ DN OF.
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SPANISH V./ri/7--; ?v3S 1972-1976 ID# 01131A
*AI5 WATE3 PESTICIDtS F.ADIATI'JM NOISE GENERAL
SPAIS
13, 1972 DECREE CHEATING THE H£P?.£SEtITA riVi GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION FOR
THE ENVI?OKM2NT," HSPEBTORIO C7.0N010J. JE LfJIS.
EDITOEIAL A3ASZADI, COMP. EPA
SPi.NISh ^':./Or./72 ?GS 919-92', ID* 01131A
*AIH rfATEP PESTICIDES 3ADI4TION NOISE GENEPAL
SWITZERLAND
tS(A)
"FE3 7, 1972 GUIDELINES ON E.1ISSION LIMITS POP INCI?15F?.TOnS. •' BUNDiSBLATT,
NO. 15
SPA
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AUSTRALIA
LP (A)
"HAY 13, 1960 ACT NO. 11 RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF THE POLLUTION OF THE
S2A BY OIL" COMMONWEALTH ACTS.
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/68 PCS 43-56 ID* 01879A
1'il IS ACT ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS FSOM THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION
OF THE SEA 3Y OIL, 1954. A COPY OF THfi ENGLISH TEXT OF THE CONVENTION IS SET OUT IN THE FIBST
SCIiZiJULE TO TrilS ACT. THE ACT SIAIES THAT IF ANY DISCHAFGE OF OIL OH OF A HIXTURE CONTAINING
0~l OCCU3S FROM A SHIP TO WHICH THIS ACT APPLIES KITH THE CONSEQUENCE THAT THE OIL FOULS THE
SUFFACE OF 7ti2 SSA, THE OWNER AND HASTES 0? THE SHIP ARE EACH GUILTY OF AN OFFENSE AGAINST THIS
ACT. THi GOVERNOS-GiNERAL BAY HAKE REGULATIONS FOP. CARRYING OUT OR GIVING EFFECT TO THIS ACT.
A'JSTiULIA
LF. (A)
"SEPI 20, 19bf POLLUTION OF T»E SEA OIL REGULATIONS, SERIAL SO. 90"
JGflMONWE<H STATUTORY RULES.
EPA
£HJ1ISH Or/00/62 ?GS 416-419 ID* C1879B
TiljiSS REGULATIONS, ENACTED 'JNOEP. THE POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL ACT 1960, STATE THAT THE
OHIi^r. AMD S ASTER OF A oHIP NOT SO FITTED AS TO PREVENT THE ESCAPE OF FUEL OIL OP. HEAVY DIESEL
G:L i:iio IHL BILGES o? THE SHIP APE SACH GUILTY OF AS OFFENSE AGAINST THIS REGULATION.
AS O:L ?.iCO?D BOOK XUST BE CARRIED IN HVSCY SHIP REGISTERED IN AUSTRALIA IN ACCORDANCE WITH
:n;-: REGULATION FOFHJ, IN WHICH MUST 3E KEPI ALL THE INFORMATION CONCERNING BALLASTING AND
OISCIIAF.JINj OF BALLAST, CLEANING, DISPOSAL OF OILY RESIDUES, AND ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGES OR
OF OIL.
"Ar?.IL 12, 1965 POLLUTION OF THE SiA BY OIL ACT NO. 4" COMMONWEALTH ACTS.
EPA
iNoLIiH :r/1V65 PoS 2f:-31 10* 01879C
Iii.15 ACT AMENDS IHE POLLUTION OF THE SiiA EY OIL 196'' BY REPEALING SECTIONS 3,6,7,8, AND
rnr. 3?:D AJID a?:i dj. :;ri POLLUTT-JN OF TH^C SEA DY OIL ACT I9oc-i9o5.
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LF. (A)
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".1AFC.I :>., 1,'td ;-;.V l
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THIS
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MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AMD ADMINISTERING THE ACT. THE ACT PROVIDES FOR CLASSIFYING THE
N^W SOUTH WALES, FOB PRESCRIBING STANDARDS IN PELATION TO THESE CLASSIFICATIONS, FOP THE
0? DSAIlIo WHICH OIoCHASuE POLLUTANTS INTO CLASSIFIED WATERS, AND FOR IMPOSING CONDITIONS
AKTIN5 OF SUCH LICSNSio. A ?££ 0? UP TO $1,:n( MAY BE CHARGED FOP A LICENSE. IN
CirtC'JrtSiAHCfcj, TH? aOT PSOVID3S THAT PERSONS MAY BE DIRECTED TO CEASE POLLUTING WATERS,
IKJ:ALLIN-J EQUIPMENT, STC. , FOS oiscHAF.ciNa POLLUTANTS, OR TO IISTALL APPAPATFIS, EQUIPMENT
TO RuDU-ii T !t POLLUTION OK WATEP.3. ALSO, IN SPECIFIED JISCUMSTANCES, IT PROVIDES THAT
TO.c:Y AU7HOFITY CP. LOCAL AUTHORITY 1AY B2 DIRECTED TO REMOVE, DISPERSE, DESTROY OR
TiiS POLLUTION OF WATt.^S CAUSED bY ANY PERSON, IN EMERGENCIES , THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS
.AtiSL- nn BE AUIHO^IZ'-JD OF P?OHIBITED.
AUSTRALIA t
Li- (A)
"J'JLi- 7, 1359 NO. 1U CONT.-OL OF WATZ83 ORDINANCE 1938-1959" ORDINANCE OF
Tiii, :iO.
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WATER
AUSTRIA
PM(B)
UMWELI/WASSER - LEBEH (EHVIRONNENT/HATEH = LIFE)
JiUSTSIA. FEDERAL MINISTRY POP. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY EPA
GERMAN 00/00/72 PCS 1-119 ID* 01919A
THIS PUBLICATION OF THE AUSTRIAN FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY IS DESIGNED TO
GIVE A REPRESENTATIVE PICTURE OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF HATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. PART 1. "PRINCIPLES," DISCUSSES THE SOLE OF WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CONSIDERS BODIES OF HATER AS LIVIN3 ENVIRONMENTS AND THE EFFECTS OF
VARIOUS HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON THEM, AND FINALLY DISCUSSES THE CHALLENGES OF WATER PROTECTION. PART 2
3CALS WITH THE PRACTICE OF HATtiR RESOURCES MANA3EMENT. AMONG THE TOPICS DEALT WITH ARE: THE HATER
BALANCE IN AUSTRIA; HATER AS A DISEASE CARRIER; RADIATION CONTAMINATION; PROTECTION OF DRINKING
WATER; CANALIZATION AND WATER PURIFICATION; 3ARBAGE TRASH DISPOSAL; AND IRRIGATION AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. PAR? 3 THEN CONSIDERS THE FUNCTIONS OF HATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, HITH
EMPHASIS ON THE BASES FOR PLANNING IN BOTH HYDROGRAPHY AND HATER MANAGEMENT; HATER LAWS AND THEIF
ADMINISTRATION; AND THE FINANCING OF WATEB RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.
CANADA
L? (B)
"GUIDELINES RELEASED FOR OIL SPILL DISPERSANTS."
RELEASE
ENVIRONMENT CANADA »
ENGLISH 11/05/73 PGS 1
ENVIRONMENT CANADA NEWS
ID*
E*A
01811A
THIS NSW5 RELEASE, ISSUED BY THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF FEDERAL
GUIDLINES ON THE USE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS FOR DISPERSION OF OIL SPILLS. THE MINISTER NOTES THAT
MOST CHEMICAL OISPEHSANTS, IF NOT PROPERLY US2D, CAN CAUSE MORE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE THAN UNTREATED
OIL SPILLS. UNDER THE NEK REGULATIONS, CHEMICAL DISPERSANTS WSY BE USED ONLY HITH THE EXPRESS
PERMISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT. ACCEPTABLE CHEMICAL DISPBRSANTS ASE LISTED AS HELL
AS CONDITIONS FOR THEIR USE.
CHIL2
L5(A)
"APRIL 13, 1951 HATER CODE NO. 9.909." DIAPIO OFICIAL.
EPA
SPANISH 05/23/51 PGS 1232/12U6 ID* 01812A
THIS LAW BY THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE STATES THAT HAT2H HHICH RUNS IN NATURAL HATERCOURSES IS
NATIONAL PROPERTY AND DELINEATES A LANDOHNEH'S RIGHTS OVER USE 0? SUCH HATER. THE USE OF THE
HATER, IF NOT FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES (INCLUDING U32 FOR DRINKING AND SANITARY PURPOSES), IS
PERMITTED ONLY AFTER A GRANT BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES DEFINING THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF THE
HATER AND OTHER REQUISITES HAS BEEN CONC2DED. THE LA« INCLUDED PROVISIONS ON HATES USE GRANTS
FOR RAILROADS, SALTPETER PROCESSING, IRRIGATION, MOTORIZED POHER, INDUSTRY, AND FOP, MEDICINAL
AND MINERAL-MEDICINAL PURPOSES. ALSO INCLUDED IS INFORMATION ON THE ASSESSMENT AND REGISTRATION
Or HATCH, FINES FOR MISUSE, GENERAL HATSR JUDGMENTS, AND THE ROL3 OF THE CANAL ASSOCIATIONS AND
HAT2K COMMUNITIES. THE OFFICE OP THE GENERAL DI9ECTOR OF HATER AND THE DEPARTMENT OF IRRIGATION
ARZ IN CHARGE OF CARRYING OUT TH£ LAH.
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
PK(B)
VODNI HOSPODAF.STVI, HADA A (WATER .1ANAGEMENT, SERIES A)
NOVAXCVA, JI5INA, 2D. EPA
CZ2CH 19/CO/72 PGS 2U1-272 ID* ""797A
JENS3AL
T.1IS ISSUE IS DriVOTED PRIMARILY TO AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION AND DRAINA3E PROBLEMS. SEVERAL
ARTICLES REPORT ON THE VIII CONGPZSS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION POS DRAINAGE, IRRIGATION ASD
FLOOD PR2VfiNTION (ICID) HELD IN VARNA, BULGARIA IN 1972. AN ARTICLE BY V. KOLAR (PA3E 261-265)
ON PACT03S AFFECTING KKGULATIQN OF FIVES BASKS AND FLOOD PLAIN TERRITORIES STRESSES THE NEED
FOE INCREASED ATTENTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IN PLANNING OF FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS WITH
PA?TICUL.\~ ATTENTION TO FLOOD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
SE( )
VODNI HOSPODAKSTVI, HADA d (HATEH MANAGEMENT, SERIES B)
NOViKOVA, JIRINA, SO.
CZECH ' 10/00/72 PGS 2U1-272 ID*
ALSO r13
PESTICIDES
EPA
00798A
THIS ISSUc CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES: "EFFECTS 0? ACTIONS BY THE STATE WATEK SOURCES
DilViLOPHENT FUND UPON THE IMFROVEMSNT OF ENVIRONMENT AND LIVING STANDARD AND THE EFFECT OF
SUBSIDIES UPON THE PREVENTION OF RIVER POLLUTION"; "USE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC DETECTORS FOR SAPPING
BUSIED HATEH PIPINJ"; "HEW HASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE ST3TI PAPER AND PULP MILL";
"SEWAGE FROM URiiAN RESIDENTIAL QUARTERS. ITS AMOUNT AND COMPOSITION'"; "EFFECTS OF AL3AE ON THE
TURiJiaiTY AVD COLOR OF HATER"; AND "CHROMAT03RAPHIC DETECTION OF CHLORINATED INSECTICIDES IN
HATiJE."
ETHIOPIA
i-F (A)
"1971 OSDER NO. 27, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL
HATEri RESOURCES COMMISSION." NS3ARIT 3AZETA, NO. 3
EPA
ENGLISH 10/27/71 PGS 12-19 ID* 01781A
THIS OSDEH ESTABLISHES A NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION AS AN AUTONOMOUS ORGAN OF THF
ETHIOPIAN GOV3RNMENT WITH THE ?UK?OSES OF, AMONG OTHEE THINGS, ENSURING THE COORDINATION OF ALL
ACTIVITIES WHICH MAY INFLUENCE HATE?. QUALITY, QUANTITY, DISTRIBUTION OH USE AND ENSURING THE
APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE STANDARDS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE INVESTIGATION, CONTROL, PROTECTION,
USE, MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF WATER. THE COMMISSION IS PUHTHSR HELD RESPONSIBLE FOS
ENSURING THAI THERE EXIST ADEyUATt FACILITIES FOR DRAINAGE, THE SAFE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE AND
INDUSTRIAL 2FFLUENT3 AND THE CONTEOL AND PREVENTION Of POLLUTIOiV AND DISEASE. THE ORDER OUTLINES
THi POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION, WHICH INCLUDE APPPOVING HATER 2ELATED PLANS AND
PROPOSALS AND ESTABLISHING WATER AUTHORITIES AND ISSUING DIRECTIVES TO THEM. THE COMPOSITION AND
ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION ARE ALSO SPECIFIED. THE COMMISSION IS RES?ONSI8L£ TO
THE PSIM2 MINISTER, TO WHOM IT IS TO ISSUE AN ANNUAL PEPORT.
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FINLAND
LS (A)
PAGE
55
"ADJUST 27, 1965 PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. NO. 469." SUOMEN ASETUSKOKOELMA, V. 65
EPA
FINNISH 08/27/65 PoS 1C33-U6 ID# 01117A
*G£NirvAL AIR NOISE
FBANCi
( )
ASSOCIATION FP.ANCAISE POUR L'ETUDE DES EAUX (FRENCH ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY
OF rtATfS) (PROSPECTUS)
EPA
FKiSCH GC/C'V71 ?GS 1-20 IDf 00938A
Ar-ZE/ASiOCIATION F?ANCAISE POUR L'2TUDE DES EAUX (FRENCH ASSOCIATION FOP THE STUDY OF WATEE)
IS i PRIVATE DOCUMENTATION SERVICE, WHICH PROVIDES COMPUTERIZED ABSTRACTS {AND COPIES OF ORIGINAL
DOCUMENTS) Of INTERNATIONAL, SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO WATER USE. THIS PAMPHLET PROVIDES
3FI~F JACKJP.OUND INFORMATION ON THE ORGANIZATION, ITS STRUCTURE, STAFF, ABSTRACTING AND RETRIEVAL
PROCEDURES, TYPZS OF LIST PROVIDED, BULLETINS ISSUED, LIBRARY, AND CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP AND
priVILESES. DOCUMENTATION DESCRIPTORS ON POLLUTION INCLUDE BREAKDOWNS UNDER THE BAIN HEADINGS;
ACCID-iSIAL, AI2, WATER, SEA, UNDERGROUND, AND THERMAL POLLUTION. A LIST OF INFORMATION SESSIONS
HELD Jtlu'EaN MARCH 1969 AND FEBRUARY 1971 IS PROVIDED; IT INCLUDES THE TITLES OF PAPERS PRESENTED
ON .-ilVEE POLLUTION, PURIFICATION STATIONS, AND PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES.
"SORT:-: SEA «COMAND« PROPOSED 10 PROTECT OIL RIGS FROM RISK OF SABOTAGE AND
POLLUTION." THE TIMES (LONDON)
FA'JX, RONALD EPA
ENGLISH 11/27/73 PGS 6 IDf 01993A
THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH THE ADVICE OF A GROUP 07 SCOTTISH UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS THAT A NOPTH
SZi. ENVIRONMENTAL COMMAND TO BE OPERATED JOINTLY BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF TF.A03 AND INDUSTRY WILL BE NECESSARY ONCE THE NORTH SEA OIL INDUSTRY REACHES FULL PRODUCTION.
THE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES SPECIALISTS ON INTERNATIONAL LAW,DEFENSE ENGINEERING AND ECONOMICS,
IS PAr-II-ULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT OIL RINGS AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF MASSIVE POLLUTION IN CASE OF
ACCIDfjTAL oPILLAGi 0? COLLISION. OTHER PROBLEMS INVOLVE THE STATUS OF SUCH RI3S IN INTERNATIONAL
!.»•.« AJi) IH2 DANGEES TO RIGS FROM SABOTEURS. ALTHOUGH OPERATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE IN FULL
SWINu IN THE NORTH SEA UNTIL 198?, THE 3ROUP FEELS THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMAND SHOULD BE
ORGANIZED IMMEDIATELY, SO THAT IT CAN COMB INTO OPERATION AS THE RIGS REACH FULL PRODUCTION AND
THUS BE AVAILABLE IF AND WH2N EMERGENCY SITUATIONS ARISE.
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HOND'JEAS
i-F U)
PAGE
56
22, 1969 OSD23 NO. 470 HEALTH REGULATIONS FOP ENVI30NHENTAL IMPROVEMENT."
FOOD AND A3nICULTU3AL LEGISLATION, V. 20.
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, UN, COUP.
EiJJLIS.i 06/00/71 P3S 101-106
*<.;tNZ.?.AL SOLID HASTE AIR
ID*
EPA
01703A
ISDIA
LF:(A)
"THE CANTONMENTS ACT, 132U" (NO.
•JH^EPEALaD CENTRAL ACTS, V. 2
CHITAL2Y, D.V. AND S. APPU RAO
ENGLISH 00/00/69
»JiN2SAL SOLID HASTE
11). THE A.I.R. (ALL INDIA REPORTER) MANUAL
P3S 35-1U6
ID*
EPA
01927A
ISRAEL
;i (A)
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN IS3AEL
IS?.A£1. ENViaONM£HTAL PBOTECTION SERVICE
ENJLI3H 12/18/73 PGS 1-6
*GiN^fAL AIS NOISE
EPA
IDt 01908A
JAPAN
"HZNTSTP.Y 10 STEP UP SEHEF CONSTRUCTION IN NEW 5-YEAB PLAN." JAPAN TIHES
EPA
Ea^LISH 05/OU/7U PGS 2 ID* 01968A
THIS SiWa STORY REPORTS THAT THE CONSTSUCTION MINISTRY IN JAPAN PLANS TO ACCELERATE THE
OF SEWEPS IN A FIVE-YEAR PH03SAM TO HEET HATER-QUALITY STANDARDS. THE ENVIRONMENT A3ENCY
HAS FINIoHSD THE JOS 0? SETTING QUALITY STANDARDS AT U7 INTERPR3FECTURAL SITES. TO MEET THESE
37ANDAF.DS xMS CONdTRUCIION MINISTRY INTENDS TO MOVE UP THE PROGRAM BY ONE YEAR SO THAT IT HILL
OVERLAP rfiru THE LAST YEAR OF THE PRESENT FIVE-YEAR PLAN. MINISTRY OFFICIALS ESTIMATE THAT AN
IKViSl'MEHT OF MORE THAN 1,2CL,000 MILLION YEN WILL BE REQUIRED OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO EIGHT YEARS
TO 33ACH THAT WATES QUALITY DEMANDED BY THE STANDARDS.
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5T
UTBB
JAPAN
ST( )
JAPAN
ST( )
"RECENT PBACTICE OF HASTEHATER TBEATHEHT AT YANAHARA MINE." JOINT MEETING
HMIJ-AIME 1972. TOKYO, HAT 24-27. PRINT NO. T III B 2.
IKEGAMI, T. EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/70 PGS 1-10 IDf 00785A
THE PAMPHLET GIVES A SHORT HISTORY, OF HATER TREATMENT AT THE YANAHARA MINE AND PRESENTS
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF MINE HATERS. TREATMENT PRACTICES FOR THESE TYPES
(OXIDATION AND NEUTRALIZATION) ARE EXPLAINED AS MEASURES HHICH HILL BE IMPROVED IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE
"ZERO POLLUTANT DISCHARGE.« A NUMBER' OF DIAGRAMS, TABLES AND GRAPHS 'ARE INCLUDED.
PROSPECTUS FOR THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL OCEAN DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
AND EXHIBITION
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/72 PGS 1-20 ID* 00969A
ALSO PMA; JAPANESE
THIS ENGLISH-JAPANESE CIRCULAR OUTLINES THE ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL OCEAN
DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION, SPONSORED BY' VARIOUS JAPANESE ENVIRONMENTAL AND BUSINESS
ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPORTED }BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, HHICH HAS HELD IN TOKYO IN OCTOBER 1972.
IT LISTS VARIOUS EXHIBITS, SPECIAL DISPLAYS, AND FILMS AS HELL AS THE PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED ON
OCEAN POLLUTION. THERE IS ALSO AN OUTLINE OF THE ACTIVITIES AND THE EXHIBITORS AT THE 1ST
EXHIBITION, HELD IN TOKYO IN SEPTEMBER 1970.
KENYA
LR(A)
"THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE." LAHS OF KENYA, CHAPTER 242, REV. ED.
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/62 PGS 1-7U ID* 01778A
AIR SOLID HASTE
AMONG THE PROHIBITED NUISANCES LISTED IN ARTICLE 118 OF THIS GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE
ARE: ROADS, STREAMS, POOLS, DITCHES, SEHERS, REFUSE-PITS, ETC. IN SUCH A FOUL STATE AS TO BE
CONSIDERED OFFENSIVE OR INJURIOUS TO HEALTH; HELLS, CISTERNS OR OTHER RECEPTACLES FOR HATER
INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, THE HATER OF HHICH IS POLLUTED OR CAN BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS TO
HEALTH; NOXIOUS HATTER OR HASTES DISCHARGED FROM ANY PREMISE INTO AN UNAUTHORIZED GUTTER,
HATERCOURSE, ETC.; FACTORY OR TRADE PREMISES CAUSING OR GIVING RISE TO OFFENSIVE OP DANGEROUS
SMELLS OR EFFLUVIA; HEALTH-ENDANGERING ACCUMULATIONS OF REFUSE, OFFAL OR NANURE; AND CHIMNEYS
EMITTING EXCESS QUANTITIES OF SMOKE. PROCEDURES FOR REMOVING OR CONTROLLING SUCH NUISANCES ARE
CONTAINED IN SUBSEQUENT ARTICLES. ARTICLES 129 AND 130 REQUIRE LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO TAKE MEASURES
TO PREVENT POLLUTION OR HATER SUPPLIES AND TO PROVIDE FOR PURIFICATION OF ALREADY POLLUTED HATER
SUPPLIES. THE COMPETENT MINISTER IS TO HAKE RULES TO PREVENT POLLUTION OF HATER SUPPLIES.
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KENYA
LR(A)
LUXEMBURG
UJ(A)
PAGE
58
"THE PUBLIC HEALTH (DRAINAGE AND LATRINES) ROLES."
242, SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION, REV. ED.
LAWS Of KENYA, CHAPTER
ENGLISH
00/00/62 PGS 37-85
ID*
EPA
01778B
THESE RULES, MADE IN PURSUANCE OF SECTION 126 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE, DEAL WITH THE
CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF DRAINS, LATRINES, CESSPOOLS, SEVERS, ETC. NUMBER 16 MAKES IT AN
OFFENSE TO PASS INTO ANY SEHER ANY SOLID MATTER, SUSPENDED HATTER, HUD, CHEMICAL HASTES,
MANUFACTURING HASTES, OR TRADE HASTES, ETC. HHICH HAY BE INJURIOUS TO THE SEHER, SEHER HORKERS
OB OTHER PERSONS. NUMBER 17 GIVES LOCAL AUTHORITIES THE POHER TO PROHIBIT THE DISCHARGE INTO
SEHERS UNDER THEIR CONTROL OF ANY TRADE, BREHERY OR MANUFACTURING LIQUID HASTES, SEHERAGE OR
EFFLUENT UNLESS THESE HAVE BEEN "FREED OF THE GROSSER OBJECTIONABLE HATTERS..." AND UNLESS
THE SEHERS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO RECEIVE THEM.
"AUG 17, 1963 ORDER DESIGNATING OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTION OF JAN 9, 1961
LAH ON PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND HATERS." PASINOHIE LUXBMBOURGBOISE, V. 3,5.
KERSCHEN, NICOLAS, COHP. EPA
FRENCH 00/00/64 PGS 355 ) IDf 01406B
THE "JAN 9, 1961 LAH ON PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND HATERS" IS TO BE EXECUTED BY THE FOLLOHING
DEPARTMENTS OF GOVERNMENT: THE ADMINISTRATION OF BRIDGES AND HIGH8AYS, THE ADMINISTRATION OF
HATERS AND FORESTS, THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, THE INSPECTORATE OF LABOR AND MINES, AND
THE ADMINISTRATION OF AGRICULTURAL SERVICES. THIS ORDER IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE MINISTRIES
OF PUBLIC HEALTH, OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY, OF PUBLIC HORKS, OF AGRICULTURE, OF JUSTICE, AND
OF THE INTERIOR.
MALAHI
LR(A)
"HATER RESOURCES ACT, NO. 15 OF 1969." LAHS OF MALAHI, CHAPTER
72:03.
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/72 PGS 1-36 ID* 01836A
THIS GENERAL HATER ACT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTROL, CONSERVATION, APPORTIONMENT
AND USE OF THE HATER RESOURCES OF MALAHI. IT ESTABLISHES AND SPECIFIES THE POHERS AND DUTIES OF
THE HATER RESOURCES BOARD, HHICH IS UNDER THE GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE MINISTER OF NATURAL
RESOURCES, HHO IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING REGULATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACT.
ARTICLE 16 MAKES GUILTY OF AN OFFENSE ANY PERSON HHO, EXCEPT UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESENT
ACT OR OF ANY OTHER BRITTEN LAH, INTERFERES WITH OR ALTERS THE FLOH OF OR POLLUTES OR FOULS
ANY PUBLIC HATER. PENALTIES FOR SUCH OFFENSES ARE SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 25.
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MALAYSIA
LR(A)
NETHERLANDS
ST( )
PAGE
59
"PETROLEUM MINING ACT, 1966 (REVISED--1972, ACT 95)." LAWS OP MALAYSIA
EPA
ENGLISH
00/00/72 PGS 17-18
ID* 01925A
THIS ACT REQUIRES THAT PERSONS LICENSED BY THE PETROLEUH AUTHORITY TO DRILL FOR OIL CONDUCT
OPERATIONS IN A MANNER WILL PREVENT ESCAPE OF PETROLEUH INTO ANY WATER IN THE VICINITY OF
THE HELL. IT IS PROHIBTED TO CARRY OUT ANY OPERATION AUTHORIZED BY A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS
ACT IN A MANNER WHICH MIGHT, IN THE OPINION OF THE PETROLEUH AUTHORITY, ENDANGER LIVING RESOURCES
OF THE SEA OR INTERFERE WITH FISHING IN THE WATERS OF THE DRILLING AREA.
"VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF PHOSPHATE IN FRESHWATER II."
GOLTERHAN, H.L.
ENGLISH OU/00/72 PGS 1
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SPAIN
LR(A)
PAGE
60
"NOV. 30, 1961 DECREE APPROVING THE REGULATION ON TROUBLESOME, UNHEALTHY,
HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS INDUSTRIES," REPERTORIO CBONOLOG, DE LEGIS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH ' 00/00/61 PCS 1416-1428 IDf 01125A
*AIR RADIATION NOISE SOLID HASTE GENERAL
SPAIN
LR(A)
"MAR. 15, 1963 ORDER CONTAINING COMPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ... REGULATION
ON TROUBLESOME, UNHEALTHY, HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS," REPERTORIO CRONOLOS, DE LEGIS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH 00/00/63 PCS 654-658 ID* 01125B
*AIR RADIATION NOISE SOLID HASTE GENERAL
SPAIN
LR(A)
"AUG. 16, 1968 DECREE REGULATING APPLICATION OF PUBLIC TAKEOVER OF TROUBLESOME
HEALTHY, HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS INDUSTRIES," REPERTORIO CRONOLOG, DE LEGIS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COMP. EPA
SPANISH 00/00/68 PGS 1631-1632 ID* 01125C
*AIR RADIATION NOISE SOLID HASTE GENERAL
SPAIN
LR(A)
"AUG. 6, 1970 AGREEMENT OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION HITH THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA," REPERTORIO CRONOLOG. DE LEGIS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COHP. COUP.
SPANISH 00/00/70 PGS 1972-1976 ID* 01130A
*AIR SOLID HASTE PESTICIDES RADIATION NOISE GENERAL
SPAIN
LR(A)
"APRJL 13, 1972 DECREE CREATING THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION FOB
THE ENVIRONMENT," REPERTORIO CRONOLOG. DE LEGIS.
EDITORIAL ARANZADI, COHP. EPA
SPANISH 00/00/72 PGS 919-920 ID* 01131A
*AIR SOLID HASTE PESTICIDES RADIATION NOISE GENERAL
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HATES
SWAZILAND MAY 22, 1964 CONTROL Of RADIO-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES HEGOLATIONS.
EPA
LB(A) ENGLISH 00/00/6U PGS 1-17 ID* 0182QA
*RADIATION AIR
SWEDEN MILJOVARDSPHOBLEM VID PETHOLEUHINDOSTRI (ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY). PUB. 1972:12
NATIONAL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD EPA
PH(B) SWEDISH 00/00/72 PGS 1-167 ID* 01975A
SUMMARY IN ENGLISH
*AIR NOISE
SWITZERLAND "THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION." DISPOSITIONS DU DROIT FEDERAL APPLICABLES A LA
PROTECTION DE L(ENVIRONMENT
SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
LR(A) FRENCH 08/00/72 PGS 1-1 ID* 01360A
*AIH NOISE RADIATION
THAILAND "MAY 7, 1968 SANITATION DISTRICT ACT (NO. 2) "ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE
INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION, TRANSL. EPA
LR(A) ENGLISH 05/07/7U PGS 190-192 ID* 0189UA
*GENERAL
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