PB 231 665 23

                Number 23
                July 1974
       SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN  GOVERNMENT
      ENVIRONMENTAL
             REPORTS
 U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
          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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     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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AI8

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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AIP
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     3T( )
    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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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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                                                                                                              17
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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                                                                                                                                  19
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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                                                                                                                                   20
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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GENERAL

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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                                                                                                              25
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
                                                                                                                             PAGE
                                                                                                                                     26
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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JEN3SAL

UNITiD NATIONS
                                                                                                                            PAGE
                                                                                                                                    27
"STOCKHOLM i-NVIRONHENTAL  CONFERENCE:
V. 27. NU. 2«
3INO"P., SEPP
G£5.tUN                  (
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NOIS?
     PH (M
                                                                                                                            PAGE
                                                                                                           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
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   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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PESTICIDES

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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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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PESTICIDES

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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PESTICIDES

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 (A)
    "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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                *'I
                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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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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                                                                                                                            PJISE
SOUIa APi-IC*
     ~r. (A)
                                                                                                           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.
    £0ITO.-.^AI H?ANZ«OI, COB?.                                     EPA
    SPANISH                 00/OJ/«1  PCS   1U16~1U28      ID*  CliaSA
    •Air            H&I2R          NOISE          SOLID VASt£   32HE2AL
SPAIN
      L?. (A)
    "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
      LMA)
    "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
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                      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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                      PiTMIJ-USti HAJlATlOii DOSES A!!J LiVSIS,  Pf.0;: "D":-. ES ?C;  SAri: JsE -JF  ?iAl£0 *ND TNStALFD  P.ADIATTOU
                      ^O'J-fiii, AND ^MEiA-.iNCY MEASU.-.X'J IN  C.A3-  0? ::'J7!~-J-'- ACCI"5Si:7.

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                      "?.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
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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
     LMA)
    "•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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SPAIS
        13,  1972 DECREE  CHEATING THE H£P?.£SEtITA riVi GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION  FOR
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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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                                ('iJCLJiAn iililPS)  PECULATIONS, SiiPIAL NO.
                                                                                  ID*
                                                                   EPA
                                                                  M880A
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  "DtC 9, 1*70  ACT  MO.  78,  CL2A?I WJTFaS  ACT"  THE STATUTE'S OF NEW SOUTH  WALES.
                                                                 EPA
  ENGLISH                  vyO'i/7''  P'oS   1681-1712      ID*  01883A

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A?Gi OF
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?e:FiEo
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l SJATJ
                                    EsTAbLcilHES A CLEAN WATERS  APPEALS BOARD AND A CLEAN  WATERS  ADVISORY COMMITTEE  IN
                                 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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WATE3

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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HATS?

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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                                                                                                                          PIGS
                                                                                                             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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HATER

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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HATER

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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HATER

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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