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               September 1974
       SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
      ENVIRONMENTAL
             REPORTS
 U S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
          Washington. D C 20460

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

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retrieval of these summaries  by:
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         pesticides
         radiation
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This series, devoted to summaries of government  reports  and  other  pertinent
literature and focusing on the legislative,  organizational,  economic,  and
social aspects of environmental protection,  supplements  foreign  scientific
and technical literature abstracted by other EPA Information services.
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dissemination of this information to EPA staff.   This announcement of
documents received is the first step.
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                                             Office of International Activities
            U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                Washington, D. C.  20460

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                                   TABLE OF CONTENTS


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                                         AIR
      See SOLID WASTE (Australia) — Control No. 02036 A ...........     41
          GENERAL (Australia) — Control No. 02150A .............     15
    '< Maintenance of Air Purity.  Environmental Protection - So That
          We Survive ............................      1
      See GENERAL (Austria) — Control No. 02072A ..............     15
      Mar 26, 1974 Ministerial Decree on Testing Heaters Fueled by
          Solid Combustibles ........................      2
      Ministerial Decree Fixing Conditions for Testing Heaters Fueled
          by Liquid Combustibles ......................      2
      Mar 27, 1974 Ministerial Decree Determining the Qualification of
          Technicians Responsible for Maintenance of Heaters in Special
          Protection Zones .........................      2
      See WATER (Brazil) — Control No. 02084A ...............     48
Canada.
      See GENERAL (Canada) ~ Control No. 02011A ..............     18
      Catalytic Converters Bring New Problems ..... . ..........      3
      The High Price of Cleaning Up .....................      3
     , Republic, o^
      Review of Environmental Situations and Activities of
          Taiwan, Republic of China .....................      4
Czechoslovakia
      See NOISE (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. 02159A ...........     34
EEC
      See WATER (EEC) -- Control No. 02156A .................     51
         Communities
      See GENERAL (European Communities) — Control No. 02051A  .......     21

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Finland
      See NOISE (Finland) -- Control No. 01106B ...............     34
France.
      May 13, 1974 Decree No. 74-415 on the Control of Air-Polluting
          Emissions and Certain Uses of Thermal Energy ...........      5
      See WATER (France) — Control No. 02060A ...............     51
          WATER (France) ~ Control No. 02061A ...............     52
      Mercury Discharges Strictly Regulated .................      6
      Research Programs in the Field of Atmospheric Pollution ........      6
G&wany, Fecf Rep Q&
      Surprise Action in Industrial Concerns ................      6
      Engine Manufacture at the Crossroads - Europe is Not
          the U.S.A .............................      7
      Law on Protection from Harmful Environmental Influences
          of Pollution, Noise, Vibrations and Similar Processes .......      7
      More Electricity or More Blue Skies?  Exaggerated
          Environmental Protection Endangers Supply.* ............      8
      See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 02014A ........     25
      Environmental Pollution Increasing in North-Rhine Westphalia .....      8
      Smog Danger on 50 Days ........................      9
      See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 02075A ........     26
HwgaSLy
      Air and Water Pollution Control in Hungary ..............      9
ICAQ
      See NOISE (ICAO) ~ Control No. 02066A ................     37
InteAnation&t
      Common Effort for Clean Air ......................     10
      See SOLID WASTE (International) — Control No.  02103A .........     45
      How Gouldings Dispose of Effluents ..................      10
      Pollution Controls by Two Big Firms ..................      11

      Requests in the State of Mexico for Suspension of
          Pollution Fines ..........................      11
      Federal Control of 2,529 Highly Polluting Industries .........      11
      See GENERAL (Mexico)  — Control No. 01645E ..............      29
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MfcX/CGO
      Law Against Pollution Enters Into  Force ...............      12
      3,000 Industries Cause 50 Percent of the Damage,
          Says Vizcaino Murray .......................      12
Spavin
      The Pollution in Our City is Pronounced but Not Alarming .......      13
U.S.A.
      Campaign for Cleaner Air, Public Affairs Pamphlet, No. 494 ......      13
      Background Report on EPA Enforcement .................      13
      See GENERAL (United States) — Control No. 02053A ..........      32
      Action for Environmental Quality. Standards and Enforcement
          for Air and Water Pollution Control ...............      14
      Progress in the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in
          1973 ...............................      14

                                        GENERAL
      Australia in the World Environment ..................      15
      Environmental Pollution in Tasmania .................      15
      Health and Environmental Protection Under the Ministry for
          Health and Environment ......................      15
      Special Secretary for the Environment ................      16
      Decree No. 73.030 of Oct 30, 1973 ..................      16
      Sep 26, 1967 Law No. 5.318 ......................      17
      SEMA Defines the Standards for Pollution ...............      17
      Minas Gerais Attempts to Deter Pollution Without
          Inhibiting Development ......................      17
      SEMA Recommends Creation of Environmental Agencies ..........      18
      Decree #2433:  Resolutions of Report to the Ministerial
          Council on Protection and Improvement of the Environment
          in Bulgaria ...........................       18
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Canada.
      Government Organization Act, 1970  (Dept. of the Environment Act)  ...      18
      Pollution Control Regulations Vary  ..................      19
      Pollution Assessment First for New Plant Projects?  ..........      19
      Ottawa May Regulate Potentially Dangerous Chemical  Substances .....      19
China, People. '.A Rep
      Industrial Development and Pollution Control .............      20
      Amelioration of the Environment in Villages ..............     20
EEC
      The Polluter Pays Principle Considered by the EEC ...........     20
European Communities
      Application of the Polluter Pays Principle in Environmental
          Protection ............................     21
      The European Commission:  Save the Water ...............     21
France
      Jun 6, 1974 Decree No. 74-578, On Powers of the Minister
          for the Quality of Life ......................     21
      Jun 25, 1974 Decree No. 74-604, On the Powers of the Secretary
          of State in the Office of the Minister for the Quality of
          Life (Environment) ........................     22
      See WATER (France) — Control No. 02061A ...............     52
      Composition of the Government .....................     22
      French Report for the United Nations Conference on the
          Environment ............................     22
      Who is Minister for the Quality of Life? ...............     23
      Four Environmental Projects:  M. Jarrot Proposes the Creation
          of a National Waste Agency ....................     23
      The Charter of the Quality of Life: The New Texts and Some
          'Punches'  ............................     23
Ge/tmam/, Fed Rep o&
      Departmental Jurisdiction in the Area of Environmental
          Protection at the State and Federal Levels (As of
          Aug 1,  1972)  ...........................     24
      Environmental Protection Measures of the Federal Interior
          Ministry .............................     24

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Gexmany, Fed Rep o£
      Only Hamburg Constitutes an  Exception ................      24
      On the Status of Environmental Legislation ..............      25
      Experts: Originator Principle Increasingly Called
          Into Question ..........................      25
      Life or Death for Environmental Sinners ...............      25
      Environmental Protection in the Ruhr Area ..............      26
      The Limits to Environmental Strain in Agglomeration Areas ......      26
      Environment Asks for Centralized Organization ............      27
      Governmental Organization and Responses for Environmental
          Protection: A Comparative View ..................      27
Jsutn
      Establishment of Iran's Association for the Protection
          of the Life Environment .....................      27
      Ireland: National Report on Problems Relating to
          Environment for the United Nations Conference in
          Stockholm, July 1972 .......................      28
      Jobs and Pollution ..........................      28
Japan
      Quality of the Environment in Japan, 1972 ..............      28
      Quality of the Environment in Japan, 1973 ..............      29
Mexico
      Environmental Pollution .......................      29
      Untrue that Pollution Has Been Reduced: Dr.  Bravo Alvarez,
          of Unam .............................      29
      Creation of Study Center: Concamin Will Help in Fight
          Against Pollution ........................      30
      Mexico Exports Anti-Pollution Equipment.  There is
          No Demand for it Here, Says the Manufacturers ..........      30
      See AIR (Mexico) —  Control No. 02043A ...............      12
      Round Tables on Deterioration of the Environment ...........      31
OECV
      Toward a Better Allocation of Resources: The Fight
          Against Pollution ........................      31

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U.S.A.
      Environmental Pollution: Legislation and Programs
          of the Environmental Protection Agency ..............      31
      In Productive Harmony: Environmental Impact Statements
          Broaden the Nation's Perspectives ................      32
      The Challenge of the Environment: A Primer on EPA's
          Statutory Authority .......................      32
      Research and Monitoring: Cornerstone for Environmental
          Action ..............................      32

                                        NOISE
      Motor Vehicle Testing to B.S.3425: 1966 Undertaken on 4th
          April 1974 ............................      33
      Limits of Maximum Permissible Noise Pollution ....... .....      33
      See GENERAL (Austria) -- Control No. 02072A .............      15
      For a Healthy Environment in Czechoslovakia ..............      34
      The Conquest of Noise in Finland ...................      34
      See WATER (France) — Control No. 02060A ...............      51
          WATER (France) — Control No. 02061A ...............      52
Germany, Fed Rep ofi
      Mar 4, 1974. Ordinance Establishing a Noise Protection Area
          for the Commercial Airport of Duesseldorf ............      35
      See AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 02020A .........       6
          AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 02033A .........       7
          GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 02014A .......      25
      Only Quiet 'Birds' May Land at Munich's New Airport .........      36
      See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 02075A .......      26
      Greater Noise Protection Zones Around Tegel Airport Requested ....      36
      The Conquest of Noise in Great Britain ................      37

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1CA0
      Aircraft-Noise Reduction: An Industry Progress Review .........     37
      ICAO Conference Identifies Measures to Improve the
          Aerodome Environment ........................     37
ln.aJLa.vid.
      See AIR (Ireland) — Control No. 02176A ................     11
U.S.A.
      See GENERAL (United States) -- Control No. 02053A ...........     32

                                      PESTICIDES
      Polluting Insecticides Will be Prohibited ...............      38
      See WATER (France) — Control No. 02061A ...............      52
          AIR (France) — Control No. 02064A ................       6
U.S.A.
      See AIR (United States) — Control No. 02081A .............      13
      See GENERAL (United States) — Control No. 02053A ...........      32

                                       RADIATION
      See GENERAL  (Austria) — Control No. 02072A  .............      15
      See WATER (France) ~ Control No. 02060A  ...............      51
          WATER (France) -- Control No. 02061A  ...............      52
G&una.n.y, Fed Rep o&
      A Bit of Sophistry ..........................      40
      How Do We Protect Agriculture from Radioactive Fallout? ........      40
      Nuclear Power Plant at Verbois - The Christian Democratic
          Party Favors Popular Consultation .................      41
U.S.A.
      See GENERAL (United States) — Control No. 02053A ...........      32


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                                      SOLID WASTE
      Standards for Domestic, Commercial and Industrial Incinerators.  ...       41
      See GENERAL  (Australia) — Control No. 02150A  ............       15
      See GENERAL  (Austria) -- Control No. 02072A  .............       15
      Collection of Refuse, A Growing Problem  ...............       42
      Cleanliness and Order in Towns and Villages  ..........  ...       42
F/umce.
      See WATER (France) — Control No. 02060A ...............       51
          GENERAL (France) ~ Control No. 02093A   .............       23
       , Fed Rep ofi
      Complete Supervision of Dangerous Wastes Sought ...........      43
      See WATER (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 0047 8D ........      57
      Only 80 Dumps in Baden-Wuerttemberg .................      44
      Uniform Method of Waste Disposal Sought .... ...........      44
      See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 02014A .......      25
          GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No. 02075A .......      26
      See WATER (International) — Control No. 02057A ...........      60
      A 'Black Box1 Controls Burning of Wastes - On Board Special
          Ships /Indus try Wastes Are Destroyed in the North Sea .......      45
Iceland
      See WATER (Ireland) -- Control No. 02131A ..............      62
      Oslo Plans Deposit for Scrapping Autos ................      46
U.S.A.
      See GENERAL (United States) ~ Control No. 02053A ..........      32
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                                         WATER
      See GENERAL (Australia) ~ Control No. 02150A .............      15
      See GENERAL (Austria) — Control No. 02072A ..............      15
      Oct 6, 1972 Royal Decree . . . Law of Mar 26, 1971 on
          the Protection of Surface Waters Against Pollution  ........      47
      Jan 23, 1974 Royal Decree on Discharge of Wastewater
          Into Public Sewers and Surface Waters ...............      47
      Jan 23, 1974 Decrees Implementing the Law of Mar 26, 1971 .......      47
      See GENERAL (Brazil) — Control No. 02037B  ..............      16
      Control of Pollution in the Northeast .................      48
      Industries Prefer to Pay Fines Rather than Avoid Pollution  ......      48
Bulgaria
      Decree on Issuance of Permits for Constructions or Other
          Projects Which May be Harmful to Watercourses ...........      49
Ca.Yia.da.
      See GENERAL (Canada) — Control No. 02011A  ..............      18
      Difficulty in Assessing Pollution is Hindrance  ............      49
      Davis Claims Zone to Keep Tankers Out .................      50
CkLn.a., Rep ofi
      See AIR ( China, Rep of) — Control No. 02100A  ............       4
      Hica.
      New Institute for Environmental Preservation  .............      50
      See NOISE (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. 02159A  ...........      34
EEC
      Control of the Elimination of Waste Oil ................      51
EoA.ope.an Commu.yiitLeA
      See GENERAL (European Communities) — Control No.  02051A .......      21
F/tance
      All the Juridical  Problems of Industrial Pollution
          and Nuisances ...........................      51

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      Law Dealing with The Protection of Nature and the
          Environment	        52
      See AIR (France) — Control No. 02064A	         6
      In Calvados with the Pollution Hunters	        52
      Direction and Implementation of the Water Policy in France  	        53
      The Parameters of Water Quality	        53
      Water Problems in Artois-Picardie	        53
      Water Problems in the Rhone-Mediterranean-Corsica Basin	        54
      The Orientation of the Water Policy Plan VI	        54
      Draft of White Paper for the Rhine-Meuse Basin	        54
      Basin Agencies: Six Mutuals to Fight Pollutions	        55
      In Two Months, 20 Ships Caught Discharging Oil Along
          French Coast; War on Pollution Pirates 	        55
      Progress Report of the Basin Finance Agencies 1969-1972	        55
      See GENERAL (France) ~ Control No. 02093A 	        23
      Rhine-Meuse Basin: Water and Planning	        56
      The Development of Water Basin Agency Action During Plan VI	        56
      Water Quality Yearbook: Rivers and Canals 1971 	        5V
GeAmany, Fed Rep o£
      Making a Fortune from Toxic Wastes 	        57
      Thermo Oil Contaminates Purification Plant and the Bottwar  	        57
      Dec 23, 1968. Law on Measures for Guaranteeing Waste
          Oil Disposal	        58
      Jan 21, 1969. Regulation for Implementing the Waste
          Oil Law	       ,58
      Dec 2, 1971.  Second Regulation for Implementing the
          Waste Oil Law	        58
      See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No.  02014A	        25
          AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No.  02074A	        9
          GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) — Control No.  02075A	        26
Hungasiy
      See AIR (Hungary) — Control No.  02129A	        9
ICA0
      See NOISE (ICAO)  ~ Control No. 02066A	        37

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      Solid Waste Disposal in Europe ....................      60
      The Rhine has Become Europe's Biggest Sewer .............      60
      Countries Bordering Mediterranean: Unanimous Agreement
          to Fight Pollution ........................      61
      Canadian-American Collaboration on Maritime Clean-Up .........      61
      Baltic Sea. Rescue is Almost Too Late ................      61
      How Dirty is the Baltic Sea? ..... ................      62
      Erie's Sewage at Ebb? ........................      62
ln.eJia.nd
      Tackling the Problem of Pollution ..................      62
M&X^co
      Pollution is Very Extensive in the Panuco River Basin ........      63
      Rivers Which Could be Water Supply Sources for the
          Federal District are Being Polluted ...............      63
      60,000 Dead Each Year from Typhoid in the Country: Water
          is the Most Polluted Medium in the Environment ..........      63
      Damage to Rivers Is Too Much for the Department of
          Agriculture to Control ......................      64
      Water Pollution Will be Detected by a National Monitoring
          Network .............................      64
      Water and the Protection of Water Resources in the Low
          Countries ............................       64
Spain
      Water Pollution in 'Environment 73' .................       65
U.S.A.
      See AIR (United States) — Control No. 02081A ............       13
          GENERAL (United States) — Control No. 02053A ..........       32
          AIR (United States) -- Control No. 02083A ............       14
     ' The Economics of Clean Water, 1973 ..................       66
      Decree No. 1127 of Nov 15, 1972 ...................       66
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AIE

AUSTRALIA

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    STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL  INCINERATORS
    AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA.  ENU. CONTROL DIVISION                   EPA
    ENGLISH                 10/00/71  PCS  1-13            ID#   02036A
    *SOLID WASTE
AUSTRALIA

     PB(A)
    ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN TASMANIA.

    ENGLISH                 10/00/72  PGS  3-18
    ALSO SE
    *GENERAL       WATER         SOLID WASTE
       EPA
ID*  02150A
AUSTRIA


     PM(A)
    REINHALTUNG D'ER LOFT.  UMWELTSCHOTZ - DAMIT WIR UEBERLEBEN.   (MAINTENANCE OF
    AIR PURITY.  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - SO THAT WE  SURVIVE.)
    AUSTRIA.  MINISTRY FOR HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION      EPA
    GERMAN                            PGS   1-10            ID*   0205UA
    *ISSUED AFTER 10/00/72

    THIS PAMPHLET, PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF  WOLFGANG  HINGST,  SURVEYS THE HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRIAN AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS AIR  POLLUTION POSES TO HUMAN AND PLANT LIFE AND
TO PROPERTY.  SINCE MID-1971 POLLUTION CONTROL HERE HAS FOLLOWED  THE PRINCIPLE OF "COOPERATIVE
FEDERALISM," WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORTING STUDY  AND  MONITORING PROGRAMS OF THE
INDIVIDUAL STATES, PRIMARILY BY PROVIDING NECESSARY EOUIPMENT. AUSTRIA'S FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO
NATIONAL PROGRAMS IS QUOTED.  ITS PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL  GROUPS IS CITED.  EXISTING LAWS
UNDER WHICH AIR POLLUTION MAY BE LIMITED ARE LISTED,  AND THE POSSIBLE  NEED OF A MORE DEFINITIVE
LAW WITH QUANTITATIVE NORMS IS DISCUSSED.   MAJOR SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION IN AUSTRIAN CITIES,
PROPOSED COUNTERMEASURES, AND MONITORING PROGRAMS PRESENTLY UNDERWAY ARE MENTIONED.  THE LAST TWO
PAGES OF THE PAMPHLET CONTAIN GRAPHS OF MEASUREMENTS  CITED IN  THE TEXT.
AUSTRIA


     PM(B)
    GESUNDHEITS- UNO UMWELTSCHUTZPLAN DES  BUNDESMINISTERIUMS  FUER GESUNDHEIT UNO
    UMWELTSCHUTZ.   (HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  UNDER THE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT)
    AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION    EPA
    GERMAN                            PGS   1-79            ID*  02072A
    *ISSUED AFTER 05/23/72
    *GENERAL       WATER         SOLID WASTE   RADIATION     NOISE

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AIR

BELGIUM
     LR(A)
BELGIUM


     LR(A)
    "MARCH 26, 197U MINISTERIAL DECREE OH TESTING HEATERS FUELED BY SOLID
    COMBUSTIBLES . . . ,» MONITEUH BELGE.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH*                 OH/12/7U  PGS  5219-5221      IDf  OOU36K
    *ALSO FLEMISH

    THIS DECREE, SUPPLEMENTING THE ROYAL DECREE OF JULY 26, 1971, REGARDING CREATION  OF  SPECIAL
PROTECTION ZONES AGAINST AIR POLLUTION, PROVIDES THE TECHNICAL PROCEDURE TO BE USED IN TESTING
HEATERS USING SOLID COMBUSTIBLES.  THE RESULT OF SUCH TESTS IS EXPRESSED AS THE AVERAGE  WEIGHT
INDEX OF THE GASES OF COMBUSTION FROM THE HEATERS.


    "MINISTERIAL DECREE FIXING CONDITIONS FOR TESTING HEATERS FUELED BY LIQUID
    COMBUSTIBLES . . . ,» MONITEUR BELGE
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  OV12/7«  PGS  5221-5222      ID#  00436L
    ALSO FLEMISH

    THIS DECREE, SUPPLEMENTING THE ROYAL DECREE OF JULY 26, 1971, REGARDING CREATION  OF  SPECIAL
PROTECTION ZONES AGAINST AIR POLLUTION, PROVIDES THE TECHNICAL PROCEDURE TO BE USED IN TESTING
THE FUMES EMITTED BY HEATERS USING LIQUID COMBUSTIBLES.
BELGIUM


     LH(A)
    "MARCH 27, 197H MINISTERIAL DECREE DETERMINING THE QUALIFICATION OF TECHNICIANS
    RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE OF HEATERS IN SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES," BONITEUR BELGE.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH*                 OH/12/7H  PGS  5222-5223      IDt  00436M
    *ALSO FLEMISH

    TPIS DECREE STATES THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TECHNICIANS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
MAINTENANCE OF HFATING INSTALLATIONS IN THE SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES AGAINST AIR POLLUTION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE ROYAL DECREE OP JULY 26, 1971.  IT PROVIDES A DETAILED LIST OF COURSES OF
STUDY, AS WELL AS EXAMINATION PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TRAINING THESE
TECHNICIANS.  THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT MUST APPROVE THE CERTIFICATIONS OF
ALL GRADUATES FROM THESE INSTITUTIONS.

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AIR

BRAZIL

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"CONTROL OF POLLUTION IN THE NORTHEAST."  0 GLOBO
PORTUGUESE
*WATER
07/23/74  PGS  6
                                                      ID*
  EPA
0208UA
CANADA


     LE(A)
"GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION ACT, 1970  (DEPT. OF THE ENVIRONMENT ACT) ," REVISED
STATUTES OF CANADA 1970, 2D SUPPLEMENT.
                                                             EPA
ENGLISH*                          PGS  177-195        ID*  02011A
*ALSO FRENCH
*GENERAL       WATER
CANADA
"CATALYTIC CONVERTERS BRING NEW PROBLEMS."
HARDIE, DOUG.
ENGLISH                 07/20/74  PGS  U1
ALSO ST
                                                                      THE  CITIZEN.
                                                                                ID#
                                     EPA
                                   020K9A
                         THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT  RESEARCHERS  IN  THE CANADIAN COMBUSTION RESEARCH
                     LABORATORY FEAR THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MAY  CAUSE  MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES.  ALTHOUGH
                     ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT  DO  NOT REQUIRE  THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BY 1975,
                     ALL GENERAL MOTORS CARS SOLD IN CANADA WILL BE  EQUIPPED WITH THE CONVERTER,  WHICH CANNOT BE
                     REMOVED WITHOUT COMPLETELY RETUNING THE  ENGINE.   RESEARCHERS NOTE THAT SOHE  HO PERCENT OF.THE
                     SULFUR DIOXIDE IN EXHAUST IS CONVERTED TO  SULFUR  TRIOXIDE, WHICH COMBINES WITH WATER IN THE EXHAUST
                     TO FORM SDLFURIC ACID, INJURIOUS BOTH TO HEALTH AND  THE CAR.  ONE TANK OF LEADED GAS WILL DESTROY
                     THE CONVERTER, AND BREAKDOWN OF THE CONVERTER RELEASES  A HIGH LEVEL OF POLLUTANTS INTO THE AIR.
                     THE CONSUMER MUST PAY IN INCREASED FUEL  CONSUMPTION,  HIGH PRICES FOR UNLEADED GAS, AND INCREASED
                     REPAIR BILLS.  THE ARTICLE STATES THAT IT  WOULD BE WISER TO DEVELOP A CLEANER ENGINE THAN TO
                     ATTEMPT TO CLEAN UP THE EXHAUST.
CANADA

     PM(E)
"THE HIGH PRICE OF CLEANING UP."  THE CITIZEN
HARDIE, DOUG.
ENGLISH                 07/20/7U  PGS   41
ALSO ST
                                      EPA
                              ID*   02050A
                     THIS NFWSPflPER ARTICLE  REPORTS  THE  RESULTS  OF A  SERIES  OF TESTS CONDUCTED BY THE CANADIAN
                     COMBUSTION RESEARCH LABORATORY  OF THE  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES.  RESEARCHERS  AT
                     THE LABORATORY EMPHASIZE  THAT CANADA SHOULD BE DEVELOPING ITS OWN ANTIPOLLUTION REGULATIONS AND
                     CONTROLS RATHER THAN  RELYING ON THOSE  DEVELOPED  BY THE  UNITED STATES.  ENVIRONMENT CANADA,
                     FOLLOWING THE U.S. LEAD,  IS PLACING EMPHASIS ON POLLUTION CONTROL, WHILE THE LABORATORY'S EMPHASIS
                     IS ON FUEL ECONOMY AND  EFFICIENT COMBUSTION TO AVOID THE NECESSITY OF ADDED EQUIPMENT TO CLEAN  UP
                     AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST.   THE  ARTICLE REPORTS  SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS BADE BY RESEARCHERS TO AID IN REACHING
                     THIS GOAL.  CANADA, WITH  ITS MUCH COLDER  CLIMATE, DOES  NOT HAVE THE SAME POLLUTION PROBLEM AS THE
                     UNITED STATES, PARTICULARLY THE LOS ANGELES AREA WITH ITS CLOUD INVERSIONS AND HIGH CONCENTRATION
                     OF AUTOMOBILES.  THE  CANADIAN EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON PRODUCING A CLEANER ENGINE WITH BETTER FUEL
                     ECONOMY TO CONSERVE GASOLINE, IT IS REPORTED.

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AIR

CHINA,REPUBLIC OF

     PM(b)
    REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 06/00/73  PCS  1-20           ID#  02100A
     WATER

    THIS REPORT DISCUSSES AIR AND WATER POLLUTION AND THE NEED FOR LAND PLANNING IN TAIWAN.
THE REPORT STATES THAT UNTIL NOW POLLUTION CONTROL HAS BEEN GIVEN LOW PRIORITY BECAUSE OF THE
URGENT HEED TO INCREASE THE NATION'S PER CAPITA INCOME.  MEASURES ARE NOW BEING INITIATED AS
RAPID URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION COMPOUND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.  AFTER A GENERAL
INTRODUCTION TO THE COUNTRY'S PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, MANIFESTATIONS OF URBANISM, ECONOMY, AND
DEMOGRAPHY, THE REPORT DEVOTES SECTIONS TO LAND USE, GENERAL SITUATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION IN THE NATION AS A WHOLE AND CERTAIN MAJOR CITIES, WATER AND AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS,
LAND SUBSIDENCE IN THE TAIPEI RIVER BASIN, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, LEGISLATION, AND CURRENT PROGRAMS.  CURRENTLY A DRAFT  AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL LAW AND A DRAFT WATER LAW ARE DNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE EXECUTIVE YUAN
(ADMINISTRATIVE BODY).
CZECHOSLOVAKIA


     LR(B)
    PECE 0 ZDRAVE ZIVOTNI PROSTREDI V CESKOSLOVENSKU
    IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA)
    CZECHOSLOVAKIA. ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
    CZECH                   10/19/72  PGS  13-19*
    *ALSO PAGES 28-30
    *NOISE         WATER
(FOR  A  HEALTHY  ENVIRONMENT
     ID#
  EPA
02159A
EEC
     PM(A)
    "CONTROL OF THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE OIL."  NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEMENT, NO. 30.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  05/00/71  PGS  23             ID#  02156A
    ALSO LRB
    *WATER
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

     PM(A)
    "THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION:  SAVE THE WATER," LE PEUPLE.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  07/03/74  PGS  H              ID*  02051A
    *GENF.RAL       WATER

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AIR

FINLAND

     PM(A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
    "THE CONQUEST OF NOISE IN FINLAND."  NOISE 2000
    LFHTINEN, P. II.
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PCS  32-33
    ALSO PUB
    *SOISE
       EPA
ID#  01106B
FRANCE
     LR(A)
    "BAT 13, 1974 DECBEE NO. 71-415 ON THE CONTROL OF  AIR-POLLUTING  EMISSIONS
    AND CERTAIN USES OF THERMAL ENERGY."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL  DE  LA  REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE.
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                  05/15/74  PGS  5178-5180    •  ID#   02059A

    THIS DECREE SYNTHESIZES PREVIOUS AIR POLLUTION TEXTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE PROVISIONS PERTAINING
TO STATIONARY INSTALLATIONS.  IT ALSO INTRODUCFS TWO NEW PROVISIONS.  IT  GRANTS TO DEPARTMENT
PREFECTS THE AUTHORITY TO CALL LOCAL POLLUTION ALERTS  OF SHORT DURATION WHEN POLLUTION LEVELS
WARRANT AND TO REQUIRE OFFENDING INSTALLATIONS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS OR  TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THE
OFFENDING OPERATIONS.  SECONDLY, IT AUTHORIZES JOINT ACTION BY DESIGNATED MINISTERS  (ENVIRONMENT,
CONSTRUCTION, ENERGY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AGRICULTURE) TO DETERMINE THE CONDITIONS FOR THE USE OF
INCINERATION, COMBUSTION, AND THERMAL EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT  THE COUNTRY.  THIS DECREE ABROGATES
THE SEPTEMBER 7, 1963 DECREE NO. 63-963, AS WELL AS A  NUMBER OF OTHERS, BUT DIRECTIVES ISSUED
UNDER OLDER DECREES ARE STILL APPLICABLE.
FRANCE


     LR(B)
    TOUS LES PROBLEMES JURIDIQUES DBS POLLUTIONS ET  NUISANCES  INDUSTRIELLES
    (ALL THE JURIDICAL PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION  AND  NUISANCES)
    GRENIER-SARGOS, ALINE                                         LOG
    FRENCH                  05/01/73  PGS   1-190*          IDf   02060A
    ^VARIOUSLY PAGINATED
    *WATER         NOISE         RADIATION      SOLID WASTE
                       LAW  FRANCE  7 GREN 73
FRANCE


     LR (B)
    DROIT DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DE  L1ENVIRONNEMENT  (LAW DEALING WITH
    THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT)
    LAMARQUE, JEAN                                                LOG
    FRENCH                  00/00/73  PGS  1-974          ID*   02061A
    *WATER         NOISE         RADIATION      PESTICIDES     GENERAL
                        LAW  FRANCE  7 LAHA

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AIR

FRANCE

     LR(B)
FRANCI
     PM(B)
    "MERCURY DISCHARGES STRICTtY REGULATED."   LE  FIGARO.
    FRENCH
     HATER
         05/27/71  PGS  9
PESTICIDES
                                                                  EPA
                                                           ID*   02064A
    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT FRANCE'S SECRETARIAT  OF  STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AFTER
CONSULTATION WITH INTERESTED PARTIES, RECENTLY ISSUED  A  DIRECTIVE  IMPOSING SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON
THE AMOUNT OP MERCURY WHICH NEW FACTORIES MAY DISCHARGE  INTO  THE AIR  AND  WATER.  THE AMOUNT OF
MERCURY WASTE IN FINISHED PRODUCTS IS ALSO LIMITED.  NEW INDUSTRIAL  FACILITIES HAY BE BUILT DULY
IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS NO RISK OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.   IN  ADDITION,  A  PROGRAM IS UNDER HAY TO
REDUCE DISCHARGES FROM EXISTING INDUSTRIES IN ORDER TO REDUCE THEM TO THE LEVELS IMPOSED UPON NEW
INSTALLATIONS.  THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL ARM OF A LARGER  ACTION  AIMED AT A REDUCTION IN ALL
INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE OF MERCURY AND THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF  MERCURY-BASED PRODUCTS, SUCH AS
AGRICULTURAL FUNGICIDES AND PRODUCTS USED IN THE PAPER INDUSTRY.   SOME  DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN MADE: OTHERS ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION, ACCORDING TO  THIS  ARTICLE.


    "RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN TPE FIELD OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION," POLLUTION
    ATMOSPHERIQUE, NO. 61.
    OPPSNEAU, J. C.                                              EPA
    FRENCH                  03/00/7U  PGS  45-53           ID# 0215UA
    ALSO ST

    THIS ARTICLE LISTS THE VARIOUS ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION  RESEARCH  PROGRAMS SET UP BY THE FRENCH
MINISTRY OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.  RESEARCH THEMES WHICH  HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP ARE
DESCRIBED.  THESE TOPICS INCLUDE THT EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION ON  BAN  ANT) HIS ENVIRONMSNT,
THE EFFECTS OF MAJOR POLLUTANTS ON RESPIRATORY PATHOLOGY,  WAYS TO REDUCE  POLLUTION FROM
AUT010BILES, THE MEASUREMENT OF POLLUTION, AND THE PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL  PROPERTIES OF POLLUTANTS
AND THEIR INTERACTIONS.  AN APPENDIX LISTS STUDIES IN PROGRESS,  CONTRACTING ORGANIZATIONS, AND
SCIENTISTS IN CHARGE OF THE VARIOUS STUDIES.
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     LR(B)
    "SURPRISE ACTION IN INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS."  DIE WELT, NO.  129.
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  06/06/74  PGS  2              ID*   02020A
     NOISE
                         THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT OFFICIALS CARRIED OUT AN UNANNOUNCED  INSPECTION OF 1,496 INDUSTRIAL
                     CONCERNS THROUGHOUT NORTH-RHINE WESTPHALIA TO SEE WHETHER REQUIRED  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                     MEASURES HAD BEEN TAKEN.  THERE WERE 249 COMPLAINTS.  AIR PURIFICATION  AND  NOISE PROTECTION DEVICES
                     WERE CHECKED.  THE INSPECTION WAS ORDERED BY THE MINISTER OF LABOR,  HEALTH  AND SOCIAL WELFARE FOR
                     NORTH-RHINE WESTPHALIA AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE FEDERAL STATE'S  PROGRAM FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND
                     IN CONNECTION WITH A DECLARED ENVIRONMENT DAY.  OFFICIALS OF THE MINISTRY,  LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL
                     BOARDS AND FACTORY INSPECTION OFFICES PERFORMED THE SURVEY.

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ftlR

GERMANY,FED REP OF


     LR(B)
    "ENGINE MANUFACTURERS AT THE CROSSROADS - EUROPE IS NOT THE U.S.A.."  UMWELT:
    PORSCHOHG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ, NO. 5.
    JOHISSEN, H. DIETER                                          EPA
    GERMAN                  10/00/72  PGS  H8-49          ID#  02031A
    ALSO ST

    THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE DISCUSSES AUTO EMISSION STANDARDS AND RESULTING LEGISLATIVE  AND
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.  THE AMERICAN SOLUTION TO LEGAL DEADLINES FOR  DEVELOPING  EXHAUST EMISSION
CONTROL HEASURES LEADS TO ADDED FUEL USAGE AND HASTED ENERGY.  REPORTEDLY THIS  REMEDY  DEPENDS ON
USING AN OVER-RICH GAS MIXTURE AND ADDING A DEVICE TO RE-BURN HASTE PRODUCTS  OF THE  INITIAL
COMBUSTION.  IDEALLY EUROPEAN ENGINEERS WOULD RATHER CHANGE THE ENGINE SO THAT  REDUCED QUANTITIES
OF HARMFUL HASTES ARE INITIALLY PRODUCED.  THEY BELIEVE, THEREFORE, THAT LEGISLATION SHOULD
PROCEED MORE SLOWLY TO GIVE TECHNOLOGY TIME TO DEVELOP ECONOMICALLY AND TECHNICALLY  FEASIBLE
SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN TO PUSH TECHNOLOGY WITH LEGAL DEADLINES.  THE VARYING  EXHAUST  STANDARDS FROM
EUROPE TO THE U. S. HAVE OCCASIONED SOME CRITICISM.  HOWEVER, OTHERS DEFEND  THE LEGAL  VARIETY ON
THF BASIS THAT TRAFFIC, DEMOGRAPHIC A!fD CLIMATIC DIFFERENCES DEMAND IT.  THE ARTICLE INCLUDES
DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME LOWER EMISSION ENGINES UNDER CONSIDERATION.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     LR(A)
    "LAW ON PROTECTION FROM HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES OF  POLLUTION,  NOISE,
    VIBRATIONS AND SIMILAR PROCESSES  (FEDERAL IMMISSIONS LAW).n   BUNDESGESETZBLATT,  PART I
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  03/15/74  PGS  721-743         ID#  02033A
     NOISE

    THIS LAW, DATED MARCH 15, 197U, IS DESIGNED TO CONTROL AIR AND  NOISE POLLUTION.   IT EMPOWERS
THE FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY TO ISSUE REGULATIONS THROUGH WHICH TO LIMIT OR  PREVENT HARMFUL
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON HUMAN, ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE.   IT APPLIES  TO THE  CONSTRUCTION AND
OPERATION OP CERTAIN FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE COMMERCIAL FACILITIES  LIKELY TO CAUSE LARGE
AMOUNTS OF AIR OH NOISE POLLUTION; THE PRODUCTION, MARKETING AND IMPORTATION  OF CERTAIN
EQUIPMENT, OPERATION AND TESTING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND OF RAIL, AIR AND WATERCRAFT;
AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ROADS, TRAINS AND STREETCARS.   IT REQUIRES  SOME FACILITIES TO OBTAIN
PERMITS AND EMPOWERS THE INTERIOR MINISTRY TO DETERMINE WHICH  FACILITIES NEED PERMITS.  PROCEDURES
FOR PERMIT APPLICATION, GRANTING AND REVOCATION ARE LISTED. THE MINISTRY MAY ALSO REGULATE AIR
AND NOISE EMISSION AND IMMISSION LEVELS AND SET STANDARDS  FOR  MEASURING  THEM.

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AIR
GERMANY,FED HEP OF
     LR(B)
    "MORE ELECTRICITY OR HOSE  ELITE  SKIES?   EXAGGERATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    ENDANGERS SUPPLY".  FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG,  NO. 66
    THROM, W.                                                     EPA
    GERMAN                  03/19/7H  PGS.  13              ID#  02033B
    ALSO SF

    THIS ARTICLE MAINTAINS  THAT THE GOALS  OF THE INTERIOR MINISTRY RELATIVE TO CLEAN AIR  AND
THOSE OF THE ECONOMICS MINISTRY REGARDING  ESTABLISHMENT  OF MORE ELECTRICAL POWER PLANTS ARE
CONFLICTING, AND COMPROMISES NEED TO BE  REACHED.  TO ASSURE THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC A STEADY SUPPLY
OP CURRENT, THE ENERGY PROGRAM OF THE ECONOMICS MINISTRY CALLS FOR BUILDING UP TO  10 NEW  POWER
PLANTS USING GERMAN HARD COAL.  SUCH PLANTS PRODUCE  SDLFUR EMISSIONS, AND PRESENT CONTROL
TECHNOLOGY IN THIS AREA IS  INADEQUATE.   ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN THE INTERIOR MINISTRY HAVE PREPARED
A DRAFT MINISTERIAL ORDER PURSUANT  TO THE  IMMISSIONS LAW, "TECHNICAL GUIDES TO MAINTENANCE OP
AIR PURITY"  (TAL)  WHICH WOULD DEMAND IMMEDIATE REDUCTION OF SULFUR DIOXIDE AIR POLLUTION  LEVELS.
THE AUTHOR STATES THIS WOULD PREVENT NEW POWER PLANTS FROM BEING APPROVED.  HE BELIEVES THAT A
LONGER COMPLIANCE PERIOD SHOULD BE  ESTABLISHED BY  TAL TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF SULFUR CONTROL
TECHNOLOGY.  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION AND  ENERGY SUPPLY  ARE HELD TO BE EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
GFRMANY,FED REP OF
     PM(B)
    "EXPERTS:  ORIGINATOR PRINCIPLE  INCREASINGLY  CALLED INTO QUESTION," STUTTGARTER
    ZEITUNG, NO. 86.
    GERMAN
    *GENERAL
                                        NOISE
OU/n/7l»  PGS  1
     SOLID WASTE   WATER
ID*  0201«A
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     PM(E)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION INCREASING  IN  NORTR-^RHINE WESTPHALIA."  DIE WELT,
    NO. 128.
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  06/05/74  PGS   6               ID#   02019A

    THIS ARTICLE EXTRACTS FINDINGS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT  FOR NORTH-RHINE WESTPHALIA.  THE
REPORT CONCLUDES THAT DAMAGING IMMISSIONS CONTINUE  TO  INCREASE.   THEREFORE NORTH-RHINE WESTPHALIA
WILL BE THE FIRST FEDERAL STATE TO ESTABLISH  IMMISSIONS  MAPS TO  SCIENTIFICALLY PINPOINT SOURCES OF
AIR POLLUTION.  A TRIAL PROGRAM IN COLOGNE  ESTABLISHED THAT AUTO EXHAUSTS WERE MAJOR SOURCES OF AIR
POLLUTION IN THE CITY, INDUSTRY IMMISSIONS  IN LESS  DENSELY POPULATED SUBURBS.  THE STATE MINISTER
OF LABOR AND SOCIAL WELFARE CITED THE PARADOXICAL FACT THAT GERMAN AUTO MANUFACTURERS BUILD CARS
WITH POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES FOR EXPORT TO  NORTH  AMERICA AND NOT FOR THE HOME MARKET.  ON THE
POSITIVE SIDE, THE REPORT FINDS THAT THE RHINE  HAS  BECOME  SOMEWHAT LESS POLLUTED, AND EVEN MORE
IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED B.Y 1975.

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 AIR

•GERMANS,FED REP OF

      PH(E)
    "SMOG DANGER OB 50 DAYS."
    NSIKES, JORG
    G-ERHAK
     WATER
   UMWELT:  FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCBUTZ, HO. 3.
                                     EPA
06/00/73  PCS  28-31          ID*  0207UA
                          THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE HEAVY POLLUTION LOAD BORNE BY CITIZENS OF THE HEAVILY
                      INDUSTRIAL RUHR  CITY  DUIS3URG AND THE RESULTING CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN ECONOMIC  (INDUSTRIAL)
                      GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  BETWEEN 1962 AND 1972 POLLUTION AND POOR LIVING CONDITIONS
                      CAUSED THE EXODUS OF  11.8% OF THE POPULATION OF THIS CITY WHERE LOCAL AIR INVERSIONS BRING ABOUT
                      AN  AVERAGE 50 DAYS OF GRITTY SHOG YEARLY.   TO PREVENT WORSENING OF THE SITUATION, CITIZENS HAVE
                      BECOME VERY ACTIVE IS THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENT, AND NOW VARIOUS PRIVATE GROUPS REGULARLY CHALLENGE
                      PROPOSED NEW FACTORIES WITH A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERTISE ON ENVIRONMENTAL GROUNDS.  FOR EXAMPLE, A
                      LARGE PETRO-CHEBICAL  FIRM IS FACING SERIOUS OPPOSITION TO ITS PLAN TO BUILD A PLANT IN A CITY
                      SUBURB.  POLLUTION OF THE RHINE AT THIS MAJOR INLAND PORT IS ALSO BRIEFLY MENTIONED.
 GERMANY,FED REP OF
      PM(B)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE RUHR AREA," EIN PLANET VERROTTET:
    DISKUSSIONSBEITBAG ZOH UMWELTSCHUTZ.
    SCFENKEL, W.                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  00/00/71  PGS  213-228        ID#  02075A
    *GENERAL       NOISE         WfiTER         SOLID WASTE
 HUNGARY
      P«(A)
    "AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN HUNGARY."  NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEHENT,
    SO. 29.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  OU/00/7U  PGS  17, 19         ID#  02129A
    ALSO LRB
     WATER

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON SOME MEASURES THAT HUNGARY HAS TAKEN TO CONTROL  THE  AIR  AND WATER
POLLUTION CAUSED BY INCREASING INDUSTRIALIZATION, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS  SUCH AS  BUDAPEST.  FOR
EXAMPLE, INDUSTRIES WHICH VIOLATE THE 196U WATER PROTECTION LAW REQUIRING PLANTS WHICH  DISCHARGE
POLLUTED WATER TO RAVE ADEQUATE TREATMENT PLANTS ARE SUBJECT TO PROGRESSIVE  FINES.   THIS METHOD
HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN STOPPING POLLUTION IN MANY CASES.  IN THE FIELD  OF AIR POLLUTION, A 1971
GOVERNMENTAL DECREE DIVIDES FACTORIES INTO FOUR CATEGORIES, AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL TAX IS LEVIED
ACCORDING TO THESE CATEGORIES, THE REAVIFST POLLUTERS PAYING MOST.  FINES FOR  NONCOHPLIANCE WITH
ANTIPOLLUTION STANDARDS, FOR WHICH THE GRACE PERIOD EXPIRES AT THE END OF 1974,  WILL BE PUT INTO
A NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC PROTECTION FUND TO PAY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.  ECONOMISTS ESTIMATE THAT
1 TO 3 PERCENT OF HUNGARY'S GNP MUST BE DEVOTED TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE  NEXT FEW DECADES AND
THAT ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES CURRENTLY EQUAL 1 PERCENT OF THE NATIONAL REVENUE.

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MR

ICAO
     PM(A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   10
"ICAO CONFERENCE IDENTIFIES MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE AERODROME  ENVIRONMENT,"  ICAO
BULLETIN, V. 29, NO. 7.
                                                             EPA
ENGLISH                 07/00/7U  PGS  9              ID#  02066A
'NOISE         WATER
INTERNATIONAL

     PH(B)
"COMMON EFFORT FOR CLEAN AIR," STDTTGART ZEITUNG, NO. 92.
                                                             EPA
                                                      ID*  02012A
GERMAN
OU/20/7H  PGS  27
                         THIS ARTICLE OUTLINES PLANNED COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GERMAN CITY OF S6ECKINGEH  AND  THE  FIRM
                     KOFBANN-LA ROCHE LOCATED IN THE NEIGHBORING SWISS CITY OF SISSELH IN CONTROLLING AIR  POLLUTION.
                     THE SWISS FIRM HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE TO SAECKINGEN THREE MAJOR SERVICES:   (1) A BIANNUAL COMPUTER
                     READING OF THE SULFUR DIOXIDE LEVEL IN THE AIR,  (2)  CONTINUAL REPORTS ON THE STAGE OF ITS
                     ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES,  (3) USE AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR OP THE MOBILE AIR POLLUTION
                     MEASURING STATION UTILIZED BY SWISS INDUSTRY IB THE AREA.  IN ADDITION AN ALARM SYSTEM IS TO BE
                     ESTABLISHED TO ALLOW CITIZENS OF THE GERMAN CITY TO REPORT UNPLEASANT ODORS FROM THE  LA  ROCHE
                     PLANT TO A LOCAL OFFICE WHICH WILL RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE SWISS FIRH.
INTERNATIONAL
     PM(B)
"A 'BLACK BOX1 CONTROLS BURNING OF WASTES - ON BOARD SPECIAL SHIPS/INDUSTRY
BASTES ARE DESTROYED IN THE NORTH SEA."  FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEISE ZEITUNG, NO. 51*.
                                                             EPA
GERMAN                  03/05/74  PGS  8              ID*  02103A
*SOLID WASTE
IRELAND

     LR (B)
"HOW GOULDINGS DISPOSE OF EFFLUENTS."  IRISH PRESS.
DOCHERTY, JOHN
ENGLISH                 04/20/7U  PGS  10
ALSO PMB
                              ID#
  EPA
02133A
                         THIS ARTICLE ON AIR POLLUTION IN IRELAND DISCUSSES CONTROL MEASURES USED BY GOULDINGS
                     FERTILIZER DIVISION OF FITZWELTON.  THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL OFFICER OF THE PLANT STATES THAT THE
                     FIRM IS GUIDED BY THE ALKALI ACT OF 1906 AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ALKALI INSPECTOR.  UNDER THE
                     1906 ACT SPECIFIC MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS BUST BE MET, AND A FIRM IS SUBJECT TO PENALTY IF THE
                     INSPECTOR CAN PROVE IT HAS NOT EMPLOYED THE BEST PRACTICAL MEANS AVAILABLE TO LIMIT POLLUTION.  THE
                     INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS MONITORS THE EFFECTS OF EMISSIONS.  THE FERTILIZER
                     COMPANY DEALS WITH SULFDRIC ACID EMISSIONS BY LIMITING THEIR CONCENTRATION AND EXPELLING THEM
                     THROUGH A SUFFICIENTLY HIGH SMOKE STACK.  GASES WITH PHOSPHORIC ACID ARE WASHED AND SCRUBBED.  A
                     NOISE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED WITH TH? ASSISTANCE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND
                     STANDARDS.  THE OVERALL EFFICACY OF USING TALLER FLUES TO LIMIT AIR POLLUTION IS BRIEFLY
                     QUESTIONED.

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AIR

IRELAND

     PB(fi)
MEXICO

     LR (B)
    "POLLUTION CONTROLS BY TWO BIG FIRHS."  IRISH PRESS.
    DOCHERTY, JOHN
    ENGLISH                 01/23/7U  PGS  11
     NOISE
ID#
  EPA
02176A
    THIS ARTICLE DETAILS POLLUTION CONTROL PROCEDURES AT TWO POTENTIALLY  HEAVILY  POLLUTING
COMPANIES IS IRELAND.  A LARGE CEMENT FACTORY WITH A PLANT NEAR DUBLIN  HAS  ALMOST ELIMINATED
DUST FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS BY USING A COVERED PROCEDURE AS OPPOSED TO  THE TRADITIONAL
OPEN ONE, AND BY USING BAG OR ELECTROSTATIC FILTERS AT TRANSFER POINTS  TO TRAP  AND EVENTUALLY
RETURN DUST TO THE MANUFACTURING CYCLE.  IRELAND HAS NO LEGAL EMISSIONS LIMITS  FOR DUST,  BUT
THE PLANT HAD ADOPTED THE GERMAN STANDARDS OF 100 MILLIGRAMS PER SQUARE METER.  THESE ARE THE
MOST STRINGENT STANDARDS IN EUROPE, ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE.  THE EMISSIONS COUNT FROM THE IRISH
PLANT IN QUESTION IS LESS THAN TEN MILLIGRAMS.  A PAPER MILL ON THE RIVER CAMAC IS WORKING WITH
THE INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS TO FURTHER REDUCE  ITS  EFFLUENTS.  IT HAS USED
EQUIPMENT TO FILTER SOLID WASTES PROM WATER TO BE RETURNED TO THE RIVER SINCE 19UO.


    "REQUESTS IN THE STATE OF MEXICO FOR SUSPENSION OF POLLUTION FINES" EXCELSIOR
                                                                 EPA
    SPANISH                 05/16/7U  PGS                 ID*  01645C
    ALSO SE

    ACCORDING TO THE LAW ON SMOKE AND PARTICLE EMISSION OF SEPTEMBER  1971,  ANTI-POLLUTION
EQUIPMENT MUST BE INSTALLED IN POLLUTION-CREATING ESTABLISHMENTS BY MAY 17, 197U .  VIOLATIONS
OF THIS LAW MAY RESULT IN GOVERNMENT TAKEOVERS, TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT  CLOSURES,  OR FINES RANGING
FROM 50 TO 100,000 PESOS.  THE ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIALISTS AND THE  CONFEDERATION OF CHAMBERS OF
INDUSTRY, IN THE STATE OF MEXICO, REQUESTED THAT SANCTIONS BE SUSPENDED AGAINST THOSE INDUSTRIES
WHICH BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC OR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HAVE NOT INSTALLED  ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT.
THIS REQUEST WAS MADE ON BEHALF OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE GREATEST
DIFFICULTIES IN COMPLYING WITH THE NEW LAW.  THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF  INDUSTRIALISTS
STATED THAT CONSCIENTIOUS EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE TO OBTAIN INDUSTRIAL  COOPERATION  AND THAT OVER 500
MILLION PESOS HAD ALREADY BEEN SPENT ON POLLUTION CONTROL.  YET, MANY SMALL INDUSTRIES WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW WITHIN THE COMPLIANCE PERIOD TIME.
MEXICO

     LR (B)
    "FEDERAL CONTROL OF 2,529 HIGHLY POLLUTING  INDUSTRIES."   EXCELSIOR
                                                                  EPA
    SPANISH                 05/07/71  PGS                  ID#  01645D

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE MEXICAN  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT  HAS  ASSUMED CONTROL OF 2,529
HIGHLY POLLUTING INDUSTRIES.  MOREOVER,  AS THE  LAW AGAINST SMOKE  AND PARTICLE EMISSIONS GOES INTO
EFFECT 0-N MAY 17, 1971, THOSE INDUSTRIES WHICH  HAVE NOT  COMPLIED  WITH THE NEW STANDARDS WILL NOT
BE NECESSARILY CLOSED DOWN, BUT THEY WILL  BE  SUBJECT TO  FINES UNLESS THEY CAN PROTE EVERYTHING
FEASIBLY POSSIBLE HAS BEEN DONE TO REDUCE  POLLUTION.  IT IS CALCULATED THAT INDUSTRIAL SPENDING ON
ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT HAS REACHED 1,941 MILLION PESOS,  AND SPENDING FOR EQUIPMENT PRESENTLY
BEING INSTALLED REPRESENTS ANOTHER 2,U82 MILLION PESOS.

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MEXICO

     LR (B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   12
    "ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION."  EXCELSIOR
    SPANISH
    *GENERAL
05/1U/7U  PCS
                                                                  EPA
                                                          ID*   016U5E
MEXICO

     LR(B)
    "LAW AGAINST POLLUTION ENTERS INTO FORCE."  EXCELSIOR
    SPANISH
05/18/7U  PGS
                                                                 EPA
                                                          ID*  016H5F
                         THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE STATES THAT IN ORDER TO HELP ENFORCE THE ANTI-SHORE  AND  PARTICLE
                     POLLUTION LAW WHICH ENTERED INTO FORCE MAY 17, 1974, THE SUBSECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
                     IMPROVEHENT HAS CALLED UPON THE MEXICAN PEOPLE TO DENOUNCE SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION  IN URBAN
                     AREAS.  TO DATE THERE ARE ABOUT 80,000 INDUSTRIAL PLANTS THAT ARE GRAVELY POLLUTING  THE  AIR,  BHILE
                     SMALL BUSINESSES AND AUTOMOBILES ARE CAUSING EXCESSIVE AIR POLLUTION JN NUMEROUS OTHER PLACES.
                     THE SUBSECRETARY EMPHASIZED THAT STATE AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUST ACTIVELY1 PARTICIPATE IN
                     CONTROLLING AIR POLLUTION, ESPECIALLY AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS.  FOR LARGE INDUSTRIES,  FAILURE TO
                     COMPLY WITH THE NEW LAW CAN RESULT IN FINES UP TO 50,000 PESOS AND TEMPORARY CLOSURE, AND
                     AFTERWARDS PERMANENT CLOSURE MAY RESULT IF ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT IS NOT INSTALLED.  FOR SMALLER
                     BUSINESSES, FINES FROM 50 TO 500 PESOS MAY BE LEVIED IF THEY FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW LAW.
MEXICO
     SE( )
    "3,000 INDUSTRIES CAUSE 50 PERCENT OF THE DAMAGE, SAYS VIZCAINO MURRAY."
    EXCELSIOR
                                                                 EPA
    SPANISH                 05/15/7U  PGS                 ID*  020U3A
     GENERAL

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE STATES THAT IN A MEETING WITH BUSINESSMEN IN GUADALAJARA  (JALISCO)  THE
SUBSECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, VIZCAINO MURRAY, DECLARED THAT 3,000 INDUSTRIES  CAUSE
50 PERCENT OF TBE POLLUTION IN MEXICO.  AMONG THESE ARE THE OIL, METAL, PAPER AND PLASTICS
INDUSTRIES.  OF THE 13,033 POLLUTION-CREATING ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE STATE OF JALISCO, ONLY  156
ARE CONSIDERED HIGHLY POLLUTING.  INDUSTRIAL LEADERS AGREED TO TAKE STEPS TO HELP IMPLEMENT  THE
LAWS CONCERNING INSTALLATION OF ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT, BUT THEY EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR
EXCEPTIONS OR EXTENSIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.  THEY CREATE A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF
POLLUTION AND CANNOT AFFORD ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT.  THE SUBSECRETARY SAID THAT MONEY COLLECTED
IN FINES WOULD GO TO CHARITY.  SOME SMALL BUSINESSMEN ARE THREATENING TO LIQUIDATE THEIR
BUSINESSES IF SHOWDOWNS OCCUR.

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SPAIN
     PM(B)
    "THE POLLUTION IN ODR CITY IS PRONOUNCED BUT NOT ALARMING."  ABC
                                                                 EPA
    SPANISH                 11/23/73  PGS                 ID*  02038A

    TPIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT A SERIES OF MEASUREMENTS ARE BEING  CONDUCTED IN MADRID
TO DETEHHINE POLLUTION LEVELS BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS.  THE DRY, HOT  CLIMATE OF  THE CITY IS
CONDUCIVE TO A BIGH LEVEL OF AIR POLLUTION, AND MEASUREMENTS IN 1973 SHOWED A  15 PERCENT INCREASE
IV POLLUTION OVER 1972.  THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONCERN OVER THIS DEVELOPMENT IS INDICATED IN THE
INTENSIFICATION OF MEASUREMENTS TO DETERMINE DANGEROUS LEVELS.  A  MEETING IS SCHEDULED AHONG
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITIES OF MADRID, BARCELONA AND BILBAO TO DISCUSS  ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES.
TO PATE, ALL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EFFORTS IN MADRID HAVE BEEN MUNICIPAL  WITH  LITTLE COLLABORATION
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.  IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT ANY SOLUTION MUST FIT INTO  A  NATIONAL  POLLUTION
CONTROL SCHEME.  AT ANY RATE, ALTHOUGH AIR POLLUTION IN MADRID IS  QOITE PRONOUNCED,  IT HAS YET TO
REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS.
UNITED STATES

     LR (B)
CAMPAIGN FOR CLEANER AIR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS PAMPHLET, NO.
ZELDIN, MARVIN
ENGLISH                 06/00/73  PGS  1-2U           ID*
ALSO PMB
                                                                  EPA
                                                                02069A
                         THIS PAMPHLET, PUBLISHED BY THE PUBLIC  AFFAIRS  COMMITTEE,  INC.,  CITES THE HAZARDS AND EFFECTS
                     OF AIR POLLUTION AND DISCUSSES RECENT  DEVELOPMENTS  IN  IMPLEMENTING TEE U. S. CLEAN AIR ACT
                     LEGISLATION.  EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO EPA STANDARDS  AND PROGRAMS, ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES,
                     FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS, AUTOMOBILE POLLUTION  CONTROL,  AIR  POLLUTION EPISODE ACTIVITIES, COST OF
                     AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, AND THE CITIZEN'S  ROLE  IN  THE FIGHT  AGAINST AIR POLLUTION.  ALTHOUGH IT
                     NOTES SOME DRAWBACKS AND DEFICIENCIES, THE  PAMPHLET PRESENTS  AN OPTIMISTIC REPORT ON AMERICA'S
                     TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC ABILITY TO CONTROL AND  PREVENT  AIR POLLUTION  IF THE PUBLIC MAINTAINS AS
                     ACTIVE INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION IN THE  MATTER.
UNITED STATES

     PM(A)
    RESEARCH AND MONITORING:  CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  ACTION
    UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AGENCY                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 10/00/72  PGS   1-16            ID#   02053A
    *GENERAL       WATER         PESTICIDES    RADIATION      SOLID WASTE
                                                                                                 NOISE

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UNITED STATES

     PH(B)
    BACKGROUND REPORT ON EPA ENFORCEMENT
    UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AGENCY
    ENGLISH                 07/25/74  PGS   1-40
    ALSO LRB AND PHA
     WATER         PESTICIDES
       EPA
ID»  02081A
                         THIS REPORT, ISSUED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE  ON  JULY  25,  1974,  DISCUSSES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
                     U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL LAWS RELATING TO PESTICIDES,
                     AND AIR AND HATER POLLUTION DURING THE PERIOD  JANUARY  1973  TO  MARCH 1974.  THESE ENFORCEMENT
                     ACTIVITIES INCLUDE COURT ACTIONS BROUGHT AGAINST  VIOLATORS, ESTABLISHMENT OF POLLUTION ABATEMENT
                     PROGRAMS, MONITORING OF POLLUTION SOURCES, NEGOTIATIONS WITH POLLUTERS  TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH
                     THE LAWS, CASE PREPARATIONS, AND COORDINATION  OF  THE STATE  IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS FOR TAKING OVER
                     THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FEDERAL NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES).   TO
                     DATE, MORE THAN 4,000 ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES HAVE ENSUED FROM  THE  EPA  AND MORE THAN 8 MILLION
                     DOLLARS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED IN PINES LEVIED AGAINST VIOLATORS.   THE MAJOR RESULTS OF THE EPA
                     ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ARE LISTED, BUT THE REPORT INDICATES, NEVERTHELESS, THAT THE JOB OF CLEANING
                     UP THE ENVIRONMENT IS JUST BEGINNING AND WILL  REQUIRE  STRENUOUS  FUTURE  EFFORTS.
UNITED STATES
     PB(B)
    ACTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.  STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT FOR  AIR  AND
    WATER POLLUTION CONTROL.
    UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY                EPA
    ENGLISH                 03/00/73  PGS  1-20           ID#   02083A
     WATER

    THIS PAMPHLET CONSISTS OF TWO SECTIONS, ONE DEALING WITH STANDARDS  AND  ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
TO LIMIT AIR POLLUTION, THE OTHER WITH THOSE TO LIMIT WATER POLLUTION.  EPA'S  AUTHORITY TO
SET CERTAIN AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE STEMS FROM  THE  CLEAN  AIR  ACT OF 1970;
ITS AUTHORITY IN THE AREA OF WATER POLLUTION IS BASED ON THE WATER  POLLUTION CONTROL  ACT OF 1972.
EPA'S AUTHORITY UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT INCLUDES THE RIGHT TO SET NATIONAL  AMBIENT  AIR QUALITY
STANDARDS, STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS, NEW PLANT STANDARDS  AND  MOTOR  VEHICLE EMISSION
STANDARDS.  THE WPCA OF 1972 SET UP A SYSTEM OF PERM.ITS FOR DISCHARGES  OF POLLUTANTS  INTO THE
NATION'S WATERS, AMONG OTHER THINGS.  EPA'S AUTHORITY TO LIMIT  DISCHARGE  OF SLUDGE, OIL AND OTHER
HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS, AND SEWAGE FROM SHIPS INTO THE NATION'S WATERS  IS ALSO DISCUSSED.  THE
LIMIT OF EPA'S AUTHORITY IN DETERMINING DRINKING WATER QUALITY  IS NOTED.  AN INTRODUCTORY
SECTION DESCRIBES HOW A NATIONAL STANDARD IS SET.

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UNITED STATES


     PH(B)
GENERAL

AUSTRALIA

     PM(A)
    PROGRESS IN THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MR POLLUTION IN  1973.   REPORT  TO
    CONGRESS.
    UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY                EPA
    ENGLISH                 01/00/74  PGS  1-85           ID*   02101A

    THIS "ANNDAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  AGENCY  TO THE CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CLEAN AIR ACT AS AMENDED"  DESCRIBES  EPA'S PROGRESS IN
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM JANUARY  1 TO OCTOBER  15,  1973.   CHAPTERS DEAL WITH
CONTROL OP HOBILE SOURCE EMISSIONS, AIR QUALITY CRITERIA AND EMISSION  CONTROL REQUIREMENTS AND THE
STATUS OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT.  FURTHER  CHAPTERS REPORT ON STANDARD
SETTING BY THE STATES AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS, THE GROWTH OF AIR POLLUTION MONITORING SYSTEMS
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNIQUES AND MONITORING  INSTRUMENTS.  ALSO
DISCUSSED ARE STANDARDS SET OR UNDER CONSIDERATION BY EPA; STATE,  INTERSTATE  AND LOCAL PROGRAMS
AND REPORTS OF THE PRESIDENT'S AIE QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD.  THE INTRODUCTION  SUMMARIZES MAJOR
ENVIRONMENT EVENTS FOR THE YEAR 1973, AND AN APPENDED TABLE LISTS  EPA»S  AIR  ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
FROM MAY 1972 TO OCTOBER 1973.
    AUSTRALIA IN THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT
    HOWSON, PETER
    ENGLISH                 09/25/72  PGS
                                       1-22
       EPA
ID*  02105A
                                                                              HC  79   .E5  H68
                         THIS LECTURE GIVEN BY THE AUSTRALIAN  MINISTER  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENT IN THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE
                     OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS SUMMARIZES THE AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION  IN THE 1972 STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE
                     ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT AND OUTLINES THE FUNCTIONS OF  THE  CENTRAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS IN
                     CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION IN  AUSTRALIA.   DIFFERING  FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                     AGENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND  GREAT BRITAIN, THE  RECENTLY ESTABLISHED COMMONWEALTH
                      (I.E., AUSTRALIAN) OFFICE OF THE ENVIRONMENT  HAS NO EXECUTIVE  FUNCTIONS.  THIS OFFICE ADMINISTERS
                     ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS BY COORDINATING AND DRAWING  UPON  THE  EXPERTISE OF pTHBR WELL-ESTABLISHED
                     ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.  THIS TYPE OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  ADMINISTRATION IS FLEXIBLE AND APPROPRIATE
                     FOR AUSTRALIA WHICH EXPERIENCES A LESSER  DEGREE OF ENVIRONMENTAL  DETERIORATION THAN THE MORE
                     EXTENSIVELY DFVELOPED COUNTRIES.
AUSTRALIA

     PH(A)
    ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN TASMANIA.

                            10/00/72  PGS   3-18

                                 SOLID WASTE
ENGLISH
ALSO SE
 WATER
       EPA
ID!  02150A
                                        AIR
                         THIS REPORT, PRESENTED TO  THE  TASMANIAN  PARLIAMENT BY TRE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL,
                     CONTAINS INFORMATION AND STATISTICAL  TABLES  WHICH  SUMMARIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN
                     TASMANIA AS OF OCTOBER  1972.   LAND USAGE,  WATER  AND FUEL CONSUMPTION AND THE DEGREE OF AIR,
                     WATER AND LAND POLLUTION ARE DISCUSSED  IN  RELATION TO INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL ASD DOMESTIC
                     ACTIVITIES.  THE REPORT CONCLUDES  THAT  POLLUTION CONTROL IN TASMANIA HAS BEEN INADEQUATE AND
                     RECOMMENDS THE CREATION OF A FORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL  POLICY THROUGH LEGISLATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION,
                     MONITORING AND RESEARCH.

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GENERAL

AUSTRIA
     PM(B)
    GESUNDHEITS- UND UMWELTSCHUTZPLAN DBS BUNDESMINISTBRIUHS FUER  GESONDHEIT  UND
    UMWELTSCHUTZ.   (HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DNDER THE  MINISTRY  FOR  HEALTH  AND ENVIRONMENT)
    AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION    EPA
    GERMAN                            PCS   1-79           ID#   02072A
    *ISSUED AFTER 05/23/72
     AIR           WATER         SOLID WASTE   RADIATION     NOISE

    THIS BOOKLET PRESENTS THE POLICIES AND  PLANS OF THE NEWLY CREATED  MINISTRY  FOR  HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  THE FOURTH CHAPTER, DEVOTED SPECIFICALLY TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,
TREATS IN A SECTION EACH:  AIR PURITY, WATER PURITY, WASTE REMOVAL, PROTECTION  FROM HARMFUL
CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES, NOISE REDUCTION AND PROTECTION FROM IONIZING  RAYS.  EACH SECTION  DISCUSSES
THE NATURE OF THE EXISTING PROBLEM AND ACTUAL AND PROPOSED PROGRAMS.   THE INTRODUCTION TO THE
CHAPTER STATES TRE MINISTRY'S GENERAL GOALS AND POLICIES RELATIVE  TO ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING  ITS
PRIMARILY COORDINATING MISSION AND ITS QUALIFIED COMMITMENT TO  THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE.
EXCERPTS FROM CHANCELLOR BRUNO KREISKY'S POLICY SPEECH ANNOUNCING  ESTABLISHMENT OF  A SEPARATE
MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT FORM A  PREFACE TO THE BOOKLET.  A  GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION
OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA IS APPENDED ON PAGES  71-79.
BRAZIL


     LR(A)
    SECRETARIA ESPECIAL DO HEIO AMBIENTE  (SEMA)  (SPECIAL SECRETARY FOR THE
    ENVIRONMENT)
    COSTA CAVALACANTI, OOSE AND JOAO P. DOS REIS VELLOSO         EPA
    PORTUGUESE                        PCS  1-11           ID#  02037A
    ALSO PMA AND LRB

    THIS PAMPHLET REPRINTS THE DECREE THAT PROPOSES THE CREATION OF THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT  OF  THE
ENVIRONMENT, UNDER THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR.  THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
(SEMA) IS A CENTRAL AGENCY FOR THE COORDINATION AND APPLICATION OF VARIOUS LAWS AND ORGANIZATIONS
DEALING ENTIRELY OR PARTIALLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  THE INTRODUCTION TO THE PAMPHLET
LISTS SOME OF THE EXISTING LAWS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CITES
THE NEED FOR A CENTRAL COORDINATING AUTHORITY.  THE BODY OF THE DECREE FOLLOWS THE INTRODUCTION
AND DESCRIBES THE STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS, FUNDING AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES OF SEMA.  THIS DECREE WAS
PUBLISHED IN THE DIARIO OFICIAL DA UNIAO  (OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE UNION)  ON OCTOBER 30,  1973 AND
ENTERED INTO FORCE THE SAME DAY.

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BRAZIL
     LR(A)
    "DECREE NO. 73.030 OF OCTOBER 30, 1973."  COLECAO DAS LEIS DA REPOBLICA
    FEDBRATIVA DO BRASIL 1973, VOL VIII, TOMO I
                                                                 EPA
    PORTUGUESE              00/00/7U  PGS  160-162        ID*  02037B
    ALSO PHA
     WATER

    THIS DECREE, PUBLISHED IN THE BRAZILIAN OFFICIAL GAZETTE ON OCTOBER  30,  1973,  CREATES  THE
SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT  (SEHA), UNDER THE MINISTRY OF  INTERIOR.   SEMA  IN  NO MANNER
REPLACES OR MODIFIES THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND ORGANIZATIONS,  BUT  RATHER ACTS  AS A
CENTRAL ADVISORY AND COORDINATING AGENCY FOR THE APPLICATION OF THESE  LAWS AND  ORGANIZATIONS.
AMONG OTHER MEANS, SEMA IS FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL BUDGET AND CONTRIBUTIONS.   ADMINISTRATIVE
FUNCTIONS OF SEMA ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE NUCLEUS OF  THE MINISTER OF  INTERIOR.
TECHNICAL AND LEGAL PROJECTS ARE CARRIED OUT ON A CONTRACT BASIS AND BY  REQUISITION OF SERVICES
AND PERSONNEL FROM GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS.  THE SECRETARY  OF SEHA  IS APPOINTED BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR.   SIMILARLY NINE
ECOLOGICAL SPECIALISTS ARE APPOINTED MEMBERS OF SEBA'S CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL  FOR  THE ENVIRONMENT
(CCMA) .  THEY ADVISE THE SECRETARY IN MATTERS RELATING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS.
BRAZIL

     LR(A)
    "SEPTEMBER 26, 1967 LAW NO. 5.318."  COLECAO DAS LEIS DE  1967,  V.  5
    CO'STA E SILVA. A. ET AL.                                      EPA
    PORTUGUESE              00/00/67  PGS  23-2U          ID*   02056A
    ALSO PMA

    THIS LAW INSTITUTES THE NATIONAL SANITATION POLICY AND CREATES  THE NATIONAL SANITATION COUNCIL
 (CONSANE), UNDER THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR.  THE NATIONAL SANITATION POLICY APPLIES TO BASIC
SANITATION, WATER SUPPLY AND USE, DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS,  AND  CONTROL OF POLLUTION, EROSION
AND FLOODS.  CONSANE INTERPRETS THE POLICY ALONG THE LINES OF GENERAL  GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND
FORMULATES DIRECTIVES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THIS POLICY IN A NATIONAL SANITATION PLAN.  THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS OF CONSANE CONSISTS OF AN APPOINTED PRESIDENT AND  SIX  MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE
MINISTRIES OF INTERIOR, HEALTH AND PLANNING.  THE PLENARY COUNCIL OF CONSANE, STAFFED BY
REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS,  CONDUCTS DETAILED RESEARCH IN
FORMULATING THE DIRECTIVES SET FORTH BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.   THE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF
SANITATION WORKS AND TWO OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE NATIONAL
SANITATION PLAN.  THIS LAW SUPERCEDES DECREE-LAWS NOS. 248 AND  303  OF  FEBRUARY 28, 1967.

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BPAZIL

     PM(B)
BRAZIL
     PM(A)
    "SEMA DEFINES THE STANDARDS FOR POLLUTION."  0  GLOBO
    PORTUGUESE
    ALSO PHA
08/10/74  PCS  2
       EPA
IDt  02087A
    ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THE SPECIAL  SECRETARY  OF  THE ENVIRONMENT (SEHA)  HILL
ATTFND A MEETING IN BRASILIA TO FORHOLATE THE  MEDICAL  HEALTH  STANDARDS FOR POLLUTION IN BRAZIL.
SEMA ALREADY CONDUCTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES  THROUGH  USE OF VARIOUS LABS.   HOWEVER,
THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY STAFF OF SEMA HAS BEEN  ASSIGNED THE TASK  OF DRAFTING A SINGLE LAW COVERING
ALL THE ATTRIBUTES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN BRAZIL.   ALTHOUGH SEMA FORESEES  A FUTURE SCARCITY
OF COMPETENT PERSONNEL, THE PRESENT NEEDS ARE  BEING RESOLVED  ADEQUATELY WITH PERSONNEL  CONTRACTED
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO.


    "MINAS GERAIS ATTEMPTS TO DETER POLLUTION  WITHOUT  INHIBITING DEVELOPMENT,11
    0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
                                                                 EPA
    PORTUGUESE              07/03/74  PGS  12              ID#  02108A

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT A SPECIAL COMMISSION  ON  THE ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN CREATED
BY STATE DECREE AFTER THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, VETOED A  LAW PROVIDING
FOR THE CREATION OF THE STATE COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.   THE GOVERNOR  CONTENDED
THAT THE CREATION OF THE COUNCIL WAS NOT JUSTIFIED SINCE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS HAVE NOT BEEN DEFINED AND THAT SUCH A COUNCIL COULD EVENTUALLY  INTERFERE
WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE.  THREE TECHNICIANS PROM  STATE AGENCIES COMPOSE THE
SPECIALLY CREATED COMMISSION.  THE COMMISSION'S DUTIES WILL INCLUDE  REVIEW AND APPLICATION OF
EXISTING LAWS, PROMOTING RESEARCH, AND MAINTAINING CONTACT WITH OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE
ORGANIZATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
BRAZIL

     PM(B)
    "SEHA RECOMMENDS CREATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES."  0 GLOBO
                                                                 EPA
    PORTUGUESE              02/06/74  PGS  3              ID#  02119A

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF  BRAZIL  HAS  URGED THE
STATE OF SAO PAULO TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WHICH WOULD  ORGANIZE  AND  COORDINATE
THE EXISTING LAWS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  THIS  AGENCY WOULD BE
AUTONOMOUS BUT WOULD RECEIVE FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FROM THE SECRETARIAT FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT (SEMA).  THE SECRETARY HAS STRESSED HIS SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  EFFORTS
ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AND HAS STATED THAT HE WILL URGE THE OTHER BRAZILIAN  STATES TO  CREATE
SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES.

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J3EN2RAL-

 BULGARIA


      LR(A)
    "DFCREE #2433:  RESOLUTIONS OF REPORT TO THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL ON PROTECTION
    AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN BULGARIA."  D'RZHAVEH VESTNIK, NO. 88
                                                                 EPA
    BULGARIAN               11/06/73  PCS  6              ID*  02132A

    THIS REPORT OF THE SIXTH PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF OCTOBER 31, 1973, DISCUSSES THE DEFICIENCIES IN
BULGARIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS AND PROPOSES MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO IMPROVE
POLLUTION CONTROL.  THE REPORT SUGGESTS THAT THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS, EXERCISING STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS, AND INCREASING THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF EXISTING LEGISLATION BY PROPOSING CHANGES AND ADDITIONS.  ALSO URGED AHE GREATER
ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE MORE UP-TO-DATE DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF PURIFICATION INSTALLATIONS, AS
WELL AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS OF USE AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH INSTALLATIONS.  IN ADDITION,
IT WAS RESOLVED THAT THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL SHOULD ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR CHEMICAL METHODS OF
PLANT PROTECTION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOIL PROTECTION.  INTENSIVE SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND
ECONOMIC STUDIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ALONG WITH INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN POLLUTION
CONTROL, AHE EMPHASIZED.
 CANADA


      LR(A)
    "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION ACT, 1970 (DEPT. OF THE ENVIRONMENT ACT) ," REVISED
    STATUTES OF CANADA 1970, 2D SUPPLEMENT.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH*                          PGS  177-195        ID#  02011A
    *ALSO FRENCH
     WATER         AIR

    THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS ESTABLISHED TO SUPERSEDE THE DEPT. OF FISHERIES AND
FORESTRY, ASSUMING ALL OF ITS FUNCTIONS, AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES FORMERLY VESTED
IS THE DEPT. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT, AND THE DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES AND
RESOURCES.  THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WHO IS ALSO MINISTER OF FISHERIES, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ALL MATTERS IN THE FEDERAL JURISDICTION PERTAINING TO MARINE AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES; FORESTS AND
WILDLIFE: WATER MANAGEMENT; PROTECTING QUALITY OF WATER, AIR, SOIL AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL;
CONDUCTING TECHNICAL SURVEYS; AND ENFORCING INTERNATIONAL POLLUTION-CONTROL AGREEMENTS.  THE
MINISTER IS TO INITIATE GOVERNMENT ACTION TO ESTABLISH POLLUTION-CONTROL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION PROGRAMS AND STANDARDS, PROMOTE POLICIES FOR PROTECTING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AND
COOPERATE WITH PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ENGAGED IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  THE SCHEDULES
CONTAIN LISTS OF LAWS ADMINISTERED BY OR AMENDED WITR RESPECT TO THE DEPT. OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

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CANADA

     LR (B)
CANADA

     LR(B)
    "POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS  VARY."   FINANCIAL  TIHES  OF CANADA
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 06/21/7U  PGS                 IDt  02058A
    ALSO PMA

    THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES IN GENERAL THE FEDERAL  AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS' POLICIES AND
JURISDICTIONS IN POLLUTION CONTROL  IN CANADA.  ALTHOUGH  LARGE AREAS OF CANADA ARE NOT AFFECTED
BY POLLUTION DUE TO LACK OF POPULATION, THE PHILOSOPHY IS THAT POLLUTION BUST BE CONTROLLED IN
AFFECTED AREAS WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF ECONOMIC  REALISM.  TAKING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY AS AS
EXAMPLE, EACH PROVINCE PASSES ITS OWN LEGISLATION  ON  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION TO A DEGREE THAT
REFLECTS THE DAMAGE SUSTAINED IN EACH PROVINCE.  THUS, ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION PASSED IN
HIGHLY INDUSTRIALIZED PROVINCES SUCH AS ONTARIO IS SPECIFIC AND STRICT, WHILE IN LESS
INDUSTRIALIZED PROVINCES POLLUTION  CONTROL  ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS ARE MORE GENERALIZED.
THE ARTICLE ALSO BRIEFLY STATES THE INCENTIVES TO  MOTIVATE  INDUSTRY TO INSTALL POLLUTION CONTROL
DEVICES.  THESE INCENTIVES EXIST IN MOST PROVINCES IN THE FORM OF TAX BREAKS.  ALSO LISTED ARE
THE OFFICIAL AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE  INFORMATION ON  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND LAWS.


    "POLLUTION ASSESSMENT FIRST FOR NEW PLANT  PROJECTS?"  FINANCIAL POST.
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 08/11/73  PGS   5              ID#   02067A

    THIS ARTICLE INDICATES THAT THE ONTARIO  GOVERNMENT HAS  PREPARED DRAFT LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS BEFORE PROJECTS AFFECTING THE  ENVIRONMENT CAN BE APPROVED.  THE
ONTARIO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT WANTS TO FORCE  DEVELOPERS TO CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES
BEFORE THE DECISION TO BUILD HAS BEEN MADE.  HOWEVER,  IT WANTS TO AVOID LENGTHY  COURT BATTLES
TPAT HAVE RESULTED IN THE UNITED STATES OVER ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACT STATEMENTS.  THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS ALSO CONSIDERING SUCH A REQUIREMENT  FOR  PROJECTS UNDER FEDERAL  JURISDICTION.  HOW
IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE EFFECTED ON  THE FEDERAL LEVEL  HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.
CANADA
     LR (B)
    "OTTAWA SAY REGULATE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES."   FINANCIAL
    TIMES
    DUNCAN, STEPHEN                                              EPA
    ENGLISH                 05/05/73  PGS  13             ID#  02073A

    THIS ARTICLE INDICATES THAT DRAFT LEGISLATION IS BEING PREPARED FOR  CONTROLLING
ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS OTHER THAN PESTICIDES.  THE LEGISLATION  WOULD  AUTHORIZE
FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT OFFICIALS TO SCREEN AND, IF NECESSARY, RESTRICT OR BAN POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES BEFORE THEY COHE INTO GENERAL USE.  THE BILL, WITH  THE  PROPOSED  TITLE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS ACT, IS TO CONTROL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY WIDESPREAD  INDUSTRIAL USE
OF SUBSTANCES SUCH AS MERCURY, PHOSPHORUS, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENOLS,  CADMIUM, FLUORINE AND
ASBESTOS.  ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS EXPECT LITTLE OPPOSITION AND ANTICIPATE SWIFT PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.

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                                                                                                                                   21
GENERAL

CHINA,PEOPLES REP OP


     PM (B)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA


     PM(B)
    "INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL."  CHINA RECONSTRUCTS, VOL  22,
    NO. 2 (1973).
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 02/00/71  PGS  2-5            ID*  0213HA

    THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE STATES THAT INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IS  THE  PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF CHINA, ALTHOUGH STILL RELATIVELY SMALL, IS SUBJECT TO A RIGOROUS NATIONAL  PLANNING POLICY HHICH
ADEQUATELY CONSIDERS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS.  THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION  IS CURRENTLY BEING RESOLVED
BY DISTRIBUTING NEW INDUSTRY EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND BY DECENTRALIZING  THE EXISTING
INDUSTRIES OF THE COASTAL CITIES, ESPECIALLY SHANGHAI.  NOT ONLY DOES  DECENTRALIZATION MAKE THE
CONTROL OF POLLUTION EASIER, IT ALSO CONFORMS TO CHINESE POLICY OF COMBINING  AGRICULTURE AND
INDUSTRY, AND COUNTRY AND CITY.  ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POLLUTION
CONTROL IN CHINA IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUES, ESPECIALLY  THE RECYCLING OF
WASTES.


    JAK ZLEPSIT ZIVOTNI PROSTREDI NA VESNICI  (AMELIORATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN
    VILLAGES).
    CZECHOSLOVAKIA.  ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL                       EPA
    CZECH                   07/00/72  PGS  1-112          ID#  02151A
    ALSO SE AND LRB

    THIS BOOK DEALS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF VILLAGES IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA FROM THE STANDPOINT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  THE PRINCIPAL INSUFFICIENCIES OF THE LIVING MILIEU IN  RURAL AREAS
ARE DISCUSSED, ALONG WITH DEVELOPMENTAL PLANS AND GOALS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF  THE  ENVIRONMENT.
THE BOOK PLACES EMPHASIS ON CITIZEN COMMITTEES FOR THE RESOLUTION OF  ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS,
ALSO PROVIDING INFORMATION ON INSTITUTIONS AIDING THE COMMITTEES.  IN  ADDITION, A BRIEF SUMMARY
OF LEGISLATIVE MEASURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS PRESENTED.
EEC
     PH(A)
    "THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE CONSIDERED BY THE EEC,"  ENTERPRISES  DE L'OUEST
    INDUSTRIEL, NO. 266.
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                  05/00/7H  PGS  5               ID*   02128A

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION  HAS SPELLED OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE
POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE WHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY THE  MINISTERS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
IT IS NECESSARY FIRST TO DETERMINE THE REAL POLLUTER AND  THE DEGREE OF POLLUTION FOR WHICH HE IS
RESPONSIBLE.  HE THEN MUST PAY FOR THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO AVOID POLLUTING OR TO REDUCE THE
POLLUTION TO A LEVEL WHICH MEETS THE PARTICULAR COUNTRY'S ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.  THE POLLUTER
MUST ALSO FAY ANY FEES SET BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES  AND IN SOME CASES MUST PAY DAMAGES TO VICTI3S
OF HIS POLLUTION.  EXCEPTIONS TO THE APPLICATION OF  THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE MAY BE MADE FOR
ECONOMIC, TECHNICAL, OR SOCIOLOGICAL REASONS.  MORE  PRECISE PROPOSALS ARE EXPECTED BY MEMBERS OF
THE EEC.

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GENERAL
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
     LR (B)
    "APPLICATION OF THE POLLDTER PAYS  PRINCIPLE  IN  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
    LUXEMBURGER WORT.
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  06/15/74   PGS   18              ID#   02102A

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE STATES THAT THE  EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS SUBMITTED A REPORT TO THE
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE COMMUNITY  CONTAINING MODES  OF APPLYING THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE.
THE DOCUMENT RECOMMENDS TEAT MEMBER STATES  ADOPT POLLUTION LEGISLATION TO REFLECT THIS PRINCIPLE.
THIS WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN COMPETITIVE COSTS AND PRICING  IN  THE NATIONS INVOLVED.  LOCAL
AUTHORITIES ARE TO DETERMINE OPTIMAL LEVELS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANLINESS WHICH SHALL MINIMALLY
ASSURE HUMAN, PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH.  ENFORCEMENT NECESSITATES DETERMINATION OF THE ACTUAL
POLLUTER.  GUIDELINES FOR THIS DETERMINATION ARE GIVEN.   GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT TOOLS INCLUDE
LEGAL STANDARDS FOR EMISSIONS, IMMISSIONS AND PRODUCT CONTENT,  PLUS FEES OR FINES.  COSTS TO BE
EORNE BY THE POLLUTER ARE LISTED.  WHERE ECONOMIC,  TECHNICAL OR SOCIAL PROBLEMS MAKE COMPLIANCE
WITH THE PRINCIPLE DIFFICULT, LONGER COMPLIANCE  PERIODS OR SUBSIDIES FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD NAY
BE PERMITTED.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

     PM(A)
    "THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION:  SAVE TPE WATER," LE  PEUPLE.
    FRENCH
     WATER
                                        AIR
07/03/70  PGS  4
                                                                  EPA
                                                           ID#   02051A
                         THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS  ON  SEVERAL  ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO THE COUNCIL
                     OF MINISTERS BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION  (OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES).   ACCORDING TO THE VICE
                     PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  THE  PRISE  ENVIRONMENTAL TARGET NOW IS TO WORK IMMEDIATELY TO
                     AVOID IRREVERSIBLE POLLUTION OF UNDERGROUND  WATERS,  RIVERS, AND THE SEAS.  SINCE THE COMMISSION'S
                     JULY 18, 1973 PROGRAM WAS APPROVED  BY  THE  COUNCIL  OF MINISTERS, THE COMMISSION HAS SUBMITTED SOME
                     20 RULES, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND DIRECTIVES  TO THE COUNCIL.   MOST HAVE BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE LEAD
                     CONTENT OF GASOLINE, THE SULFUR CONTENT  OF FUEL  AND  DIESEL  OIL, THE QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER,
                     ADOPTION OF A "POLLUTER PAYS" PRINCIPLE, CREATION  OF A  FOUNDATION FOR  THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING
                     AND WORKING CONDITIONS, FORESTRY ACTIONS,  AND  RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE  COLLECTION, STORAGE AND
                     TREATMENT OF WASTE OIL.
FRANCE
     LR (A)
    "JUNE 6, 1974 DECREE NO. 74-578, ON POWERS OF THE MINISTER  FOR  THE  QUALITY OF
    LIFE."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE.
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                  06/07/74  PGS  6119           ID#   02024A
    ALSO PMA

    THIS DECREE, ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE, TRANSFERS TO  THE MINISTER  FOR THE QUALITY OF
LIFE THE FOLLOWING POWERS:   (1) THOSE PERTAINING TO THE PROTECTION  OF THE  ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE
PREVIOUSLY EXERCISED BY THE MINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE  ENVIRONMENT  (MARCH 15,  1974,
DECREE NO. 74-243); (2) THOSE PERTAINING TO YOUTH, SPORTS AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES  PREVIOUSLY HELD
EY THE PRIME SINISTER  (JULY 25, 1968, DECREE NO. 68-673);  (3) THOSE PERTAINING TO TOURISM,
FORMERLY HELD BY THE MINISTER OF EQUIPMENT AND HOUSING  (JULY 25,  1968,  DECREE  NO. 68-672); AND (4)
THOSE FORMERLY EXERCISED BY THE MINISTER OF TERRITORIAL PLANNING, EQUIPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
(MARCH 7, 1974, DECREE NO. 74-214).  THE RELEVANT SUPPORTING OFFICES FORMERLY  UNDER THESE OTHER
MINISTRIES ARE ALSO TRANSFERRED TO THE MINISTRY FOR THE QUALITY OF  LIFE.   THE  PRIME MINISTER, THE
MINISTER OF EQUIPMENT, AND THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE ARE CHARGED WITH  THE EXECUTION OF
THIS DECREE.

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GFNl'BAL

FRANCE
     LR(A)
    "JUNE 25, 1971, DECREE NO. 71-601, OH THE POWERS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE  IN
    THE OFFICE OF THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE  (ENVIRONMENT) ."  JOURNAL OFFIC1EL.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  06/26/71  PCS  '6759           ID#  02021B
    ALSO PMA

    THIS DECREE, ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE, DELEGATES TO «.  GABRIEL  PERONNET,  SECRETARY
OF STATF IN THE OFFICE OF THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE  (ENVIRONMENT), THOSE POWERS
PERTAINING TO THE ENVIRONMENT GIVEN TO THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY  OF  LIFE  IN  ARTICLE 1  OF THE
DECREE OF JUNE 6, 1971.  THE SUPPORTING OFFICES FOR NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  ARE
PLACED AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ATTACHED TO THE MINISTER  FOR THE  QUALITY  OF LIFE
(ENVIRONMENT).  HE IS ALSO AUTHORIZED TO SIGN IN THE NAME OF THE MINISTER  FOR THE  QUALITY  OF LIFE
ALL ACTS, MINISTERIAL DECREES, AND DECISIONS PERTAINING TO ENVIRONMENTAL HATTERS.   TPE PRIME
MINISTER AND THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE ARE CHARGED HITH THE  EXECUTION OF THIS  DECREE.
FRANCE


     LR (B)
    DROIT DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DE L»ENVIRONNEMENT  (LAW  DEALING  WITH
    THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT)
    LAMARQUE, JEAN
    FRENCH
    *WATER         AIR
00/00/73  PCS
     NOISE
1-974
    RADIATION
       LOC
ID#  02061A
   PESTICIDES
                                                                                  LAW  FRANCE 7 LAMA
FRANCE

     PM{A)
    "COMPOSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT."  LE MONDE.

    FRENCH                  06/11/74  PGS  2
                                     EPA
                              ID#  02023A
                         THIS TABLE, WHICH APPEARED IN THE PARISIAN  NEWSPAPER,  LE  BONDE,  LISTS THE MEMBERS OF PRISE
                     MINISTER JACQUES CHIRAC'S CABINET.  THE MINISTER FOR  THE QUALITY  OF  LIFE IS ANDRE JARROT.  THE
                     SECRETARIES OF STATE ATTACHED TO THE MINISTRY FOR THE QUALITY OF  LIFE ARE:  GABRIEL PERONNET,
                     ENVIRONMENT; PIERRE MAZEAUD, YOUTH AND SPORTS;  AND  GERARD  DUCRAY, TOURISM.
FRANCE
     PM(A)
    RAPPORT FRANCAIS POOR LA CONFERENCE DBS NATIONS  UNIES  SUR  L'ENVIRONNEMENT
    (STOCKHOLM, JOIN 1972),  (FRENCH REPORT FOR THE UNITED  NATIONS  CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT)
    RANDET, P.                                                   EPA
    FRENCH                  00/00/72  PGS  1-41            ID*   02029A

    THIS REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE  1972 UN CONFERENCE ON  THE  ENVIRONMENT,  DESCRIBES IN SOME DETAIL
THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN FRANCE.  THE FIRST PART DEALS WITH  DIAGNOSIS ASD TREATMENT OF
SPECIFIC PROBLEM AREAS.  THE TOPICS COVERED ARE:  THE DECLINE  IN THE  QUALITY OF BOTH URBAN AND
RURAL LIFE; PROPER MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES;  AND  LEGISLATIVE MEASURES, PROPOSED OR IN
FORCE, TO COMBAT VARIOUS FORMS OF  POLLUTION  (AIR, WATER,  SOLID WASTE).   THE SECOND PART OF THE
REPORT DEALS WITH OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND INSTITUTIONS.   THERE ARE SECTIONS ON GUIDING
PRINCIPLES; IMPLEMENTATION; AND LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL  PLANNING.   THERE IS A BRIEF CONCLUSION
AND AN APPENDIX EXPLAINING THE REASONS FOR THE CREATION  IN 1971  OF THE  MINISTRY FOR THE PROTECTION
OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

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GENERAL

FRANCE

     PH(A)
FRANCE


     PH(B)
    "WHO IS MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE?"
    AHBROISE-RENDU, MARC
    FRENCH                  08/10/7U  PGS   19
LE MONDE.
          ID#
  EPA
02030A
    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE RAISES THE QUESTION OF  WHO  IS  PRESENTLY  IN  CHARGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY IN FRANCE.  ANDRE JARROT, MINISTER FOR THE  QUALITY OF  LIFE,  HAS NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO
PRESENT HIS POLICY PROPOSALS TO THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS.  THAT  PRESENTATION, WHICH MOST
PRECEDE PRESENTATION TO PARLIAMENT FOR APPROVAL, WAS RECENTLY  DELAYED  FOR  THE THIRD TIME.  IT
NOW APPEARS THAT IT WILL BE MID-SEPTEMBEK BEFORE A POLICY ON  THE QUALITY  OF LIFE WILL BE APPROVED.
MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING HAS TAKEN CONTROL  OF DECISIONS  AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT,
WITHOUT CONSULTING M. JARROT.  IT ALSO APPEARS THAT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT  RISING COSTS AND
RECENT BUDGETARY DISCUSSIONS, THERE WILL ACTUALLY  BE LESS MONEY  FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN
1975 THAN IN 197U.


    "FOUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS:  M. JARROT PROPOSES  THE CREATION  OF  A NATIONAL
    WASTE AGENCY."  LE MONDE.
    ABBROISE-RENDU, MARC.                                         EPA
    FRENCH                  08/28/74  PGS  1; 17           ID#  02093A
    ALSO LRB
     SOLID WASTE   WATER

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE FRENCH MINISTER FOR  THE QUALITY OF LIFE,  ANDRE JARROT,
IS TO PRESENT" HIS PROGRAM TO THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS  AUGUST  28.  THE  FOUR  MAJOR DRAFT LAWS TO BE
PRESENTED RAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PREPARED FOR SOME TIME, BUT  CHANGES  IN GOVERNMENT HAVE CAUSED DELAYS
IN THEIR SUBMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND TO PARLIAMENT.  THESE  LAWS CONCERN  THE PROTECTION OF
NATURE, HUNTING LICENSES, SOLID WASTE, AND DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS AT  SEA BY AIRPLANES AND
SHIPS.  THE PROPOSED SOLID WASTE LEGISLATION EMBODIES  THE NEH  PRINCIPLE THAT THE PRODUCER IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WASTE HE CREATES.  IT ALSO CALLS FOR  THE  CREATION  OF  A  NATIONAL WASTE AGENCY.
IN ADDITION TO THESE AND OTHER DRAFT LAWS IN PREPARATION,  THE  MINISTER  IS  EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE A
SERIES OF MEASURES TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.  AMONG THESE  ARE  THE  CREATION OF GREEN
SPACES IN THE PARISIAN AREA AND THE SIGNING OF NEW BRANCH CONTRACTS WITH  VARIOUS INDUSTRIES.
HOWEVER, INFLATION AND A RESTRICTED BUDGET LIMIT WHAT  CAN BE DONE IN THE  ENVIRONMENTAL AREA.
FRANCE
     PM(B)
    "THE CHARTER OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE:  TEN NEW TEXTS AND SOME  'PUNCHES,'"  LE
    MONDE.
    AKBROISE-RENDD, MARC.                                         EPA
    FRENCH                  08/30/74  PGS  16             ID#  02093B
    ALSO LRB

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE GROUP OF 30 MEASURES  PRESENTED TO THE  FRENCH  COUNCIL OF
MINISTERS BY THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE CONSTITUTES A TRUE CHARTER  OF  THE  QUALITY  OF
LIFE.  THE PRECISE TEXT OF THE MEASURES ARE TO BE DRAWN UP AND PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT  WITKIB  SIX
MONTHS.  A DECREE LIMITING THE NOISE LEVELS OF HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES, LAWN MOWERS,  AND CUTTING
MACHINES WILL 3E PUBLISHED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.  THE MINISTER ALSO ANNOUNCED  A SERIES OF
MEASURES TO GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.  FROM NOW ON, THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS  TO BE
CONSULTFD ON ALL MAJOR PROJECTS OF NATIONAL INTEREST.  THIS RULE  WILL HAVE ITS FIRST APPLICATION IN
THE SITING OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.  OTHER IMPORTANT REFORMS ARE  PLANNED FOR  1975  AND 1976.  THE
CREATION OF REGIONAL AIR AGENCIES ON THE MODEL OF THE WATER BASIN AGENCIES HAS BEEN  PROPOSED.
UNDER THIS PLAN, STACK EMISSIONS WOULD BE TAXED TO SUBSIDIZE THE  INSTALLATION OF EMISSION CONTROLS
EQUIPMENT.  CERTAIN MEASURES IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM WERE ALSO PROPOSED.

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GENERAL
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     LR (B)
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     LR (B)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES OF THE FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY."   OBWELT:
    TNFORMATIONEN DES BDNDESHINISTERS DES INNERN ZUR UMWELTPLANUNG  UND  ZUM  OHWELTSCHUTZ,  NO. 29.
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  02/18/74  PGS   1-20           ID#  02025A

    THIS ARTICLE EXCERPTS PORTIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S REPORT  TO THE FEDERAL DIET ON
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN 1973.  TH2 MAJOR PORTION OF THE  ARTICLE CONSISTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE
SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEASDRES INITIATED BY THE INTERIOR  MINISTRY FROM  1971  THROUGH 1973.
THE SUMMARY IS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING FOUR SECTIONS:   (1) LAWS  (IN  EFFECT,  UNDER CONSIDERATION
BY THE FEDERAL DIET AND IN PREPARATION IN THE MINISTRY),  (2) REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE
GUIDELINES (IN EFFECT AND IN PREPARATION),  (3) OTHER MEASURES  (PRIMARILY IN THE AREAS OF POLICY,
COORDINATION AND STUDIES), AND  (H) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (NOTING THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC'S
PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS).   FOR EACH MEASURE OR LAW LISTED
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF CONTENT OR PURPOSE AND PRESENT STATUS, INCLUDING DATES  WHERE FEASIBLE, ARE
GIVES.


    "ONLY HAMBURG CONSTITUTES AN EXCEPTION."  UHWELT:  FORSCHUNG, GESTALTONG,
    SCHUTZ, NO. 2.
    PREY, PETER                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  04/00/74  PGS   40-43          ID#  02032A

    THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE REPORTS THAT ALL  FEDERAL STATES EXCEPT HAMBURG HAVE ESTABLISHED
SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS  IN THEIR PUBLIC  PROSECUTORS* OFFICES.  BERLIN HAS
CENTRALIZED THE FUNCTION IN THE DEPARTMENT  OF ECONOMICS.  MOST STATES'  EFFORTS  FOR LEGAL
SPECIALIZATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS BEGAN IN THE SECOND  HALF OF 1971,  AFTER ISSUANCE OF THE
FEDERAL "GUIDELINES FOR CRIMINAL PROCEDURE," DATED DECEMBER  1,  1970, WHICH URGED EMPHATIC AND
PROMPT PROSECUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENDERS.  AN INITIAL  STEP  OF  MOST JUSTICE DEPARTMENTS HAS
BEEN TO COMPILE A SUMMARY OF MOST IMPORTANT PUNISHABLE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR THEIR
ATTORNEYS.  SO FAR NO ONE HAS SEEN SUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION  FOR  SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS
ANALOGOUS TO ECONOMIC COURTS.  THE ARTICLE  INCLUDES A TWO-PAGE TABLE OF OFFENSES UNDER
MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, LISTING THE LAW OR SUBSEQUENT REGULATION, RELEVANT SECTION AND
APPLICABLE FINE.  ALSO GIVEN IS AN ESTIMATE OF CASES HANDLED IN  A YEAH IN  EACH  OF SIX STATES.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     LR(B)
    "ON THE STATUS OF ENVIRONHENTAL LEGISLATION."
    SCHUTZ, NO. 6.
    FRIDRICR, BERND-DIETER
    GERMAN                   12/00/73  PGS   11-12
UMWELT:  FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG,
       ID#
              EPA
            02034A
                         THIS ARTICLE REPORTS  THAT  THE  FEDERAL  INTERIOR MINISTER HAS STATED THAT GOVERNMENT
                     ACHIEVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS DEPENDS ON LEGISLATION THAT KEEPS PACE WITH SCIENCE  AND
                     TECHNOLOGY.  THE BODY OF  THE ARTICLE  THEN  CONSISTS OF A DISCUSSION OF LAWS, REGULATIONS  AND
                     MEASURES UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE INTERIOR MINISTRY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE FEDERAL  DIET  OR
                     IN PREPARATION.  MEASURES DISCUSSED INCLUDE:   THE FEDERAL IMMISSIONS BILL, RADIOACTIVITY  AND  THE
                     ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS BILL, THE SEWAGE FEE BILL, THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY
                     ENVIRONMENT, THE PROPOSED FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE WATER MANAGEMENT LAW, THE PROPOSED
                     CONSTITUTIONAL ALTERATION RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT, THE DETERGENT LAW AND THE WASTE REMOVAL
                     LAW.  THE STATUS AND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS  ENCOUNTERED IN REGARD TO EACH PROPOSAL OR LAW  ARE
                     DISCUSSED.  IT IS NOTED THAT SOME  LAWS DEPEND ON REGULATIONS FOR THEIR TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION.

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GENERAL

GERMANY,FED REP OF


     PH(B)
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     PM(A)
    "EXPERTS:  ORIGINATOR PRINCIPLE INCREASINGLY CALLED  INTO  QUESTION," STOTTGARTER
    ZEITUNG, NO. 86.
    GERMAN
     NOISE
         OU/11/7U  PGS  1
SOLID WASTE   WATER
                                                           ID*   02011A
                                                                     AIR
    THIS ARTICLE ENUMERATES SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED  IN  A  700-PAGE REPORT,
"ENVIRONMENTAL OPINION 197«," PREPARED BY A PANEL OF EXPERTS  FOR THE  FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY.
THE REPORT RECOMMENDS ESTABLISHMENT OF A FUNDAMENTAL LAW FOR  ENVIRONMENT  AND OP A LEGAL
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY TEST.  TO REDUCE NOISE POLLUTION,  IT WOULD  PROSCRIBE SUPERSONIC
FLIGHTS OVER THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC, ENCOURAGE USE OF QUIETER JET ENGINES AND  REDUCE THE PERMISSIBLE
TRAFFIC NOISE THRESHOLD IN COMMON MARKET COUNTRIES.  IT WOULD USE  THE PROPOSED HATER FEE TO PROMOTE
ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES FINANCIALLY.  THE REPORT EMPHASIZES THE NEED  TO DETERMINE MAXIMUM TOLERABLE
LIMITS OF POLLUTANTS IN THE AIR OF MAN, ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE.  AS TO SOLID  WASTE, IT WOULD
RECOMMEND THAT THE LAST POSSESSOR BEAR THE FULL COST OF DISPOSAL.


    "DEPARTMENTAL JURISDICTION IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AT THE STATE
    AND FEDERAL LEVELS (AS OF AUGUST 1, 1972)."  UMWELT:  FORSCHUNG,  GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ, NO. 5.
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  10/00/72  PGS  10-11          ID*  02026A

    THIS TABLE LISTS THE MINISTRIES OR DEPARTMENTS IN THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT AND IN EACH OF THE 11
FEDERAL STATES HAVING COMPETENCE IN 11 AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL  CONCERN.  THE  AREAS FOR WHICH
JURISDICTION IS DESIGNATED ARE:  GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AND COORDINATION, LAND PLANNING
AND MANAGEMENT, AGRARIAN POLICY AND PLANNING, LEISURE AND RELAXATION, CONSERVATION OF LAND AND
NATURE, AIR, NOISE,. WATER PURIFICATION, WASTE REMOVAL, RADIOACTIVITY, PROTECTION OF FOODSTUFFS,
BIOCIDES, AND NEW, CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES.
GER1ASY,FED REP OF

     PM(A)
    "LIFE OK DEATH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SINNERS."
    SCHNEIDER, CHRISTIAN
    GERMAN                  04/06/73  PGS  23
                             SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, NO. 82
                                              EPA
                                       ID*  02027A
                         TRIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SUMMARIZES RESULTS OF A CONFERENCE OF FEDERAL  AND  STATE  MINISTERS
                     RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.  A PRIMARY DECISION WAS TO PUBLISH BY  FALL A CATALOG OF
                     OFFENCES AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS WITH NATIONALLY STANDARDIZED FINES FOR  EACH, IN INSTANCES
                     RANGING UP TO 100,000 MARKS.  A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN LACK OF  A COMPREHENSIVE
                     GUIDE TO THE INTERRELATED STRUCTURE OF FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS.  AS A SECOND  COORDINATING
                     EFFORT, THOSE ASSEMBLED RESOLVED TO HOLD A BIANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.  PARTICIPANTS
                     AGREED THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SOLUTION OF ENERGY PROBLEMS ARE  POLITICAL  GOALS  OF EQUAL
                     IMPORTANCE.  TREY COULD NOT THEREFORE SANCTION A DRAFT LAS WHICH THEY FELT  WOULD SUBORDINATE
                     ENVIRONMENTAL TO ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR NUCLEAR  POWER PLANTS.   IT WAS
                     ALSO HELD THAT ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSTRUCTION PLANNING SHOULD BE COINCIDENT FUNCTIONS.  A JOINT
                     COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC CONFERENCES WAS  THEREFORE PROJECTED.

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GFNFRAL
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     PH(b)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THF, RDHR AREA," BIN PLANET VERROTTET:
    DISKUS.SIONSBEITRAG ZD« UMWELTSCHUTZ.
    SCPENKEL, W.                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  00/00/71  PCS  213-228        ID#  02075A
     AIR           NOISE         WATER      '   SOLID WASTE

    THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS IN THE RUHR  AREA.   A  SECTION  IS  DEVOTED
TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:  AIR PURITY AND NOISE CONTROL; SOLID WASTE REMOVAL;  AND  WATER
MANAGEMENT AND WASTEWATER REMOVAL.  EACH SECTION CONSIDERS LEGAL FRAMEWORK  AND JURISDICTIONAL
AUTHORITY; ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR STUDYING PROBLEMS AND IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING
PROGRAMS; STATISTICS AS TO POLLUTION QUANTITY, NATURE OR SOURCE; AND MEASURES  BEING TAKEN WITH
A PROGNOSIS FOR THE FUTURE.  THE INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTICLE NOTES  THAT  THIS VERY  HEAVILY
INDUSTRIAL AREA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO TAKE ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES,  MANY  OF  THEM  AT  PRIVATE
INITIATIVE.  THE ARTICLE'S CONCLUSION SETS AS A TASK FOR THE FUTURE AN INTEGRATED  APPROACH TO
POLLUTION CONTROL, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE IMPACT OF CORRECTIVE MEASURES ON THE ENVIRONMENT AS
A WfiOLE.
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     SF( )
    "THE LIMITS TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRAIN IN AGGLOMERATION AREAS."   DORNIER-POST
    HANKE, DR. HERBERT AND PETER SCHMIDT                          EPA
    ENGLISH                 01/00/74  PGS  36-37           ID*   02021A
    ALSO PMA

    THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT STRAINS ON THE ENVIRONMENT FIRST  BECOME  APPARENT IN AGGLOMERATION
AREAS WHERE ECONOMIC GROWTH IS LARGELY CENTERED.  HUMAN ACTIVITIES PLACE A  DEMAND ON A REGION IN
TERMS OF THE QUALITY AND OUANTITY OF RESOURCES DESIRED AND INFLUENCE  THE REGION BY USING THE
RESOURCES AND BY PRODUCING SECONDARY EFFECTS SUCH AS WASTE,  NOISE AND  SOIL  EROSION.  BY WEIGHING
THE DEMAND PLACED ON A REGION'S ENVIRONMENT AGAINST ITS UTILIZABLE SUPPLY OF RESOURCES, THE LIMITS
OF THE STRAIN THE REGION WILL BEAR CAN BE DETERMINED.  WHEN  DEMAND EXCEEDS  OR WILL IN THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE EXCEED THE UTILIZABLE RESOURCES OF THE  AREA,  MAN MUST INTERVENE TO MAINTAIN
ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY.  INTERVENTION MEASURES COULD BE;   (A)  REGIONAL PLANNING TO ENCOURAGE OR
RESTRICT ACTIVITIES,  (B) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES,  (C)  USE  OF RESOURCES FROM ANOTHER
REGION.  A DIAGRAM OF HUMAN DEMANDS AND INFLUENCES ON THE  ENVIRONMENT, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES, IS ALSO GIVEN.

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GENERAL

INTERNATIONAL

     PM(B)
INTERNATIONAL
     PH(A)
    "ENVIRONKENT ASKS FOR CENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION."   0  GLOBO
                                                                  EPA
                                                           ID#   02086A
    PORTUGUESE
08/13/74  PGS  3
    ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE INTERNATIONAL  SYMPOSIUM  ON  HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT AND
THE ENVIRONMENT HELD RECENTLY IN MEXICO CITY HAS PROVIDED THE  OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERAL NATIONS TO
EXCHANGE INFORMATION ON THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF  ECOLOGICAL  STATIONS.   THE PARTICIPANTS
OF THIS SYMPOSIUM UNANIMOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE NECESSITY FOR A  HIGH-LEVEL CENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION
TO DEFINE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOR  THE AMERICAS.  BRAZIL'S  NATIONAL SANITATION PLAN HAS CONSIDERED
EXEMPLARY IN WATER SUPPLY METHODS AND SEWAGE TREATMENT, AND SOME  OF THE  BRAZILIAN MEASURES TAKEN
FOR HEALTH PROTECTION AND POLLUTION CONTROL WERE PRESENTED  AND  DISCUSSED AT  THE SYMPOSIUM.


    GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION:  A
    COMPARATIVE VIEW.
    UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/74  PGS  1-50           ID#   02091A
    ALSO LRB

    THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED FOR PRESENTATION AT THE 16TH CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE
OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES AT MEXICO CITY ON JULY 23,  1974.  THE  FIRST SECTION DISCUSSES THE NEW
AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS WHICH AROSE IN THE 1960S.   THE SECOND SECTION OF  THE REPORT
OFFERS A COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSES TO THESE ISSUES IN
THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, SWEDEN, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.   FINALLY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ACTIVITIES OF SUCH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AS THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND THE
WORLD BANK ARE DISCUSSED.
IRAN
     LR(A)
     (ESTABLISHMENT OF IRAN'S ASSOCIATION FOB THE PROTECTION OF THE LIFE
    ENVIRONMENT.)
                                                                 EPA
    IRANIAN                 03/20/73  PGS  1-13*          ID*  02013A
    *NON-PAGINATED

    THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS THE STATUTES OF IRAN'S ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE
LIFE ENVIRONMENT AND THE DECREES BY THE SHAH OF IRAN WHICH  (1) ESTABLISH THE ASSOCIATION  AND
(2)  APPOINT ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  THE FIRST DECREE  (MAY 29, 1972)  STATES THE ECOLOGICAL
RATIONALE FOR THE ASSOCIATION, AND THE SECOND DECREE  (MARCH 20, 1973) DESIGNATES THE  HEAD
ANP EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.  THERE ARE FIVE MAJOR PARTS AND TWENTY-THREE ARTICLES TO THE
STATUTES.  THE FIRST PART SPECIFIES SEAT, DUTIES AND INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE ASSOCIATION,
PROVIDING FOR A HIGH COUNCIL, SECRETARIAT, TREASURY, PROVINCIAL COUNCILS AND A COMMITTEE  OF
TECHNICAL EXPERTS TO IMPLEMENT POLICY.  THE SPECIFIC ARTICLES HAVE THE FOLLOWING CONTENT:
ARTICLES 3-7, THE HIGH COUNCIL; ARTICLES 8-10, THE SECRETARIAT; ARTICLE 12, PROVINCIAL COUNCILS;
ARTICLE 13, THE COMMITTEE OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS; ARTICLES 14-17, INCOME; AND ARTICLES  18-22,
MEMBERSPIP.

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GENERAL

IRELAND
     PM (A)
    IRELAND:  NATIONAL REPORT ON PROBLEMS RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT FOR THE UNITED
    NATIONS CONFERENCE IN STOCKHOLM, JDLY 1972.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 05/00/71  PCS  1-42           ID*  02079A

    THIS REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE 1972 UN CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, OUTLINES  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
SITUATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.  AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION GIVES BASIC  STATISTICS  ON THE
COUNTRY.  THE BODY OF THE REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MAJOR PARTS.  THE FIRST  IS A  REVIEW OF THE
MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN IRELAND, INCLUDING A DISCUSSION OF DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND RESOURCE
UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT.  THE SECOND PART DEALS WITH PAST AND FUTURE ACTION.  A SECTION ON
EXISTING OR PROPOSED MEASURES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL DETAILS ORGANIZATIONAL  AND INSTITUTIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS AND LEGISLATION, AS HELL AS A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF EDUCATION AND  DISSEMINATION OF
INFORMATION.  THE REPORT CONCLUDES WITH A LISTING OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION.
IRELAND

     PM (B)
    "JOBS AND POLLUTION."
    AUDLEY, J. H.
    ENGLISH
                                                IRISH PRESS.
03/19/74  PCS  6
       EPA
ID#  02130A
                         THIS PUBLISHED LETTER WRITTEN BY A MEMBER OF THE  ANTI-CORRUPTION  SOCIETY OF IRELAND DISCUSSES
                     CERTAIN ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN THE REPUBLIC  OF  IRELAND.   ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, THE
                     INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY  (I.D.J.), WHICH ENCOURAGES NEW  INDUSTRY  IN THE COUNTRY AND ADVISES
                     THE GOVERNMENT ON SUCH MATTERS, CONSULTS THE INSTITUTE FOR  INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS AND IS
                     GIVEN ADVICE BY THEM AS TO PLANNING CONDITIONS AND  PROTECTION  OF THE  ENVIRONMENT.  THE AUTHOR
                     QUOTES THE INSTITUTE AS STATING THAT IT IS THE DUTY OF THE  LOCAL AUTHORITY TO SAFEGUARD WELFARE
                     UNDER THE PLANNING ACTS, AND THAT IN COMMON LAW THE POLLUTER BEARS FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
                     EFFECTS OF POLLUTION.  THE ARTICLE CITES FIVE EXAMPLES OF POLLUTING  INDUSTRY IN THE CORK AREA.
JAPAN
     PM(A)
    QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN JAPAN,  1972
    JAPAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
    ENGLISH                 12/00/72  PGS   1-246
    ALSO LRB
                                                                                       EPA
                                                                                ID#   020U7A
                         THIS REPORT IS A CONDENSED VERSION OF THE  WHITE  PAPER  ON  THE ENVIRONMENT SUBMITTED BY THE
                     ENVIRONMENT AGENCY TO THE 68TH  (1972) SESSION  OF  THE  JAPANESE DIET IN PURSUANCE OF THE BASIC LAW
                     FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL OF 1967.   THIS REPORT  DESCRIBES IN DEPTH THE STATE OF JAPAN'S
                     ENVIRONMENT, CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS  AND REGULATION,  AND FUTURE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN FOR THE
                     PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE POPULATION.  PART  ONE PRESENTS THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
                     AND DEVELOPMENTS LEADING DP TO THE PASSAGE OP  THE BASIC  LAW FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL
                     AND THE CREATION IN 1971 OF THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY.   THE SECOND PART OF THE REPORT DISCUSSES THE
                     CURRENT STATE OF POLLUTION, THE ADMINISTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AHD THE RESEARCH BEING
                     CONDUCTED.  PART THREE LISTS THE POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES PLANNED FOR FISCAL YEAR 1972,
                     ELABORATING ON THE GOALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS AND PROGRAMS,
                     MONITORING, RESEARCH PROMOTION AND GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

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GENERAL

JAPAN

     PH(A)
MEXICO

     LR(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   30
    ITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN JAPAN, 1973
    JAPAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
    ENGLISH                 12/00/73  PGS
    ALSO LRB
               1-298
       EPA
ID*  020U8A
                         THIS ANNUAL REPORT IS A CONDENSED VERSION OF THE 1973 WHITE PAPER ON THE ENVIRONMENT SUBMITTED
                     BY THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY TO THE 71ST SESSION OF THE JAPANESE DIET IN PURSUANCE OF THE BASIC LAW
                     FOP ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL OF 1967.  IT DESCRIBES THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN JAPAN AS
                     OF DECEMBER 1973.  PART ONE DEPICTS ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CITES RECENT ISSUES AND
                     TRENDS.  PART TWO DISCUSSES THE PRESENT STATE OF POLLUTION, CURRENT PROTECTION MEASURES, AND
                     DEVELOPMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION SUCH AS BUDGET, FORMATION OF POLLUTION CONTROL
                     PROGRAMS, AND PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.  PART THREE OUTLINES THE ENVIRONMENTAL
                     PROTECTION PLANS ENVISAGED FOR FISCAL YEAR 1973 INCLUDING ORIENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY,
                     CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS, REINFORCEMENT OF CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS, PROMOTION OF
                     POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECTS AND RESEARCH, AND OTHER PERTINENT MEASURES.
    "ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION."  EXCELSIOR
    SPANISH
     AIR
05/1U/74  PGS
                                                                 EPA
                                                          ID*  01645E
                         THIS NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL STATES THAT THE LEVEL OF POLLUTION IN MEXICO HAS NOT BEEN REDUCED IN
                     SPITE OF THE LAW AGAINST SMOKE AND PARTICLE POLLUTION THAT TOOK EFFECT ON MAY 17, 1974.
                     UNDOUBTEDLY, THIS SITUATION HAS NOT IMPROVED BECAUSE MANY SMALL ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE NOT INSTALLED
                     ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT, REGARDING IT AS UNPROFITABLE SPENDING.  OH THE OTHER HAND, LARGER
                     INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN MORE AMENABLE TO INSTALLING ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THE RECOVERY OF
                     WASTES AND RECYCLING CAN ACTUALLY LEAD TO A PROFIT, OR AT LEAST LESS OF A LOSS.  THE SUBSECRETARY
                     FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT HAS STATED THAT THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS LAW OR
                     EXTENSIONS OF TIME GRANTED FOR COMPLIANCE.  HOWEVER, TBS EDITORIAL RECOGNIZED THAT INDUSTRIAL AND
                     ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE PUT ENTIRELY ASIDE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS.  THEREFORE,
                     AN EQUITABLE BALANCE BETWEEN POLLUTION CONTROL AND DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE SOUGHT THROUGH
                     FLEXIBILITY OF THE LAWS.
MEXICO


     PM(B)
    "UNTRUE THAT POLLUTION HAS BEEN REDUCED:  DR. BRAVO ALVAREZ, OF UNAM,"
    EXCELSIOR
                                                                 EPA
    SPANISH                 05/13/74  PGS                 ID*  020HHA
    ALSO LRB AND SE

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON A SPEECH GIVEN AT THE NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF
MEXICO EY HUMBERTO BRAVO ALVAREZ,  HEAD OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION DEPARTMENT OF THE
UNIVERSITY'S GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE.  HE AFFIRMED THAT POLLUTION LEVELS IN MEXICO ARE NOT BEING
REDUCED DESPITE ANTI-POLLUTION LAWS AND REGULATIONS.  TPE PROBLEM IS NOT NECESSARILY A LACK OF
LEGISLATION, BUT A LACK OF SPECIFIC MEANS TO APPLY THE LAWS.  MOREOVER, LARGE COSTS ARE INVOLVED
IN THE INSTALLATION OF POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT, WHILE NO ONE CAN BE SURE WHICH TYPE OF
EQUIPMENT WILL BE ADEQUATE.  HE CITED A FALSE IMPRESSION AMONG STATS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THAT
POLLUTION LEVELS ARE DECREASING, POINTING UP A LACK OF QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE STANDARDS FOR
INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES.  THE FORMULATION OF STANDARDS BY SCIENTISTS RATHER THAN BY POLITICIANS IS
URGED.

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.GENFSAL

 MKXICO
      PM (A)
 HEXICO
      SE( )
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   31
"CREATION OF STUDY CENTER:
EXCELSIOR
                            CONCAMIN WILL HELP IN FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION."
                          SPANISH
                        05/06/7H  PCS
                                                                                ID#   02045A
                          THE MEXICAN  CONFEDERATION  OF CHAMBERS  OF  INDUSTRY  (CONCAMIN)  WILL CREATE A CENTER FOR
                      ENVIRONMENTAL  STUDIES  TO  ASSIST  AUTHORITIES AND ADVISE THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY IN
                      ALL  ASPECTS  OF POLLUTION  CONTROL.   THIS  CENTER  WILL WORK IN CLOSE COOPERATION HITH THE POLLUTION
                      CONTROL STUDY  CENTER OF THE NATIONAL TRIPARTITE COMMISSION.  IT WILL ACQUIRE AND DISSEMINATE
                      TECHNICAL AND  LEGAL INFORMATION  ON POLLUTION  CONTROL AND WILL LEND ADVISORY ASSISTANCE TO
                      INDUSTRY IN  ITS  COMPLIANCE WITH  POLLUTION-CONTROL REGULATIONS.   THE CENTER WILL ALSO PROVIDE
                      INFORMATION  ON POLLUTION  CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND  ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING FINANCIAL HELP FOR THE
                      PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF REQUIRED EQUIPMENT.
"MEXICO EXPORTS ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT.
THE MANUFACTURERS."  EXCELSIOR
THERE IS NO DEMAND FOR IT HERE, SAY
                          SPANISH
                        05/14/71*  PCS
                                                                                ID#
                  EPA
                020U1A
                          THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE WEEK-LONG CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
                      PROBLEMS HELD AT THE NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO (UNAM).  ORLANDO SALCEDO, A MEMBER
                      OF THE MEXICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT STATED THAT A GREAT
                      QUANTITY OF ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT IS MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO,  BDT IT IS MOSTLY EXPORTED SINCE
                      THERE IS NO MARKET FOR IT IN MEXICO.  MEXICAN INDUSTRIALISTS WILL NOT INVEST IN THE EQUIPMENT
                      SINCE IT IS NOT ECONOMICALLY PROFITABLE.  WHILE SOME INDUSTRIES  NEED A COMPLETE OVERHAUL TO
                      ELIMINATE OR REDUCE POLLUTION, MANY AIR POLLUTING INDUSTRIES COULD EASILY REMEDY THEIR EMISSIONS
                      WITH SIMPLE EQUIPMENT.  PRESENTLY MOST INDUSTRIES EITHER USE OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT OR HAVE NOT
                      INSTALLED ANY ANTI-POLLUTION SYSTEMS.
 MEXICO
      SE(
"3,000 INDUSTRIES CAUSE 50 PERCENT OF THE DAMAGE, SAYS VIZCAINO MURRAY."
SXC5LSIOR
                                                             EPA
SPANISH                 05/15/7«  PGS                 ID#  02013A
*AIR

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GENERAL

MEXICO

     SE(
OF.CD
     SE( )
    ROUNDTABLES ON DETERIORATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
    MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
    SPANISH                 09/10/71  PCS  1-258
    ALSO LRB
                                     LOC
                              ID#  02088A
                                                      HC  140  .P55  M46
    THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE PROCEEDINGS OP A SERIES OF ROONDTABLE DISCUSSIONS  SPONSORED  BY  THE
MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE  1972 STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE ON  THE
"OMAN ENVIRONMENT.  IT ANALYZES AND DISCUSSES, IN DEPTH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES  AND TENDENCIES
EXISTING IN MEXICO WITH REGARD TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC, SANITARY, INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL  ACTIVITIES.
ALTHOUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES OF THESE ACTIVITIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES  IS  MENTIONED, THE
PRINCIPAL FOCUS OF THE DISCUSSIONS IS CENTERED ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS  OF  MEXICO.  THE
LAST SESSION OF THE DISCUSSIONS OUTLINES THE PRESENT INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF  ENVIRONMENTAL
DETERIORATION AND CITES MEASURES CURRENTLY IN USE AND ENVISAGED FOR THE FUTURE TO PROTECT
THE ENVIRONMENT.


    "TOWARD A BETTER ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES: THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION."
    L'OBSERVATEUR DE L'OCDE, NO. 71
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  08/00/74  PCS  34-35          ID*  02113A

    THIS ARTICLE, BASED ON A STUDY BY WORK GROUP NUMBER 2 OF THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC  POLICY OF
THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DISCUSSES THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF
POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS IN SELECTED COUNTRIES.  THE GROUP COMPARED THE PROJECTED ADDITIONAL
COSTS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTED GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT (GNP)  FOR THE PERIOD
1971-1980 IN GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN, THE UNITED KINDGOM  AND THE UNITED
STATES.  IT CONCLUDED THAT APPROXIMATELY 1-1.5* OF GNP WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO  POLLUTION  CONTROL  IN
THIS DECADE.  HOWEVER POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WILL VARY AMONG COUNTRIES DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN GOALS
AND IN EXISTING LEVELS OF POLLUTION.  THE REPORT STATFS THAT IN GENERAL, POLLUTION CONTROL SPENDING
MAY RESULT IN A SLIGHT INFLATIONARY TENDENCY IN THE ECONOMY INVOLVED.  EMPLOYMENT AND INTERNATIONAL
TRADE WILL PROBABLY NOT BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED.
UNITED STATES



     LR(P)
    ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION:
    PROTECTION AGENCY
    BLODGETT, JOHN E.
    ENGLISH
    ALSO PMB AND PMA
  LEGISLATION AND PROGRAMS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
03/20/74  PGS  1-80
ID#
  EPA
02070A
                         THIS REPORT PREPARED BY THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IS A
                     HISTORICAL REVIEW OF MAJOR 0. S. FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND PROGRAMS CONCERNING AIR AND WATER
                     POLLUTION, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, PESTICIDES, RADIATION, NOISE ABATEMENT AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES IN
                     THE ENVIRONMENT.  THE CREATION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ARE
                     DISCUSSED IN DETAIL UP TO MARCH 1974.  THE REPORT ALSO OUTLINES THE MOST RECENT EPA
                     RE-ORGANIZATION, PRESENTS TABLES OF BUDGETARY DATA, LISTS REGIONAL EPA OFFICES AND GEOGRAPHIC
                     AREAS, EXCERPTS, ANTI-POLLUTION LAWS, AND SUMS UP EPA RESPONSIBILITIES.

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GENERAL

UNITED STATES


     LK (B)
UNITED STATES

     LR (B)
    IN PRODUCTIVE HARMONY:
    PERSPECTIVES.
    HARRIS, CAROLYN
    ENGLISH
    ALSO PHB
                            ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS BROADEN THE NATION'S
C9/00/72  PCS  1-12
ID*
       EPA
     02071A
    THIS PAMPHLET PUBLISHED BY THE U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DEFINES  AND  DESCRIBES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS.  AS REOUIRED BY THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL  POLICY  ACT,  AN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT MUST BE ISSUED BY ONE OR MORE FEDERAL AGENCIES  IN  ADVANCE OF ANY
ACTION OR LEGISLATION THAT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.  AN
IMPACT STATEMENT ASSESSES, IN DETAIL, THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL 1.1PACT OF  PROPOSED  ACTION OR
LEGISLATION, AND IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FEDERAL AGENCIES TO PREPARE IMPACT STATEMENTS  FOR
THF SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS,  BESIDES ALERTING THE GOVERNMENT  AND
THE PUBLIC TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OP PROPOSED ACTION, THE IMPACT  STATEMENT ALSO  SERVES
AS A DEVICE TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS INTO THE FEDERAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. THE
PAMPHLET ALSO LISTS THE TYPE OF ACTIONS THAT REQUIRE IMPACT STATEMENTS AND DESCRIBES  THE CONTENTS,
APPEARANCE, PREPARATION, DISSEMINATION, AND EFFECTS OF THESE STATEMENTS.


    THE CHALLENGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT:  A PRIMER ON EPA'S STATUTORY AUTHORITY
    UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY                EPA
    ENGLISH                 12/00/7U  PCS  1-1*0           ID#  02082A
    ALSO PMA AND PMB

    THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES, IN GENERAL, THE CREATION, STRUCTURE,  FUNDING
AND FUNCTIONS OF THE U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND BRIEFLY CITES THE  EPA'S RELATIONSHIP
TO THE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY  (CEQ) AND TO THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT  (NEPA) .
TKE IMPORTANCE OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION IS ALSO STRESSED IN  THE
INTRODUCTION.  THE INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS ON AIR, WATER, SOLID WASTE, PESTICIDE,  RADIATION AND UOISE
POLLUTION CITE THE VARIOUS ANTI-POLLOTION LAWS AND OUTLINE THE EPA'S SCOPE OF  ACTIVITIES IN THE
ENFORCEMENT OF THESE LAWS AND IN THE REALIZATION OF OTHER POLLUTION CONTROL  MEASURES.  THERE IS
ALSO A CHAPTER ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR POLLUTION CONTROL WHICH  LISTS  THE CONVENTIONS
AND PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN AS OF DECEMBER 1972.
UNITED STATES

     PM(A)
    RESEARCH AND MONITORING: . CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  ACTION
    UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AGENCY                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  10/00/72  PGS   1-16            ID*   02053A
     AIR           WATER         PESTICIDES    RADIATION      SOLID  WASTE
                                                                                                 NOISE
                         THIS PAMPHLET OUTLINES AND  ILLUSTRATES  THE  VARIOUS  FUNCTIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                     AGENCY'S OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND MONITORING.   ITS  SCIENTIFIC STAFF PROVIDES THE FACTUAL BASIS FOR
                     EPA'S REGULATORY AND POLLUTION  CONTROL FUNCTIONS.   RESEARCH ACTIVITIES MENTIONED INCLUDE THOSE
                     DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTION ON  HUMAN  HEALTH AND  ON ECOLOGICAL BALANCE, THE DEVELOPMENT
                     OF POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT,  THE  EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND
                     TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACT OF POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS,  AND THE ATTEKPT TO FORECAST ENVIRONMENTAL
                     OCCURRENCES.  THE PROGRAM IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER  SEEKS  TO  HAKE THE RESULTS OF EPA RESEARCH
                     AVAILABLE TO STATE, MUNICIPAL AND PRIVATE GROUPS  FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATION.  THE SECTION OF THE
                     BROCHURE ON MONITORING DEALS IN SOME DETAIL WITH  AIR AND WATER MEASURING PROCEDURES AT THE LOCAL,
                     STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS, AND  MENTIONS PROGRAMS  FOR PESTICIDES, RADIATION, SOLID WASTE AND NOISE
                     SAMPLING.

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NOISE

AUSTRALIA

     ST( )
AUSTRIA


     PH(B)
    MOTOR VEHICLE TESTING TO B.S.3425:1966 UNDERTAKEN ON  4TH  APRIL  1974
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 04/30/74  PGS  1-2            ID#   02046A
    ALSO LEB

    THIS MIMEOGRAPH PUBLICATION TABULATES THE RESULTS OF  NOISE  TESTING UNDERTAKEN  IN  HOBART,
TASMANIA FOR 4 TRUCKS, TESTED IN DECEMBER 1973, AND FOR 10 CARS AND  1 MOTORCYCLE,  TESTED ON
APRIL 4, 1974.  THE 4 TRUCKS TESTED COMPLY WITH PRESENT AND PROJECTED NOISE  CONTROL REGULATIONS.
THE 10 CARS AND 1 MOTORCYCLE COMPLY WITH PRESENT REGULATIONS.   HOWEVER, ONLY ONE MAKE OF CAR,
THE HOLDEN, CONFORMS TO THE STRICTER STANDARDS THAT WILL  ENTER  INTO FORCE  AFTER JANUARY 1,  1976.


    GRENZWERTE ZULAESSIGER LAERHBELASTUNG (LIMITS OF MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE NOISE
    POLLUTION)
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                            PGS  1-4            ID#   02055P
    *ISSUED AFTER 03/00/73

    THIS FOUR-PAGE FLYER, A REPRINT FROM "UMHELTSCHUTZ-STAEDTEREINIGUNG"  (ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION-CLEANING UP THE CITIES), ISSUED MARCH 1973, IS SUBTITLED "RECOMMENDATION FOR THE
LIMITATION OF NOISE POLLUTION."  IT STATES MAXIMUM NOISE  LIMITS  IN DECIBELS  FOR SIX DESIGNATED
RESIDENTIAL, BUSINESS, INDUSTRY OR SPECIAL ZONES FOR BOTH DAY AND NIGHT.   INSTRUCTIONS FOR
MEASURING NOISE ARE GIVEN.  FACTORS SUCH AS THE EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES, THE POSITIONING OF
MEASURING DEVICES, THE CONDITIONS AND FREQUENCY WITH WHICH MEASUREMENTS ARE  TO BE  MADE ARE
SPECIFIED.  THE INTRODUCTION AND FIRST SECTIONS OF THE RECOMMENDATION STRESS THAT  IT  IS BASED UPON
SUGGESTIONS FROM OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND  LOCAL LEVELS.  IT IS FELT  THAT
THIS COOPERATIVE EFFORT IS A STEP TOWARD A NATIONAL STANDARDIZATION OF PERMISSIBLE NOISE
POLLUTION LEVELS.  TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE STATEMENT ARE BASED ON STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE
AUSTRIAN STUDY GROUP FOR NOISE CONTROL.
AUSTRIA
     PM(B)
    GESUNDHEITS- UNO UMWELTSCHUTZPLAN DES BUNDESMINISTERIUMS FUER GESUNDHEIT UND
    UMWELTSCHUTZ.  (HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNDER THE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH  AND  ENVIRONMENT)
    AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION    EPA
    GERMAN                            PGS  1-79           ID#  02072A
    *ISSUED AFTER 05/23/72
    *GENERAL       AIR           WATER         SOLID HASTE   RADIATION

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NOISE

CZECHOSLOVAKIA


     LS(B)
FINLAND

     PB(A)
PECE O.ZDRAVE ZIVOTNI PROSTREDI V CESKOSLOVENSKU
IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA. ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
CZECH                   10/19/72  PGS  13-19*
*ALSO PAGES 28-30
 WATER         AIR
(FOR  A  HEALTHY  ENVIRONMENT
     ID#
  EPA
021S9A
                         CHAPTERS II, III AND VI OF THIS BOOK ARE CONCERNED WITH HYGIENIC  REQUIREMENTS FOE CLEAN
                     AIR, CLF.AN WATER, AND REDUCTION OF NOISE, RESPECTIVELY, IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA.   REGULATIONS IN
                     ALL THBEF PROGRAM AREAS ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED, AND A SECTION OF  CHAPTER  VI  IS  DEVOTED TO THE
                     EXPLANATION OF PERMISSIBLE NOISE LEVELS.
"THE CONQUEST OF NOISE IN FINLAND."  NOISE 2000
LFHTINEN, P. U.
ENGLISH                 00/00/71  PGS  32-33
ALSO PMB
 AIR
            EPA
     ID*   01106B
                         THIS REPORT ON NOISE ABATEMENT ACTIVITY IN FINLAND  WAS  DELIVERED  DURING  THE 1970 CONGRESS OF
                     THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AGAINST NOISE.  THIS REPORT STATES THAT ORGANIZATIONS SUCB AS THE
                     ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF FINLAND AND THE INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH  HAVE  BEEN CONCERNED WITH
                     INDUSTRIAL NOISE ABATEMENT AND POLLUTION SINCE THE BSD  OF WORLD WAR II.  ALTHOUGH THE 1958 LAW
                     ON SAFETY IN WORK DEALS WITH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND  NOISE  ABATEMENT  IN INDUSTRY, MOST PRESENT
                     NOISE ABATEMENT ACTIVITY IN FINLAND SPRINGS FROM THE  1966 ORDER NO. 393/66  WHICH ASSIGNS THE
                     GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY OF NOISE ABATEMENT TO THE FINNISH COUNCIL FOR  AIR CONSERVATION AND NOISE
                     ABATEMENT.  THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS COUNCIL INCLUDE DISSEMINATION OF ADVICE  AND INFORMATION, HOISE
                     ABATEMENT PLANNING, PROMOTION OF NOISE CONTROL MEASURES AND KEEPING ABREAST  OF THE MOST CURRENT
                     INTERNATIONAL NOISE ABATEMENT DEVELOPMENTS.  ALSO,."THE CONSERVATION  OF NATURE IN 1970" PROGRAM HAS
                     APPOINTED, AMONG OTHER MEASURES, A COMMITTEE FOR PLANNING BETTER EFFICIENCY  OF NOISE LEGISLATION.
FRANCE


     LR (B)
TOUS LES PROBLEMES JURIDIQUES DBS POLLUTIONS ET  NUISANCES  INDUSTRIELLES
 (ALL THE JURIDICAL PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION  AND  NUISANCES)
GRENIET-SARGOS, ALINE                                         LOC
FRENCH                  05/01/73  PGS   1-190*          ID#   02060A
VARIOUSLY PAGINATED
*WATER         AIR           RADIATION      SOLID WASTE
                            LAW FRANCE 7  GREN  73

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NOISE

PRANCE
     LR(B)
                                                                                                                            PAGE
                                                                                                                                    36
    DROIT DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DE  L'ENVIRONNEBENT  (LAW DEALING HITP
    THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT)
    LAMAROUE, JEAN                                                LOC
    FRENCH                  00/00/73  PGS  1-971           ID#   0206TA
    *HATER         AIR           RADIATION      PESTICIDES    GENERAL
                                                                                                       LAW FRANCE 7  LAMA
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     LR(A)
    "MARCH 1, 1971.  ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NOISE PROTECTION  AREA  FOR THE
    COMMERCIAL AIRPORT OF DUESSELDORF," BUNDESGESETZBLATT,  PART I,  NO.  23.
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  03/13/71  PGS  657-662        ID#   00919D

    THIS ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES A NOISE PROTECTION AREA,  DIVIDED INTO TWO NOISE PROTECTION ZONES,
AROUND THE COMMERCIAL AIRPORT OF DUESSELDORF.  THIS IS DONE IN  ACCORDANCE HITH THE LAW FOR
PROTECTION FROM AIRCRAFT NOISE (SECTION 1, PARAGRAPH  1)  IN  THE  VERSION  OF MARCH 30, 1971.
A STRUCTURE LYING PARTIALLY IN THE PROTECTION ZONE IS CONSIDERED COMPLETELY IN IT IN IMPLEMENTING
THE ORDINANCE.  THE PROTECTION ZONES ARE DEFINED IN TERMS OF POINTS  ON  AN X-Y  AXIS ON THE FIVE-
PAGE ATTACHMENT.
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     LR (B)
    "SURPRISE ACTION IN INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS."  DIE WELT, NO.  129.
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  06/06/71  PGS  2              ID*  02020A
    *AIR
GERMANY,FED RFP OF
     LR(A)
    "LAW ON PROTECTION FROM HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES OF POLLUTION,  NOISE,
    VIBRATIONS AND SIMILAR PROCESSES  (FEDERAL IMMISSIONS LAW)."  BUNDESGESETZBLATT,  PART I
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  03/15/71  PGS  721-713        ID#  02033A
    *AIR

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NOISE

GERMANY,FED REF OF


     PB(B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                    37
    "EXPERTS:  ORIGINATOR PRINCIPLE INCREASINGLY CALLED INTO QUESTION," STUTTGARTER
    ZEITONG, NO. 86.
    GERMAN                  01/11/74  PCS  1
    *GENERAL       SOLID WAST5   WATER         AIR
                                  IDt  02014A
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     PH(B)
    "ONLY QOIET 'BIRDS'
    MASCHNER, WILHELH
    GERMAN
MAY LAND AT MUNICH'S NEW AIRPORT."  DIE WELT, NO.  115.
                                         EPA
    05/18/74  PGS  16             ID#  02018A
                         THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES PROVISIONS TO LIMIT  NOISE  AT  THE  MUNICH  II AIRPORT TO BE COMPLETED
                     AROUND 1980.  IT WILL BE THE FIRST AIRPORT  IN THE  FEDERAL  REPDBLIC  ASSIGNED A PERMITTED NOISE
                     LEVEL, ACCORDING TO A BAVARIAN OFFICIAL.  SPECIAL  INTEGRATING  MEASURING DEVICES WILL ENSURE THAT
                     AIRCRAFT NOISE LEVEL DOES NOT EXCEED 62 DECIBELS ON ANY  DAY.  THIS  IS FIVE DECIBELS BELOW
                    '«PREVIOUS NORMS.   (HEALTH IS ENDANGERED AT 92 DECIBELS.)  TO  REDUCE  NOISE, ONLY PLANES WITH QUIETER
                     ENGINES KAY USE THE AIRPORT BETWEEN 10 P.M. AND 6  A.M.,  AND  THEN THEY MUST USE THE TWO INNER OF
                     THF PLANNED FOUR RUNWAYS.  PILOTS ARE NOT TO USE DEAFENING THRUST REVERSALS UNLESS SAFETY
                     CONSIDERATIONS DEMAND IT.  NEW ENGINES MAY  BE TEST RUN ONLY  IF THE  MEDIAN NOISE LEVEL IS NOT
                     RAISED IN NEIGHBORING AREAS.  CONSTRUCTION  OF NOISE BARRIERS AT THE AIRPORT IS PLANNED.
                     SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED NOISE "ENDANGERED" OR  "PROTECTED" AS THEY MAY BE MORE
                     OR LESS AFFECTED BY NOISE, AND NOISE PROTECTION MEASURES ARE BEING  TAKEN IN RESIDENCES.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     PM(B)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE RUHR AREA," BIN PLANET  VERROTTET:
    DISKUSSIONSBEITRAG ZUM UMWELTSCHUTZ.
    SCRENKEL, W.                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  00/00/71  PGS  213-228         ID#   02075A
    *GENERAL       AIR           WATER         SOLID WASTE
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     PM(B)
    "GREATER NOISE PROTECTION ZONES AROUND TEGEL  AIRPORT  REQUESTED."  DER
    TAGESSPIEGEL, NO. 8785.
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  08/09/74  PGS  9               ID*   02144A

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT AN EXPANSION OF  THE TWO  NOISE PROTECTION ZONES AROUND THE TEGEL
AIRPORT IN BERLIN IS BEING REQUESTED BY THE DISTRICT OF SPANDAU.  THE EXPANSION IS NECESSITATED
BY AN INCREASE IN FLIGHTS TO AND FROH THE AIRPORT ANTICIPATED  AS A RESULT OF A CONTRACT WITH TWO
ADDITIONAL AIRLINES TO USE IT.  REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DISTRICTS OF SPANDAU, REINICKENDORF AND
WEDDING HAVE ALSO AGREED WITH THE BERLIN SENATOR  FOR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT TO PRESENT THE
FOLLOWING PROPOSALS, AMONG OTHERS, TO THE ALLIED  ADMINISTRATION:  (1) ERECT A NOISE MONITORING
SYSTEM FOR THE AREA AROUND THE AIRPORT,  (2) ESTABLISH  AN  AIRCRAFT NOISE COHHISSION TO DISCUSS
AND SOLVE NOISE PROBLEMS, AND  (3) EXTEND PROHIBITION OF NIGHT  FLIGHTS TO INCLUDE THE TIME PERIOD
11:00 P.M. TO 7:00 A.M.  PUBLIC FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE  TO INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS HOSPITALS
AND SCHOOLS AND TO INHABITANTS WITHIN THE NOISE ZONES  FOR INSTALLATION OF NOISE-DAMPENING WINDOWS.
DIAGRAMS OF THE EXISTING NOISE ZONES ARE INCLUDED.

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NOISE

GREAT BRITAIN

     PM(B)
ICAO
     PM(A)
    "THE CONOOEST OF NOISE IN GREAT BRITAIN."  NOISE 2000
    CONNELL, JOHN
    ENGLISH*                00/00/71  PGS  16-22          IDf
    *ALSO GERMAN
  EPA
02106A
    THIS REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BRITISH NOISE ABATEHENT SOCIETY WAS DELIVERED  BY  THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIETY AT A CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AGAINST NOISE.   THE BRITISH
NOISE ABATEMENT SOCIETY IS A PRIVATE LOBBY GROUP WHICH PRESSES FOR ADEQUATE NOISE  PREVENTION LAHS
AND CONDUCTS PUBLIC ANTI-NOISE CAMPAIGNS.  HEATHROW AIRPORT, THE CONCORDE PROJECT  AND THE  AIRCRAFT
INDUSTRY IN GENERAL COME UNDER PARTICULAR ATTACK FROM THE SOCIETY.  OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE SOCIETY
INCLUDE THE PROPOSAL OF NOISE CONTROL PLANS TO GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY, REALIZATION OF  NOISE
RESEARCH, AND ENDORSEMENT OP QUIETER MACHINERY AND NOISE-INSULATED DWELLINGS.  THE REPORT  STATES
THAT, ON THE OFFICIAL LEVEL, PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS ARE SEVERELY HAMPERED IN COMBATING NOISE  BY
WEAK LAHS AND GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY.  HOWEVER, THE REPORT ALSO INDICATES THAT THE TIME IS  NEAR
WREN PUBLIC PRESSURE HILL FORCE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
THE PRODUCTION OF NOISE.


    "AIRCRAFT-NOISE REDUCTION:  AN INDUSTRY PROGRESS REVIEW," ICAO BULLETIN, V. 29,
    NO. 7.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 07/00/74  PGS  10-17          ID#  02065A
    ALSO ST

    THIS ARTICLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION BULLETIN SUMMARIZES THE  PROGRESS
MADE IN THE REDUCTION OF AIRCRAFT NOISE AND NEW APPROACHES AND PROGRAMS BEING IMPLEMENTED  BY THE
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (IATA)  AND THREE MAJOR AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS:   BOEING,
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS, AND LOCKHEED.  THE IATA SECTION OF THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES THO GENERAL POLICY
STATEMENTS ADOPTED BY AIRLINES AT THE GENERAL MEETING IN NOVEMBER 1973.  ONE IS ON THE
RETROFITTING REQUIREMENTS OF ICAO ANNEX 16, WHICH APPLY HORLDWIDE, AND U. S. FEDERAL AIR
REGUtATIONS, PART 36.  THE OTHER STATEMENT OPPOSED OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED PURELY  FOR
REASONS OF NOISE.  THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS POINT OUT THAT FURTHER REDUCTION IN  AIRCRAFT  NOISE
LEVELS WILL BE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY.
ICAO
     PM(A)
    "ICAO CONFERENCE IDENTIFIES MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE AERODROME ENVIRONMENT," ICAO
    BULLETIN, V. 29, NO. 7.
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 07/00/74  PGS  9              IDI  02066A
     AIR           WATER

    THIS ARTICLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION BULLETIN REPORTS THAT DELEGATES
TO THE 8TH AIR NAVIGATION CONFERENCE (MONTREAL, APRIL 17-MAY 11)  DISCUSSED ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
HITH RESPECT TO AIRPORT PLANNING, DESIGN, AND OPERATION.  THE DELEGATES DREW UP A LIST OF FIVE
SPECIFIC MEASURES TO CONSIDER AS WAYS OF REDUCING AIRCRAFT NOISE EMISSION EFFECTS.  WAYS.TO
PREVENT SOIL EROSION, FLOODING, AND WATER POLLUTION FROM DRAINAGE WERE ALSO DISCUSSED.  IT WAS
THE CONFEREES' OPINION THAT ICAO SHOULD CONSIDER ITS GOAL TO BE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF MAXIMUM
COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE MAINTENANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL
AVIATION.  MEMBERS ARE TO SUPPLY ICAO HITH DESCRIPTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIONS TAKEN TO OVERCOME
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.  ICAO HILL THFN DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION FOR THE USE OF OTHER MEMBERS.
DELEGATES ALSO RECOMMENDED A PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM STRESSING THE BENEFITS OF AIR TRANSPORT
SYSTEMS AS A WAY OF OVERCOMING OBJECTIONS TO THE SITING OF AIRPORTS.

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NOISE

IRELAND

     PH (B)
                                                                                                                           FACE
                                                                                                                                   39
    "POLLUTION CONTROLS BY TWO BIG FIRMS."
    DOCHERTY, JOHN
    ENGLISH                 Oil/23/71  PGS
    *AIR
                                            IRISH PRESS.
               11
                              ID#
                      EPA
                    02176A
UNITED STATES

     PH(A)
    RESEARCH AND MONITORING:  CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
    UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY                EPA
    ENGLISH                 10/00/72  PGS  1-16           ID#  02053A
    *GENERAL       AIR           WATER         PESTICIDES    RADIATION
                                                                                                 SOLID HASTE
PESTICIDES

BRAZIL

     PM(B)
    "POLLUTING INSECTICIDES WILL BE PROHIBITED."  0 GLOBO
                                                                 EPA
    PORTUGUESE              07/02/71  PGS                 ID*  02035A

    ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IS  CONDUCTING A SURVEY OF
THE 5,000 INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES DISSEMINATED BY AIRCRAFT TO  DETERMINE  THEIR TOXICITY AND
INFLUENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT.  SCIENTISTS OF THE DIVISION OF AVIATION  AGRICULTURE OF THE MINISTRY
OF AGRICULTURE MAINTAIN THAT OF THESE 5,000 PRODUCTS ONLY ABOUT  100 SHOULD BE  OFFICIALLY APPROVED
FOR USE.  FUNGICIDES AND INSECTICIDES WILL BE ANALYZED IN LABORATORIES OF THE  SECRETARY OF
AGRICULTURE SAO PAULO, AND AFTER ELIMINATING THOSE WHICH CONSTITUTE AIR  POLLUTION HAZARDS, THE
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE HILL GRANT USE APPROVAL PEHBITS FOR THE  REMAINING PRODUCTS CONSIDERED
SAFE.  SCIENTISTS OF THE DIVISION OF AVIATION AGRICULTURE ALSO MAINTAIN  THAT CROP DUSTING WOULD
BEST BE ACCOMPLISHED AT NIGHT WHEN THERE IS LESS BREEZE AND HEAT.  THEREFORE THE "DUST" WOULD BE
SUSPENDED LESS TIME IN THE AIR.  HOWEVER, IN THIS RESPECT, THERE WOULD RAVE  TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO
THE LAW THAT PREVENTS SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE FLIGHTS AT NIGHT.
FRANCE
     LR(B)
    DROIT DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DE L•ENVIRONNEMENT  (LAW  DEALING WITH
    THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT)
    LAMARQUE, JEAN
    FRENCH
    *WATER         AIR
00/00/73  PGS
     NOISE
1-971
    RADIATION
       LOC
ID#  02061A
   GENERAL
                                                                                                       LAW FRANCE 7 LAHA

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PESTICIDES

FRANCE

     LR (B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
"MERCURY DISCHARGES STRICTLY REGULATED."  LE FIGARO.
FRENCH
*AIR
                                        WATEH
05/27/74  PGS  9
                                                      ID#
                                     EPA
                                   02064A
UNITED STATES

     PN(A)
RESEARCH AND MONITORING:  CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY                EPA
ENGLISH                 10/00/72  PGS  1-16           ID#  02053A
*GENERAL       AIR           WATER         RADIATION     SOLID WASTE
                                                                                                NOISE
UNITED STATES

     PH(B)
BACKGROUND REPORT ON EPA ENFORCEMENT
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
ENGLISH                 07/25/74  PGS  1-40
ALSO LRB AND PMA
*AIR           HATER
                                     EPA
                              ID*  02081A
RADIATION

AUSTRIA


     PM(B)
GESDNDHEITS- UND UBWELTSCHUTZPLAN DBS BUNDESMINISTERIUMS FUER GESUNDHEIT UNO
UMWELTSCHUTZ.  (HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNDER THE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT)
AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION    EPA
GERMAN                            PGS  1-79           ID!  02072A
*ISSUED AFTER 05/23/72
*GENERAL       AIR           HATER         SOLID WASTE   NOISE
FRANCE
     LR (B)
TODS LES PROBLEMES JURIDIQUES DBS POLLUTIONS ET NUISANCES INDUSTRIELLES
(ALL THE JURIDICAL PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND NUISANCES)
GRENIER-SARGOS, ALINE                                        LOG
FRENCH                  05/01/73  PGS  1-190*         ID*  02060A
•"VARIOUSLY PAGINATED
*WATER         AIR           NOISE         SOLID WASTE
                                                                                                      LAW FRANCE 7  GREN  73

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RADIATION

FRANCE


     LR (B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
    DROIT DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DE L'ENVIEONNEMENT  (LAW DEALING  WITH
    THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT)
    LAMAROUE, JEAN
    FRENCH
    *WATER
                                        AIR
                                     LOC
00/00/73  PGS  1-974          ID*  02061A
     NOISE         PESTICIDES    GENERAL
                                                                                  LAW  FRANCE 7 LAHA
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     LP(B)
    "A BIT OF SOPHISTRY."  DER SPIEGEL, NO. 23.

    GERMAN                  06/03/74  PGS  67-68
                                     EPA
                              ID#  00693H
                         THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE CONCERNS DISAGREEMENT  AS  TO  WHICH  SECTION OF NATIONAL LEGISLATION IS
                     APPLICABLE TO THE DDMPING OF RADIOACTIVE  BASTES.  THE  GENERAL  CONSENSUS IS THAT NEW AND BINDING
                     CLARIFICATION IS NEEDED.  TWO SECTIONS OF THE FIRST ORDINANCE  FOR  PROTECTION FROM RADIATION (1965)
                     ARE CITED.  THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THOSE  COMING  IN  CONTACT WITH  RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS TO OBTAIN
                     PERMITS.  UNDER SECTION 7, HOWEVER, THOSE WHO DEAL  WITH  RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES HAVING FEWER THAN
                     0.002 MICROCOPIES PER GRAM NEED NO PERMIT.  UNDER SECTION 42,  PERMIT AUTHORITIES MAY ALLOW SOLID
                     RADIOACTIVE WASTES TO BE TREATED AS NORMAL WASTES IF THEIR CONCENTRATION IS UNDER 10 MICROCURIES
                     PEP CUBIC METER.  THE PROBLEM OF INTERPRETATION  AROSE  WHEN IT  WAS  FOUND THAT THE NUCLEAR RESEARCH
                     CENTER AT KARLSRUHE WAS DUMPING RADIOACTIVE MIRE AT A  DUMP IN  LEOPOLDSHAFEN.  CENTER OFFICIALS
                     BELIEVED THEMSELVES JUSTIFIED BY SECTION  7.  OPPONENTS CONTEND SECTION 42 IS APPLICABLE AND THAT
                     THE CENTER IS IN VIOLATION OF IT.  LOCAL  OFFICIALS  HAVE  JUDGED IN  FAVOR OF SECTION 42.
SWITZERLAND

     LR (B)
    "HOW DO WE PROTECT AGRICULTURE FROM RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT?"   JOURNAL  DE GENEVE.
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                  05/12/74  PGS  6               ID#   02015A
    ALSO PMB

    THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH SWISS CONCERN ABOUT RADIOACTIVITY  AND THE THREAT OF CONTAMINATION
TO THE NATION'S POOD SUPPLY IN THE EVEST OF NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE.   UNDER THE CURRENT FEDERAL LAW
FOR CIVIL PROTECTION, EACH COMMUNITY WITH A POPULATION OF  1000 OR MORE  HAS A LOCAL PROTECTIVE
ORGANIZATION WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETECTING RADIOACTIVITY. LESS DENSELY POPULATED AGRICULTURAL
AREAS ARE THUS NOT REQUIRED TO FORM SUCH GROUPS AND ARE  LEFT UNPROTECTED.  THE LAW IS IN THE
PROCESS OF MODIFICATION, AND IN THE MEANTIME THE SWISS UNION FOR  CIVIL  PROTECTION  HAS LAUNCHED A
PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM IN THE AREA OF AGRICULTURE AND  RADIOACTIVITY.

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RADIATION

SWITZERLAND


     PM(B)
    "NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AT VERBOIS - THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY FAVORS POPULAR
    CONSULTATION."  JOURNAL DE GENEVE.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  05/25/74  PCS  11             IDt  02017A
    ALSO LRB

    THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH A PROPOSED NUCLEAR POWER CENTER AT VERBOIS IN THE CANTON OP GENEVA
AND POLITICAL REACTION TO IT.  THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS
INITIALLY EXPRESSED A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, BUT EMPHASIZES THAT CANTONAL COMPETENCE IN THE AREAS OF
LAND REZONING AND HATER RIGHTS SHOULD BE REINFORCED.  IT CONSIDERS THE FOLLOWING PERTINENT:   (1)
THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OP STATE HAS OUTLINED PRECISE CONDITIONS FOR SECURITY AND
MANAGEMENT OF THE SITE AND ADVOCATES STUDY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF USING HEAT EMITTED BY THE CENTER
FOR URBAN NEEDS.   (2) THE CANTONAL GRAND COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A STAND WHEN THE ISSUE OF
LAND REZONING COMES BEFORE IT.  A POPULAR REFERENDUM MAY FOLLOW.  LIBERAL PARTY MEMBERS FROM
GENEVA, ACCORDING TO A SHORT FOLLOWING NEWS ARTICLE, VISITED A NUCLEAR CENTER NEAR BERN TO OBTAIN
INFORMATION ABOUT SECURITY, DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES AND THE ATTITUDES OF NEARBY RESIDENTS
AS PART OF THEIR OPINION-FORMING PROCESS.
UNITED STATES

     PM(A)
    RESEARCH AND MONITORING:  CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
    'UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY                EPA
    ENGLISH                 10/00/72  PCS  1-16           ID*  02053A
    *GENERAL       AIR           WATER         PESTICIDES    SOLID WASTE
                                                                                                NOISE
SOLID WASTE

AUSTRALIA

     LR(B)
    STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL INCINERATORS
    AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA.  ENU. CONTROL DIVISION                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 10/00/71  PGS  1-13           ID#  02036A
     AIR

    THIS TYPEWRITTEN PUBLICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF THE
ENVIRONMENT OF TASMANIA, PRESCRIBES STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC,  COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL INCINERATORS
CAPABLE OF BURNING UP TO ONE TON OF WASTE PER HOUR.  THESE STANDARDS ARE GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR
LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER INTERESTED BODIES IN THE DESIGN  AND OPERATION OP INCINERATORS.  LISTS
OF DEFINITIONS CONCERNING INCINERATOR TERMS AND TYPES OF WASTES ARE GIVEN.  THE PUBLICATION ALSO
PRESCRIBES WHAT CLASSES OF INCINERATORS HAY BURN SPECIFIED TYPES OF WASTES AND STATES DETAILED
SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF THESE INCINERATORS.

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•SOLT!>  WASTE

 AUSTRALIA

      PH(A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN TASMANIA.

                        10/00/72  PGS  3-18

               HATER         AIR
ENGLISH
ALSO SE
*GFNERAL
                                                             EPA
                                                      ID*   02150A
 AUSTRIA


      PH(B)
GESONDHEITS- UND UMWELTSCHUTZPLAN DES BUNDESMINISTERIUMS FUER GESONDHEIT UNO
UMWSLTSCHUTZ.   (HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNDER THE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT)
AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION    EPA
GERMAN                            PGS  1-79           ID*  02072A
*ISSUBD AFTER 05/23/72
*GENERAL       AIR           WATER         RADIATION     NOISE
 BRAZIL

      PM(B)
"COLLECTION OF REFUSE, A GROWING PROBLEM."  0 GLOBO
PORTUGUESE
                        08/11/71*  PGS  12
                                                             EPA
                                                      ID*  02098A
                          THIS  NEWSPAPER  ARTICLE  REPORTS  THAT  THE  AMOUNT  OF  REFUSE  COLLECTED  DAILY  IN RIO  DE JANEIRO
                      (2,700 TONS)  WILL TREBLE  WITHIN  11  YEARS ACCORDING  TO  THE  PREDICTIONS OF  THE  STATE COMPANY  FOR
                      URBAN CLEANLINESS OF GUANABARA  (CELDRB).  BEGINNING NEXT YEAR,  THE  WORLD  HEALTH ORGANIZATION WILL
                      FINANCE A PROJECT IN CAJD,  BRAZIL TO  STUDY THE  PROBLEM OF  DISPOSAL  AND  RECYCLING OF  REFUSE.
                      ACCORDING TO  CELURB, THE  RECYCLING  OF REFUSE INTO FERTILIZER  IS UNECONOMICAL,  AND INCINERATION IS
                      UNACCEPTABLE  BECAUSE OF AIR POLLUTION.   IN THE  FUTURE, THE MOST FEASIBLE  SOLUTION SEEMS TO  BE IN
                      THE DOMESTIC  AND INDUSTRIAL PULVERIZATION AND SEPARATION OF WASTES  THAT CAN BE SAFELY  DISCHARGED
                      INTO SEWAGE SYSTEMS.  THE REFUSE THAT CANNOT BE DISPOSED OF IN  THIS BANNER WILL BE COLLECTED AND
                      DUMPED INTO SANITARY LANDFILLS.  THE  PULVERIZATION  METHOD  WOULD REDUCE  THE PROBLEM OF  COLLECTION
                      AND TRANSPORTATION  OF REFUSE,  WHICH PRESENTLY ACCOUNTS FOR 70 PERCENT OF  THE  TOTAL COST OF  REFUSE
                      DISPOSAL.
 CZECHOSLOVAKIA

      PM(B)
CLEANLINESS AND ORDER IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
CZECH SOCIALIST REPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL
CZECH                   12/00/73  PGS  5-103
                                                      ID*
  EPA
02099A
                          THIS BOOKLET,  PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH  THE ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL OF THE SLOVAK SOCIALIST
                      REPUBLIC, STUDIES  PUBLIC SERVICES PROMOTING MUNICIPAL CLEANLINESS,  PARTICULARLY RELATIVE TO
                      SOLID WASTE REMOVAL.   THE PRESENT SITUATION,  TRENDS AND PROBLEMS ARE TREATED.  ROAD UPKEEP AND
                      PUBLIC LIGHTING ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.   SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF CHAPTER 2  AND CHAPTER 3 DISCUSS
                      COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF DOMESTIC  AND CONSTRUCTION WASTE AND MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL BASES FOR
                      WASTE REMOVAL.  CHAPTER U PRESENTS MATERIAL FROM A 1972 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON TOWN CLEANING
                      AND HASTE DISPOSAL ATTENDED IN PRAGUE BY DELEGATES OF THE USSR, GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
                      POLAND AND HUNGARY.  ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, REGIONAL, DISTRICT AND  LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IMPLEMENT
                      PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEES.  THESE COMMITTEES RECEIVE
                      TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC DIRECTIVES FROM THE INTERIOR MINISTRY.  AN ACCOMPANYING BOOKLET TRANSLATES
                      THE TABLE OF CONTENTS AND SUMMARIZES CONTENT IN RUSSIAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN.

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SOLID WASTE

FRANCE


     LR (B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   44
    TOUS LES PROBLEMBS JURIDIQUES DBS POLLUTIONS ET NUISANCES INDUSTRIELLBS
    (ALL THE JURIDICAL PROBLEHS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLDTION AND NUISANCES)
    GRENIER-SARGOS, ALINE                                        LOG
    FRENCH                  05/01/73  PGS  1-190*         ID#  02060A
    *VARIOUSLY PAGINATED
    *WATER         AIR           NOISE         RADIATION
                                       LAW  FRANCE 7 GEEN 73
FRANCE
     PM(B)
    "FOUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS:  H. JARROT PROPOSES THE CREATION OF  A NATIONAL
    WASTE AGENCY."  LE MONDE.
    AMBROISE-RENDU, MARC.                                        EPA
    FRENCH                  08/28/74  PGS  1; 17          ID#  02093A
    ALSO LRB
    *GENERAL       WATER
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     LR{B)
    "COMPLETE SUPERVISION OF DANGEROUS WASTES SOUGHT."  FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE.
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  02/26/74  PGS  3              ID#  00114E

    THIS ARTICLE OUTLINES TWO PROPOSED FEDERAL REGULATIONS  (UNDER THE WASTE DISPOSAL LAW) TO
INCREASE GOVERNMENTAL SUPERVISION OF DANGEROUS WASTES FROM THE POINT OF ORIGIN TO DISPOSAL.
THE FIRST WOULD PRESCRIBE:  (A)  THAT EACH PRODUCER OF WASTES KEEP A RECORD OF THE NATURE AND
QUANTITY OP WASTES ON HAND TO BE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT ANY TIME AND  (B) THAT A
MULTICOPY FORM BE COMPLETED AND FORWARDED TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES BOTH WHEN THE WASTE MATERIAL
LEAVES THE FACTORY AND ARRIVES AT THE DUMP SITE.  THE SECOND REGULATION WOULD MAKE IMPORTATION
OF DANGEROUS WASTES MORE DIFFICULT BY COMPLICATING THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE.  INITIALLY,
DEFINITION OF WASTES TO BE CONTROLLED WOULD BE LEFT TO THE INDIVIDUAL FEDERAL STATES,
ALTHOUGH THE INTERIOR MINISTRY IS REPORTED TO BE PREPARING A CATALOG OF DANGEROUS MATERIALS.
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     LR(B)
    "MAKING A FORTUNE FROM TOXIC WASTES."
    BEWERUNGE, LOTHAR
    GERMAN                  03/18/74  PGS
    *WATER
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE.
                      EPA
7              ID*  00478D

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SOLID WASTF

GERMANY,FED REP OF

     LR(B)
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     PB(B)
    "ONLY 80 DUMPS IN BADEN-WUERTTEHBERG."  SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
                                                                 EPA
                                                          ID#   0211SA
    GERMAN
07/17/7U  PGS  5
    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT IN BADEN-HUEPTTEMBERG THE DISTRICTS  (KREISE)  HILL  BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR ALL ASPECTS OF WASTE REMOVAL, INCLUDING COLLECTION, TRANSPORT  AND  DUMPING,  BEGINNING JDNE 30,
1976, AT THE LATEST.  THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PROVISION OF  AN AMENDMENT  TO THE FEDERAL STATE'S
WASTE REMOVAL LAW PREPARED BY THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY  AND CURRENTLY UNDER DISCUSSION.  AT
PRESENT COMMUNITIES CARRY OUT COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT, LEADING TO MANY  INEOUITIES OF SERVICE.
UNDER THE WASTE REMOVAL PLAN WORKED OUT WITH THE AMENDMENT, THE NUMBER OF DUMPS  IN BADEN-
WUERTTEMPERG IS TO BE REDUCED FROM A PREVIOUSLY EXISTING  4000  TO 80 CENTRALIZED  FACILITIES BY 1985.
THESE PROVISIONS WILL NOT BE FULLY EFFECTIVE UNTIL A PFNDING AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL WASTE REMOVAL
LAW IS PASSED.  UNDER THIS AMENDMENT, ONLY LICENSED FIRMS MAY  BE DELEGATED  AUTHORITY TO COLLECT
AND TRANSPORT WASTES.


    "UNIFORM METHOD OF WASTE DISPOSAL SOUGHT."  STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  OU/05/71  PGS  31             ID#   0011HF

    THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES EFFORTS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL  IN BADEN-WUERRTEMBERG TO CENTRALIZE AND
COORDINATE WASTE DISPOSAL.  AUTHORIZED BY THE  1972 WASTE  DISPOSAL  ACT, DISTRICTS SUCH AS ULM,
bIBERACH, HEIDENHEIM AND HEILBRONN HAVE BEEN CLOSING MOST OF THE PROLIFERATE SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD
DUMPS IN FAVOR OF A FEW CENTRALIZED DISTRICT DUMPS.  THE  DISTRICTS WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUPERVISE
COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT OF WASTE MATERIAL.  HOWEVER THESE FUNCTIONS ARE STILL RESERVED TO
COMMUNITIES BY THE 1972 LAW, AND EFFORTS IN ULM AND BIBERACH HAVE  SO FAR MET LOCAL RESISTANCE,
PRESUMABLY ON FINANCIAL GROUNDS.  MANY DISTRICT OFFICIALS HOPE TO  SEE  THE LAW AMENDED TO
COVER TPESE FUNCTIONS.
GERMANY,FED REP OF


     PM(B)
    "EXPERTS:  ORIGINATOR PRINCIPLE INCREASINGLY  CALLED  INTO  QUESTION,» STUTTGARTER
    ZEITUNG, NO. 86.
    GERMAN
    *GENERAL
                                        NOISE
04/11/7U  PGS  1
     WATER         AIR
ID#  020114A

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                                                                                                                           PAGE
SOLID WASTE

GERMANY,FED REP OF


     PM(B)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE RUHR AREA," EIN PLANET VERROTTET:
    DISKUSSIONSBEITRAG ZUM UMWELTSCHUTZ.
    SCRENKEL, W.                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  00/00/71  PGS  213-228        ID#  02075A
    *GENERAL       AIR           NOISE         WATER
INTERNATIONAL

     PL(B)
    SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL IN EUROPE
    FROST AND SULLIVAN LTD., LONDON
    ENGLISH                 12/00/73  PGS
    ALSO SE AND LRB
    *WATER
150
       LOG
ID#  02057A
                                      TD7B9.E9F76 1973
INTERNATIONAL


     PH(B)
    "A "BLACK BOX' CONTROLS BURNING OF WASTES - ON BOARD SPECIAL SHIPS/INDUSTRY
    'WASTES ARE DESTROYED IN THE NORTH SEA."  FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG, NO. 5U.
                                                                 EPA
    SERSAS                  03/05/7«  PGS  8              ID*  02103A
     AIR

    THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES A MEANS OF DISPOSING OF PROBLEM WASTES AT SEA AND A METHOD OF
MONITORING THE PROCESS.  THE SHIP "VULCANUS" IS A SPECIAL TANKER OF THE DUTCH OCEAN COMBUSTION
SERVICE WHICH BURNS CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS FOR CUSTOMERS IN HOLLAND, ENGLAND, NORWAY, DENMARK,
IRELAND AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY WHILE CRUISING IN PRESCRIBED AREAS OF THE NORTH SEA.
UNDER HIGH-TEMPERATURE INCINERATION, THE HYDROCARBONS BECOME HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND COMBINE WITH
VAPOR IN THE AIR.  IT IS SAID THAT THE RESULTING PRECIPITATE DOES NOT HARD SEAWATER WHEN DISPOSED
OF UNDER DEFINED CONDITIONS.  TO ENSURE ADEQUATE CONTROL OF THE PROCESS, THE "VULCANUS" USES A
"BLACK BOX", AN APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH CAMERA, WHICH RECORDS ON FILM READINGS TAKEN EVERY 15
MINUTES ON TIME, COMBUSTION TEMPERATURE, DISCHARGE, NAVIGATION AND OTHER DATA.  WFEN THE SHIP
DOCKS, A DUTCH OFFICIAL REVIEWS THE FILM TO SEE THAT ALL REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.
IRELAND

     PM(B)
    "TACKLING THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION."  IRISH PRESS.
    DOCHERTY, JOHN
    ENGLISH                 0«/18/7«  PGS
    *WATER
                      EPA
               ID#   02131A

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501,10 WASTE

NORWAY

     PM(B)
"OSLO PLANS DEPOSIT FOE SCRAPPING AUTOS."  DIE WELT, NO.  120.
                                                             EPA
                                                      ID*   02016A
GERHSN
05/25/7U  PCS  16
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                         THIS ARTICLE OUTLINES A PLAN UNDER CONSIDERATION  BY  THE  MINISTRY  OF ENVIRONMENT IN OSLO TO
                     ENCOURAGE THE DISPOSAL OF OLD CARS IN A MANNER FAVORABLE TO  THE  ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE ENERGY
                     CYCLE.  AS ORGANIZATION, SUPPORTED BY A YEARLY FEE LEVIED ON MOTORISTS, WOULD BE ESTABLISHED TO
                     COLLECT VEHICLES READY TO BE JUNKED AND TO RECYCLE USABLE PARTS  AND  METALS.  FINAL OWNERS WOULD BE
                     ABLE TO RECLAIM A PART OF THE FEES PAID TPROUGH THE YEARS BY DELIVERING AN OLD VEHICLE TO AN
                     OFFICIAL REDEMPTION CENTER WHERE THEY WOULD  BE PAID A PREDETERMINED  AMOUNT FOR A GIVEN MODEL.
UNITED STATES

     PM (A)
RESEARCH AND MONITORING:  CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  ACTION
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY                EPA
ENGLISH                 10/00/72  PCS  1-16            ID*   02053A
*GENSRAL       AIR           WATER         PESTICIDES    RADIATION
                                                                                                 NOISE
WATER

AUSTRALIA

     PM(A)
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN TASMANIA.

ENGLISH                 10/00/72  PGS  3-18
ALSO SE
*GENERAL       AIR           SOLID WASTE
                                     EPA
                              ID#  02150A
AUSTRIA


     PM(B)
GESONDHEITS- UND OMWELTSCHOTZPLAN DBS BUNDESMISISTERIUMS  FUER  GESUNDHEIT UNO
UMWELTSCHUTZ.   (HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  UNDER THE  MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT)
AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION   EPA
GERMAN                            PGS   1-79            ID*  02072A
"•ISSUED AFTER 05/23/72
*GENERAL       AIR           SOLID WASTE   RADIATION     NOISE

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                                                                                                                                    48
WATER

BELGIUM
     LF(A)
BELGIUM
     LE(A)
    "OCT. 6, 1972 ROYAL DECREE...LAW OF MARCH  26,  1971  ON  THE PROTECTION OF SURFACE
    WATERS AGAINST POLLUTION."  BULLETIN USUEL DES  LOIS ET ARRETES.
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                  10/25/72  PGS  712             ID#  00549B

    THIS DECREE PROVIDES THE DATES ON WHICH THE  VARIOUS ARTICLES  OF THE LAW OF MARCH 26, 1971 ARE
TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT.  THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND  THE FAMILY  IS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
ENFORCEMENT OF THIS DECREE.


    "JAN. 23, 1974 ROYAL DECREE ON DISCHARGE OF  WASTEWATER INTO PUBLIC SEWERS AND
    SURFACE WATERS."  MONITEUR BELGE, FEB. 15, 1974.
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH*                 02/15/74  PGS  2248-2257       ID*   00549C
    *ALSO FLEMISH

    THIS DECREE, SUPPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW OF MARCH 26, 1971,  DIVIDES WASTEWATER
INTO TWO CATEGORIES:  HASTEWATER FROM DOMESTIC SOURCES  AND FROM COMMERCIAL SOURCES; DETAILED
DEFINITIONS OF BOTH CATEGORIES ARE PROVIDED.  THE DECREE ALSO  SPECIFIES CONDITIONS  UNDER WHICH
WASTEWATER MAY BE DISCHARGED INTO PUBLIC SEWERS  OR  SURFACE WATERS  (THE LATTER INCLUDING COASTAL
WATERS, INTERNAL WATER NETWORKS AND ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYS), AND  STATES REQUIREMENTS  FOR  PURIFICATION
INSTALLATIONS.  ALSO PROVIDED IN THE DECREE IS A DESCRIPTION  OF THE PROCEDURE TO  BE FOLLOWED FOR
SAMPLING AND ANALYZING VARIOUS WASTEWATERS; ANALYSES ARE TO BE  SENT TO THE DIRECTOR OF  THE
ASSOCIATION FOR WATER PURIFICATION.  FINALLY, THE DECREE STATES THE PERIOD OF TIME  WITHIN WHICH
THE LAW OF MARCH 26, 1971 MUST BE IMPLEMENTED AND DESIGNATES  THE  MINISTER  OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENT AS THE OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTION OF THE  DECREE.
BELGIUM


     LR(A)
    JAN. 23, 1974 DECREES IMPLEMENTING THF LAW OF MARCH 26,  1971.   MONITEUR
    BELGE, FEBRUARY 15, 1974.
    FRENCH*
    *ALSO FLEMISH
02/15/74  PGS  2258-2263
ID#  00549D
                         THE FIRST OF THESE DECREES PROVIDES A PRECISE CHEMICAL DEFINITION  OF  A  UNIT OF POLLUTION IN
                     WASTEWATER; THE SECOND DECREE STATES THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PERMISSIBLE POLLUTION AS BEING 5,000
                     OF THE AFOREMENTIONED UNITS OF POLLUTION.  IN THE THIRD DECREE IS DISCUSSED  THE TERMS  AND AMOUNTS
                     OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY TO PRIVATE ENTERPRISES FOR WATER PURIFICATION  WITHIN  THE  PERIOD  FROM
                     JANUARY 1, 1974 TO MAY 1, 1979.  THE FINAL DECREE PROVIDES THE PROCEDURES AND TIME-LIMITS FOR
                     APPEALS REGARDING THE LAW OF MARCH 26, 1971.

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WATER

BRAZIL
     LH(A)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
    "DECREE NO. 73.030 OP OCTOBER 30, 1973."  COLECJO DAS LEIS DA REPUBLICA
    FEDERATIVA DO BRASIL 1973, VOL VIII, TOHO I
                                                                 EPA
    PORTUGUESE              00/00/74  PGS  160-162        ID#  02037B
    ALSO PMA
    *GENERAL
BRAZIL

     PH(B)
                         "CONTROL OF POLLUTION IN THE NORTPEAST."  0 GLOBO
    PORTUGUESE
     AIR
07/23/74  PGS  6
                                                                 EPA
                                                          ID*  02084A
                         THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE BRAZILIAN SECRETARY  OF THE  ENVIRONMENT AND THE
                     SUPERINTENDENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHEAST  (SUDENE) HAVE SIGNED  AN  AGREEMENT  FOR  COOPERATION
                     IN THE CONTROL OF URBAN AND RURAL POLLUTION IN THE NORTHEASTERN  PART OF BRAZIL.   THE  SUDENE
                     REPORTS ITS ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT  WHO IN  TURN HAS AGREED
                     TO LEND ALL NECESSARY SUPPORT TO THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY  SUDENE  TO CONTROL POLLUTION  OF THE AIR
                     AND WATER.  THE SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT HAS ALSO OBTAINED INFORMATION FROM THE STATE
                     COMMISSION FOR CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION AND FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY IN RECIFE ON THE PROGRAMS
                     FOR CONTROLLING DISCHARGES INTO THE JABOATAO RIVER AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF TPE  STATE OF
                     PERNAMEOCO.
BRAZIL

     PM(B)
    "INDUSTRIES PREFER TO PAY FINES RATHER THAN AVOID POLLUTION."  0 GLOBO
                                                                 EPA
    PORTUGUESE              08/04/74  PGS  11             ID#  02085A

    ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE HEAD OF THE INDUSTRIAL WASTE SERVICE  OF  THE INSTITUTE
OF SANITARY ENGINEERING HAS REPORTED THAT MANY OF THE INDUSTRIES AROUND  RIO  DE JANEIRO ARE FINDING
IT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE TO PAY FINES PERIODICALLY RATHER THAN INSTALL ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT,
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST OBSTACLES IN SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF WATER POLLUTION.   A COMMISSION
COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE GUANABARA SANITATION ENTERPRISE AND THE INSTITUTE OF SANITARY
ENGINEERING OF THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE IS STUDYING THE PROBLEM, AND, RECENTLY, THE INSTITUTE
OF SANITARY ENGINEERING HAS PROVIDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT NETWORK INTO
W»ICH INDUSTRIES MAY DISCHARGE EFFLUENTS.  NORMALLY, INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN SUBJECT  TO FEES OR FINES
FOR DISCHARGING UNTREATED EFFLUENTS INTO RIVERS, GUANABARA BAY OR INTO SEWAGE SYSTEMS.

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WATER

BULGARIA


     LR(A)
    "DECREE ON ISSDANCE OF PERMITS FOR CONSTRUCTIONS OR  OTHER  PROJECTS  WHICH MAY
    BE HARMFUL TO WATERCOURSES."  D'RZHAVEN VESTNIK, NO.  82.
                                                                  EPA
    BULGARIAN               10/16/73  PCS  3-1             ID*   02138A

    THIS DECREE, ISSUED BY THE BULGARIAN MINISTRY RESPONSIBLE  FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,
REQUIRES THAT ANY CONSTRUCTION OR OTHER UNDERTAKING WHICH  IS POTENTIALLY  HARMFUL TO WATERCOURSES
BE AUTHORIZED BY THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENT.  PERMITS ARE  ALSO  REQUIRED FOR PROJECTS
THAT MAY CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF A WATERCOURSE, SUCH AS  THE BUILDING OF DAMS.   CONSTRUCTIONS
THAT ARE PART OF EROSION-PKEVENTION MEASURES, HOWEVER, NEED NOT  BE AUTHORIZED.   THE PROCEDURE FOR
OBTAINING PERMITS IS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL.  PERMITS MAY BE  REVOKED BY THE  ISSUING AUTHORITY IF
ESTABLISHED CONDITIONS ARE NOT MET; REFUSALS, ALTERATIONS, OR  SUSPENSIONS OF PERMITS MAY BE
APPEALED.  VIOLATIONS OF THIS DECREE ARE PUNISHABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE PENAL CODE.
CANADA


     LR(A)
    "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION ACT, 1970  (DEPT.
    STATUTES OF CANADA 1970, 2D SUPPLEMENT.
        OF THE ENVIRONMENT ACT)," REVISED
    ENGLISH*
    *ALSO FRENCH
    *GENERAL
PGS  177-195
ID*
  EPA
02011A
                                        AIR
CANADA

     PM(B)
    "DIFFICULTY IN ASSESSING POLLUTION IS HINDRANCE."
    PERRY, CHARLES
    ENGLISH                 07/11/7«  PGS
                 MAIL STAR
                           EPA
                    ID*  02126A
                         TPIS CANADIAN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT DR. WILLIAM FORD,  DIRECTOR  OF  THE BEDFORD
                     INSTITUTE, COMMENTING ON THOR REYERDAHL'S STATEMENT THAT THE WORLD'S  OCEANS  ARE A  "ROTTING APPLE,"
                     SAYS THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IT IS TOO LATE TO TAKE EFFECTIVE  ACTION.   HOWEVER, DIFFICULTY IN
                     CALCULATING THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE BY MAN-BADE- POLLUTANTS IS A MAJOR  OBSTACLE  IN  EFFORTS  TO PRESERVE
                     THE ECOLOGY OF THE SEAS.  WORLDWIDE RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO CALCULATE THE  INPUT OF POLLUTION INTO
                     THE OCEANS AND THE OCEANS' ABSORPTION CAPACITY.  OIL SPILLS, FOR EXAMPLE,  ENDANGER BEACHES, BUT
                     THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE SEAS'  ECOLOGY OR ON COMMERCIAL
                     FISHING.  THE DIRECTOR FEELS THAT THfi UN LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE, WHICH  IS TRYING TO  DEVELOP A
                     LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO SOLVE SUCH PROBLEMS AND CREATE AN AESTHETIC  VALUE  RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL
                     CONCERNS, IS A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

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WATFR

CANADA

     P«(B)
"DAVIS CLAIMS ZONE TO KEEP TANKERS ODT."  THE SON.

ENGLISH                 07/05/74  PGS
                                     EPA
                              ID*  02127A
                         THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON COMMENTS MADE BY THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT  MINISTER
                     SPEAKING ON THE UNITED NATIONS LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA.   THE  MINISTER
                     SAID THAT A 200-MILE ECONOMIC LIMIT WILL PROBABLY BE ACCEPTED BY MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF  THE
                     UNITED NATIONS MEMBERSHIP.  THE 200-MILE LIMIT WILL BE EASIER TO ENFORCE THAN  CANADA'S PRESENT
                     THREE-MILE LIMIT, SINCE AIRCRAFT AND SATELLITES CAN BE USED TO KEEP TRACK OF SHIPS  IN THE AREA.
                     IN ADDITION, CANADA WILL BE ABLE TO CHARGE FOREIGN NATIONS WHO WANT TO FISH WITHIN  THE 200-MILE
                     LIMIT.  THE MINISTER HOPES THAT THE LARGER ZONE WILL INFLUENCE UNITED STATES TANKERS  TO GO
                     OUTSIDE CANADA'S INLAND SEA AND THAT IT WILL DISCOURAGE UNITED STATES PLANS TO CHANNEL MORE
                     TANKER TRAFFIC THROUGH WEST COAST WATERS, THUS AFFORDING MORE PROTECTION TO THE  BRITISH COLUMBIA
                     COAST.
CHINA,REPUBLIC OF

     PM(B)
REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
                                                             EPA
ENGLISH                 06/00/73  PGS  1-20           ID#  02100A
*AIR
COSTA RICA

     PM(A)
"NEW INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION."  LA REPUBLICA
                                                             EPA
                                                      IDS  02120A
SPANISH
06/12/74  PGS  28
                         THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE PLANNING OFFICE OF  THE  PRESIDENCY OF COSTA RICA HAS
                     SENT A PROPOSED LAW TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PROVIDING  FOR THE CREATION  OF THE INSTITUTE FOR
                     HYDROLOGY, METEOROLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION.  IF APPROVED BY  TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE
                     ASSEMBLY, THIS LAW WILL CREATE AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTE THAT WILL ASSUME THE FUNCTIONS OF THE
                     NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE, THE NATIONAL SUBTERRANEAN WATER  SERVICE  AND OTHER OFFICIAL
                     ORGANIZATIONS DEALING WITH THE HYDROLOGICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL  CYCLES.   THE PROPOSED INSTITUTE
                     WILL BE RFSPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING AND APPLYING, ALONG THE GUIDELINES OF THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
                     PLAN, A NATIONAL POLICY WHICH WILL REGULATE ALL THE  ACTIVITIES  AFFECTING THE WATER RESOURCES OF
                     COSTA RICA.  THE THIRD PART OF THE PROPOSED LAW, WHICH LISTS THE SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE INSTITUTE,
                     IS REPRINTED IN THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.

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WATER

CZECHOSLOVAKIA


     LR (B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                    52
    PECE 0 ZDRAVE ZIVOTNI PROSTREDI V CESKOSLOVENSKU
    IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA)
    CZECHOSLOVAKIA. ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
    CZECH                   10/19/72  PGS   13-19*
    *ALSO PAGES 28-30
    *NOISE         AIR
                          (FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
                              ID#
       EPA
     02159A
EEC
     PB(A)
    "CONTROL OF THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE OIL."  NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEHENT,  NO.  30.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  05/00/74  PGS  23             ID*   02156A
    ALSO LRB
     AIR

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECENTLY  PROPOSED  THAT THE COUNCIL OF
MINISTERS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ADOPT UNIFORM REGULATIONS ON  THE DISCHARGE OF
WASTE OILS, WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION.  THIS PROPOSAL  WAS  ACCELERATED
BY THE PREPARATION OF DRAFT LEGISLATION ON THE SUBJECT IN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS.   THE
EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL ASKS THAT THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE  OIL  BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH RE0SE
(REGENERATION OR COMBUSTION).  THE PROPOSAL ALSO CALLS FOR THE  PROHIBITION OF ANY TREATMENT OF
WASTE OIL CAUSING MORE THAN THE INEVITABLE MINIMUM OF AIR POLLUTION, THOSE HAVING HARMFUL EFFECTS
ON THE SOIL, AND OF ANY DISCHARGE OF WASTE OIL INTO SURFACE, UNDERGROUND,  OR COASTAL WATERS AND
CANALS.  COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL ARE TO BE CARRIED OUT, IF NECESSARY, BY SPECIALIZED
ENTERPRISES, WHOSE PAYMENT WOULD BE GUARANTEED BY FEES COLLECTED AT THE  RETAIL LEVEL ON THE SALE
OF OILS AND LUBRICANTS.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

     PM(A)
    "THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION:  SAVE THF WATER," LE PEUPLE.
    FRENCH
    *GENERAL
                                        AIR
07/03/74  PGS  1*
       EPA
ID#  02051A
FRANCE
     LR (B)
    TOUS LES PROBLEMES JURIDIQOES DBS POLLUTIONS ET NUISANCES INDUSTRIELLES
    (ALL THE JURIDICAL PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND NUISANCES)
    GRENIER-SARGOS, ALINE                                        LOC              LAW  FRANCE 7 GREN 73
    FRENCH                  05/01/73  PGS  1-190*         ID#  02060A
    *VARIOUSLY PAGINATED
     AIR           NOISE         RADIATION     SOLID WASTE

    THIS TEXT, ONE OF A SERIES ON LEGAL AFFAIRS PUBLISHED ENCYCLOPEDICALLY BY THE J.  DELMAS
COMPANY, SEEKS TO BRING TOGETHER FOR LAY READERSHIP THE VARIOUS FRENCH LAWS AND REGULATIONS WITHIN
THE CURRENT CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND TO DESCRIBE THE JURIDICAL MEASURES  ADOPTED IN
RECENT YEARS, PARTICULARLY AS THEY PERTAIN TO INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON  AIR  AND WATER
QUALITY.  THE TEXT OUTLINES THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,  CITES  MAJOR
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS, DESCRIBES THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS,  AND  POINTS UP
LEGAL CASES TO ILLUSTRATE HOW THE LAWS AND THE ENFORCEMENT CONTROLS WORK.  AIR, WATER,  AND  NOISE
POLLUTION LEGISLATION AND ENFORCEMENT ARE COVERED AS WELL AS THE PROTECTION OF CERTAIN  SITES
(AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARDS, MINING ESTABLISHMENTS, AND BUILDING PROJECTS) AND THE INTERNATIONAL
ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  (EUROPEAN APPROACH AND SHORT DESCRIPTIONS OF  THE  PROGRAMS IN
FORCE IN WEST GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, GREAT BRITAIN, AND THE UNITED STATES).

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HATER

FRANCE
     LR (B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   53
DROIT DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DE L1ENVIRONNEHENT  (LAW DEALING WITH
TPE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT)
LAMAROOE, JEAN
FREtlCP
 AIR           NOISE
         00/00/73  PGS
              RADIATION
                      LOC
1-97U          ID#  02061A
    PESTICIDES    GENERAL
                                                                                                       LAS  FRANCE 7 LAMA
                         THIS COMPREHENSIVE TEXT DESCRIBES IN DETAIL FRENCH GOVERNMENTAL  INSTITUTIONS FOR  THE
                     PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT; EXPLAINS FRENCH ENVIRONMENTAL  LAWS  AND REGULATIONS AS
                     WELL AS THEIR APPLICATION; AND COVERS THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS  AND THE TYPES OF PENALTIES FOR
                     VIOLATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RULINGS.  THE FIRST PART OF THE TEXT IS DEVOTED  TO THE PROTECTION OF
                     NATURE, INCLUDING SITES AND MONUMENTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, PARKS AND  NATURE  PRESERVES, FORESTS,
                     SOIL, AND FLORA AND FAUNA; THE SECOND PART, TO WATER, AIR, AND NOISE POLLUTION AND — TO A LESSER
                     DEGREE — POLLUTION FROM RADIATION AND PESTICIDES.  THE TEXT  IS WELL FOOTNOTED AND INDEXED.
FRANCE

     LR(B)
                         "MERCURY DISCHARGES STRICTLY REGULATED."  LE FIGARO.
FRENCH
*AIR
         05/27/74  PGS  9
PESTICIDES
                                                      ID#
                                                              EPA
                                                            0206UA
FRANCE

     PR(B)
"IN CALVADOS WITH THE POLLUTION HUNTERS."
AMBHOISE-RENDU, MARC.
FRENCH                  08/07/7«  PGS   15
                                                                     LE  MONDE.
                                       ID#
                      EPA
                    02022A
                         THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE WORK OF  THE  UNITS  FOR  INTERVENTION AGAINST MARINE
                     POLLUTION IN VARIOUS PREFECTORIAL DEPARTMENTS.  THESE UNITS WERE FIRST PROPOSED IN 1971.  PLANS
                     CALL FOR SUCH A UNIT IN EACH OF THE 2U COASTAL  DEPARTMENTS; TEN ARE CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL.  THE
                     PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ENFORCE ANTIPOLLUTION  STANDARDS FOR THOSE WHO DUMP WASTES INTO RIVERS
                     OR THE SEA.  FIRST, THE PRINCIPAL POLLUTERS  IN  EACH REGION  ARE  IDENTIFIED.  THESE AREAS ARE THEN
                     MONITORED, AMD SAMPLES ARE TAKEN AT UNANNOUNCED TIMES TWICE A YEAR.  THE SAMPLES ARE ANALYZED AND
                     THE RESULTS SENT TO THE INDUSTRIES OR COMMUNITIES INVOLVED, ALONG WITH A COMMENTARY OR WARNING
                     NOTICE.  THE ARTICLE REPORTS THAT IF THE SITUATION  IS NOT CORRECTED, APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION IS
                     TAKEN.

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HATER

PRANCE
     PB(B)
FRANCE

     PM(B)
    L'ORIENTATION ET LA BISE EN OEDVRE DE LA POLITIQUE DE L'EAU EN  FRANCE
    (DIRECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER POLICY IN FRANCE)
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  00/00/73  PCS  1-131          ID#  .02062A

    THIS BOOK, PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE "ENVIRONNEMENT" COLLECTION  BY LA DOCUMENTATION  FRANCAISE,
DEALS WITH THE MAJOR FACETS OF FRANCE'S WATER POLICY AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION  AS OF  THE END  OF 1972.
THE FIRST OF THE BOOK'S FODR PARTS REVIEWS THE ORIENTATION OF THE WATER POLICY  (VI PLAN),  STEMMING
FROM THE WATER COMMISSION'S RESEARCH AND PROM THE DECISIONS INCLUDED IN THE  GOVERNMENT'S SOCIAL
AND ECOSOMIC REPORT UNDER THE VI PLAN.  THE SECOND PART DESCRIBES THE PURPOSE, COMPOSITION,  AND
ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON WATER.  THE THIRD PART OF THE BOOK IS CONCERNED WITH THE
WATER BASIN FINANCIAL AGENCIES AND THEIR INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, ALSO DETAILING NEW PROGRAMS  THAT
THEY ELABORATED FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE VI PLAN.  THE LAST PART OF THE BOOK  DISCUSSES  THE
PERMANENT SECRETARIAT FOR THE STUDY OF WATER:  ITS ROLE, ITS PLACE  IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE
ORGANIZATION, AND ITS ACTIVITIES.


    LES PARAMETRES DE LA QDALITE DBS EAUX (THE PARAMETERS OF WATER  QUALITY)
    BREHOND, R. AND R. VUICHARD                                  EPA
    FRENCH                  00/00/73  PGS  1-179          ID*  020631

    PUBLISHED BY THE PERMANENT SECRETARIAT FOR THE STUDY OF WATER PROBLEMS UNDER THE AUSPICES  OP
THE FRENCH MINISTRY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, THIS BOOK REPRESENTS THE
FIRST PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF THE RESULTS OF THE NATIONWIDE INVENTORY  OF SURFACE WATER QUALITY
UNDERTAKEN IN FULFILLMENT OF THE DEC. 16, 1964, LAW ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND CLASSIFICATION OP
WATER (WATER LAW) .  THE TEXT INDICATES, ON A SUBSTANCE-BY-SUBSTANCE BASIS, TO WHAT EXTENT THE
DEGRADATION OF WATER QUALITY CONSTITUTES AN ENORMOUS WASTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND  THUS  JUSTIFIES
THE GOVERNMENT'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST WATER POLLUTION.
FRANCE
     PM(A)
    PROOET DE LIVRE BLANC:  LES PROBLEMES DE L'EAU EN ARTOIS-PICARDIE.   (WATER
    PROBLEMS IN ARTOIS-PICARDIE.)
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                            PGS  1-77           ID#  02076A
    *LATER THAN 1970

    THIS REPORT ON THE ARTOIS-PICARDIE BASIN IS ONE OF A SERIES OP WHITE PAPERS PREPARED BY THE SIX
FRENCH WATER BASIN AGENCIES.  THERE IS A DISCUSSION OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE REGION, ITS WATER
RESOURCES AND THEIR UTILIZATION, ITS SEVERE POLLUTION PROBLEM, AND A DIAGNOSIS OF THE SITUATION.
A SECOND SECTION DEALS WITH TERRITORIAL AND WATER POLICY PLANNING OPTIONS IN VARIOUS REGIONS OF
THE BASIN.  A DESCRIPTION OF THE KINDS OF ACTIONS NECESSARY TO DEAL WITH THE WATER PROBLEMS OF THE
AREA IS GIVEN.  INCLUDED AMONG THESE MEASDRES ARE POLLUTION RESEARCH AND THE APPLICATION OF CURRENT
TECHNOLOGY FOR POLLUTION CONTROL.  THE INTERNATIONAL (FRANCO-BELGIAN)  DIMENSIONS OF THE PROBLEM ARE
DISCUSSED.  THE CONCLUSION STRESSES THAT BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE POLLUTION PROBLEM IN
ARTOIS-PICARDIE THERE SHOULD BE NO DELAY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A DECENTRALIZED ANTIPOLLUTION
PROGRAM.

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                                                                                                                                   55
WATER

FRANCE
     PM(A)
    PROJET DE LIVRE BLANC:  LES PROBLEHES DE L'EAU DANS LE BASSIN  RHONE-
    MFDITERRANEE-CORSE.   (WATER PROBLEMS IN THF RHONE-MEDITERRANEAN-CORSICA  BASIN.)
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                            PGS  1-60           ID*  02077A
    *LATER THAN 1970

    THIS REPORT IS ONE OF A SERIES OF WHITE PAPERS TO BE PREPARED  BY THE  SIX FRENCH  WATER BASIN
AGENCIES TO AID THE FORMULATION OF A COHERENT AND INTEGRATED WATER AND  TERRITORIAL PLANNING
POLICY.  THE FIRST MAJOR SECTION GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE RHONE-HEDITERRANEAN-CORSICA BASIN, ITS
WATER RESODRCES, THEIR UTILIZATION AND QUALITY.  POSSIBILITIES FOR THE  FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF
INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE, AND TOURISM ARE CONSIDERED IN A SECOND SECTION.  THERE IS A RATHER DETAILED
DISCUSSION OF PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS RELATING TO BOTH THE QUANTITY  AND  THE  QUALITY OF
WATER.  POLLUTION CONTROL, WHILE NOT REGARDED AS AN END IN ITSELF, IS,  ACCORDING TO  THE GENERAL
CONCLUSION, THE 10ST PRESSING PROBLEM IN THE BASIN.  AN APPENDIX GIVES  TABLES OF THE AMOUNT OF
POLLUTANTS DUMPED IN THE BASIN IN 1969.
FRANCE

     PH(A)
                         THE ORIENTATION OF THE WATER POLICY-OF  PLAN  VI
    ENGLISH*
    *FRENCH
00/00/72  PGS  1-23
                                                                  EPA
                                                           ID*   02078A
                         THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS THE TEXT  OF  A  REPORT  PRESENTED  IN OCTOBER 1971 TO THE FRENCH NATIONAL
                     WATER COMMITTEE BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER  OF RURAL  CONSTRUCTION, WATERS AND FORESTS.  THE REPORT
                     ANALYZES THE RESULTS ALREADY ACHIEVED  AT THE  NATIONAL  LEVEL IN THE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF WATER
                     WITH A VIEW TO DETERMINING THE WATER POLICY GOALS  OF PLAN VI (THE 6TH NATIONAL FIVE-YEAR PLAN
                     OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT) AND  MEASURES  NECESSARY TO ATTAIN THESE GOALS.  THE FINANCIAL
                     AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE VARIOUS SECTORS  (NATIONAL, BASIN AGENCY, PRIVATE) AND THE
                     ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE POLICY ADOPTED ARE DISCUSSED IN SOME DETAIL.  BREAKDOWNS OF
                     EXPENDITURES FOR VARIOUS FUNCTIONS  AND SECTORS  AND SCHEDULES FOR THE CALCULATION OF SUBSIDIES
                     TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR WATER SUPPLIES  AND SANITATION SYSTEMS ARE GIVEN IN THREE APPENDIXES.
FRANCE


     PM(A)
    PROJET DU LIVRE BLANC DU BASSIN RHIN-MEUSE:   SYNTHESE  GENERALE DBS AVIS
    RECUEILLIS AU COURS DE LA CONSULTATION  (DRAFT OF  WHITE PAPER  FOR THE RHINE-MEUSE BASIN)
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                  02/01/73  PGS   1-U4*         ID*  02080A
    *VARIOUSLY PAGINATED

    THIS DOCUMENT IS A DRAFT OF A WHITE  PAPER  PREPARED  BY  THE RHINE-MEUSE BASIN FINANCE AGENCY AND
ADOPTED BY TEE WATER BASIN AUTHORITY.  THE  REPORT WAS COMPILED FROM RESPONSES TO A QUESTIONNAIRE
SUBMITTED TO INTERESTED PARTIES AT THE REGIONAL  AND DEPARTMENTAL  LEVELS BY THE BASIN FINANCE
AGENCY.  THE FIRST VOLUME CONTAINS THE WORKING DRAFT  OF THE WHITE PAPER AND A PROPOSED TEXT WHICH
INCORPORATES CHANGES BASED ON RESPONSES  TO  THE QUESTIONNAIRE, ALONG WITH EXPLANATORY MATERIAL.
THE SECOND VOLUME  (APPENDIX I) SIMPLY REPRINTS THE TWO  TEXTS, PRESENT AND PROPOSED.  THE THIRD
VOLUME  (APPENDIX II) CONTAINS THE QUESTIONNAIRE  AND THE TEXT OF THE RESPONSES FROM THE COMMISSIONS
FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE  TECHNICAL WATER COMMITTEES FROM THE VARIOUS  REGIONS
OF THE RHINE-MEUSE BASIN.

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WATER

PRANCE

     PB(A)
    "BASIN AGENCIES:  SIX MUTUALS TO FIGHT POLLUTION."   LE  MONDE
    REBEYHOL, YVONNE                                              EPA
    FRENCH                  11/07/73  PCS  36             ID#   02089A

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SIX  FRENCH WATER BASIN AGENCIES CREATED
BY THE DECEHBER 16, 196U, LAW AND PUT INTO OPERATION IN  1967 AND  1968.   THESE AGENCIES OPERATE ON
THE PRINCIPLE THAT A COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS EXISTS AMONG THE WATER  USERS IN A BASIN.  FEES PAID BY
USERS FOR WATER USED OH POLLUTION CREATED ARE USED TO FINANCE  VARIOUS  POLLUTION CONTROL AND HATER
PROJECTS.  ALTHOUGH THE "POLLUTER PAYS" PRINCIPLE APPLIES IN FRANCE, THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND
THE BASIN AGENCIES OFFER SUBSIDIES OR LOANS AT VARIOUS STAGES  TO  FINANCE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,
AND INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT.  SPECIAL LOANS ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST  NEW INDUSTRIES TO BEET
POLLUTION STANDARDS.  EXISTING INDUSTRIES COME INTO COMPLIANCE BY STAGES.  THE WORST POLLUTING
INDUSTRIES MAY BE ASSISTED IN THEIR CLEAN-UP EFFORTS BY  GOVERNMENT  FUNDS UNDER BRANCH CONTRACTS,
SUCH AS THE ONE AGREED TO BY THE PAPER INDUSTRY IN JULY  1972.   THE  OFFICE OF MINES HAS PROVIDED
ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS TO MONITOR AND ADVISE INDUSTRY.
FRANCE
     PM(B)
    "IN TWO MONTHS, 20 SHIPS CAUGHT DISCHARGING OIL ALONG FRENCH COAST:   WAR  ON
    POLLUTION PIRATES."  LE MONDE.
    AMBROISE-RENDU, MARC                                         EPA
    FRENCH       ,           09/03/7U  PGS  28             ID#  02090A

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE SOPHISTICATED MONITORING AND  SURVEILLANCE  TECHNIQUES USED
IN FRANCE, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE BRETON COAST, TO IDENTIFY CARGO SHIPS  AND TANKERS ILLEGALLY
DISCHARGING OIL AT SEA.  INFRARED CAMERAS, CONNECTED TO TELEVISION  SCREENS, SENSE HEAT DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN WATER AND SPOTS OF HYDROCARBONS.  SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED BY  BOAT  AND ANALYZED BY THE
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE FISHERIES.  THE REPORT OF THE VIOLATION IS SENT TO
FRENCH TRIBUNALS IF IT OCCURS WITHIN FRENCH TERRITORIAL WATERS; OTHERWISE, THE REPORT GOES TO THE
APPROPRIATE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION AND SANCTIONS.   IN  FRANCE, A  VIOLATION CAN
RESULT IN FINES AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE CAPTAIN.  IT IS FEARED THAT THIS  SURVEILLANCE WILL MERELY
FORCE DISCHARGE ACTIVITIES FURTHER OUT AT SEA.  THE ARTICLE STATES  THAT  THE PLACING OF A LITTLE
BLACK BOX ON EVERY TANKER TO ANALYZE AND RECORD ALL DISCHARGES WILL BE RECOMMENDED  SOON TO THE
APPROPRIATE INTERNATIONAL BODIES.
FRANCE


     PM(A)
    BILAN D'ACTIVITE DBS AGENCES FINANCIERES DE BASSIN "1969-1972."   (PROGRESS
    REPORT OF THE BASIN FINANCE AGENCIES 1969-1972.)
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                            PGS  1-15           ID#  02092A

    THIS PAMPHLET REPORTS ON THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE FRENCH WATER BASIN FINANCIAL  AGENCIES  SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF THEIR OPERATIONS IN 1967 AND 1968.  THE BASIN FINANCIAL AGENCIES WERE  CREATED  TO
ASSURE BETTER MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AND TO RAISE MONEY FOR POLLUTION CONTROL  AND  OTHER
WATER PROJECTS THROUGH FEES LEVIED UPON INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL USERS.  THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS
SEVERAL MAPS SHOWING THE LOCATION OF VARIOUS POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECTS, AS WELL AS A BRIEF
DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS PROJECTS AND STUDIES COMPLETED OR UNDER WAY.  THE STATED OBJECTIVES OF THE
BASIN AGENCIES IS TO DOUBLE THE TEMPO AT WHICH ANTIPOLLDTION INSTALLATIONS ARE COMPLETED.  THERE IS
ALSO A SECTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-fiESOURCES, FLOOD CONTROL, AND REGULARIZATION OF WATER
COURSES.

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FEANCE
     PM(E)
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    "POOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS:  M. JARROT PROPOSES TFE CREATION OF  A  NATIONAL
    WASTE AGENCY."  LE MONDE.
    AMBROISE-RENDO, HARC.                                        EPA
    FRENCH                  08/28/7H  PGS  1; 17          ID#   02093A
    ALSO LRB
    *GENERAL       SOLID WASTE
FRANCE


     PM (A)
    PROJET DE LIVRE BLANC:  BASSIN RHTN-MEUSE:  EAU ET AHENAGEHEHT.   (RHINE-HEUSE
    BASIN:  HATER AND PLANNING.)
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                  06/00/71  PGS  1-191          ID*   0209HA

    THIS REPORT ON THE RHINE-MEUSE BASIN IS ONE OF A SERIES OF  HHITE PAPERS  PREPARED BY THE SIX
FRENCH HATER BASIN AGENCIES.  ITS PURPOSE, ACCORDING TO THE INTRODUCTION,  IS TO HEIGHTEN
CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEBS, TO PROPOSE SOLUTIONS, AND TO CALCULATE  THE  COSTS, TO ENABLE THOSE IN
RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS TO BAKE DECISIONS WHICH FIT IN WITH A GENERAL WATER  POLICY FOR THE BASIN.
THE FIRST PART GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE RHINE-BEUSE BASIN, ITS  HATER RESOURCES, QUALITY, NEEDS,
AND UTILIZATION.  THE SECOND PART DEALS WITH HATER AND TERRITORIAL PLANNING.  THERE ARE THO
SECTIONS, ONE ON THE GENERAL ORIENTATION OF BASIN WATER POLICY,  INCLUDING  INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, AND
ONE OF THE VARIOUS POLICY OPTIONS OF DIFFERENT AREAS HITHIN THE BASIN.   POLLUTION CONTROL METHODS,
ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY MEASURES, AND FINANCIAL BEANS AND ECONOMIC RESOURCE BANAGEBENT ARE
DISCUSSED IN THE THIRD PART.  THROUGHOUT, EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON POLLUTION  CONTROL AND ON THE
PRESERVATION OF SUBTERRANEAN HATER TABLES FOR HUBAN CONSUMPTION.
FRANCE

     PH(A)
    THE DEVELOPMENT OF HATER BASIN AGENCY ACTION DURING  PLAN  VI.
                                                                  EPA
                                                           ID*  02096A
    ENGLISH
00/00/72  PGS  1-43
                         THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES THE  FRENCH  HATER  BASIN FINANCIAL AGENCY PROGRAMS TO BE IMPLEMENTED
                     DURING PLAN VI  (THE  6TH FRENCH  NATIONAL  FIVE-YEAR PLAN OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT),
                     1972-1976.  THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS  OF EACH OF THE AGENCIES' PROGRAMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT  OF
                     HATER RESOURCES AND  THE IMPROVEMENT  OF HATER QUALITY ARE GIVEN.  THESE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND
                     THE RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL  COSTS OF  THE AGENCIES ARE FINANCED PROM CHARGES IMPOSED ON INDUSTRIAL
                     AND MUNICIPAL USERS  WHICH APPLY TO THE QUANTITIES OF HATER TAKEN FROM THE RESOURCES AND TO THE
                     AMOUNT OF POLLUTANTS INTRODUCED INTO THE HATERS.  THESE SYSTEMS OF DUES ARE SET UP BY EACH BASIN
                     FINANCIAL AGENCY, WITH THE APPROVAL  OF THE HATER BASIN AUTHORITY.  THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM  IS  TO
                     CONTROL HATER POLLUTION BY A  MORE EQUITABLE  DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS AND TO OBTAIN A RATIONAL
                     TERRITORIAL DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT TO BENEFIT ALL USERS.  A SERIES OF TABLES AT THE END OF THE
                     REPORT SUMMARIZES THE PROGRAMS  OF EACH OF THE AGENCIES.

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WATER

FRANCE
     PB(B)
GERMANY,FED RFP OF

     LR (B)
    ANNUAIRE DE LA QUALITE DES EAOX:  RIVIERES ET CANAUX 1971  (WATER QUALITY
    YEARBOOK:  RIVERS AND CANALS 1971)
                                                                • EPA
    FRENCH                            PGS  1-407          IDi  02116A
    ALSO ST/*LATER THAN DECEBBER 1971

    THIS YEARBOOK PRESENTS AN INVENTORY OF THE DEGREE OF POLLUTION OF RIVERS AND CANALS  IN
FRANCE IN 1971.  THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 100 PERMANENT CHECKPOINTS AT WHICH SAMPLES ARE  TAKEN  AND
ANALYZED MONTHLY.  THE RESULTS OF THESE ANALYSES, HONTH-BY-MONTH, ARE GIVEN ON TWO PAGES OF
TABLES FOR EACH OF THE CHECKPOINTS.  THIS IS FOLLOWED BY A ONE-PAGE STATISTICAL SUMMARY  FOR THE
YEAR.  PRECEDING THESE TABLES IS A DETAILED MAP SHOWING THE PRECISE LOCATION OF THE CHECKPOINT.
THE REPORT IS ARRANGED BY WATER BASIN:  ARTOIS-PICARDIE, RHINE-MEUSE, SEINE-NORMANDY, LOIRE-
BRITTANY, ADOUR-GARONNE, AND RHONE-MEDITERRANEAN-CORSICA.


    "MAKING A FORTUNE FROM TOXIC WASTES."  FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE.
    BEWERUNGE, LOTHAE                                            EPA
    GERMAN                  03/18/7«  PGS  7              IDf  00478D
     SOLID WASTE

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THOSE ACCUSED OF HAVING TRANSPORTED ARSENIC-LADEN SLUDGE TO
UNPROTECTED DUMPS IN THE FEDERAL STATES OF NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA AND LOWER SAXONY IN SUMMER
1971. ARE NOW TO BE TRIED ON CHARGES OF FRAOD AND VIOLATION OF THE WATER MANAGEMENT LAW.  IF
FOUND GDILTY, THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF CIVIL SUITS FOR DAMAGES.  THE ARTICLE
RECAPITULATES THE STAGES OF THE FRAUD, WHICH, WHEN UNCOVERED, ULTIMATELY HELPED HASTEN THE
PASSAGE OP FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     LR (B)
    "THERMO OIL CONTAMINATES PURIFICATION PLANT AND THE BOTTWAR."  STUTTGARTER
    ZEITUNG.
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  OH/22/7U  PGS  15             ID*  OOU78E

    TPIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT A GERMAN PLYWOOD MANUFACTURER IN OBERSTENFELD NEAR THE CITY OF
LUDWIGSBURG STANDS ACCUSED OF A PUNISHABLE OFFENSE UNDER THE WATER MANAGEMENT LAW FOR HAVING
DISCHARGED LARGE QUANTITIES OF OIL INTO THE BOTTWAR VALLEY PURIFICATION PLANT.  THE FIRM MAINTAINS
THAT THE OCCURRENCE WAS AN ACCIDENT.  ALTHOUGH AUTHORITIES AGREE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF INTENT
TO POLLUTE IN THIS INSTANCE, THEY STATE THE FIRM HAS FOR YEARS FAILED TO SUBMIT AS REQUESTED A
DETAILED DISCHARGE PLAN FOR THE INSPECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITIES.  THE FIRM HAS PREVIOUSLY
PAID TWO NOMINAL FINES FOR LETTING OILY WASTES ENTER THE SYSTEM.  AUTHORITIES ADMIT, HOWEVER, THAT
EVEN HIGH FINES HAVE LITTLE DETERRENT EFFECT ON HIGH-INCOME WATER POLLUTERS.

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WATER
GERMANY,FFD REP OF
     LK (A)
    "DECEMBER 23, 1968.  LAW ON MEASURES FOR GUARANTEEING WASTE OIL DISPOSAL  (WASTE
    OIL LAW)."  BUNDESGESETZELATT, PART I, NO. 97.
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  12/26/68  PGS  1419-11122      ID#  02028A

    THIS LAW PROVIDES FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL  OF  WASTE  OIL  IN SET
QUANTITIES AT NO COST TO THE PRODUCER 3Y ESTABLISHING A GOVERNMENT RESERVE FUND  FROM WHICH TO
SUBSIDIZE PRIVATE CONCERNS ASD LEGAL ENTITIES THAT COLLECT AND DISPOSE  OF  WASTE  OIL  FOR OTHERWISE
UNCOMPENSATED EXPENSES.  THE RESERVE FUND, ADMINISTERED BY THE FEDERAL  OFFICE  OF TRADE AND
INDUSTRY, IS TO BE SUPPORTED BY AN EQUALIZATION LEVY ON CITED CLASSES OF LUBRICATING OILS.
TO INCREASE SUPERVISION OF WASTE OILS, THE GOVERNMENT IS GIVEN THE RIGHT TO INSPECT  PREMISES,
TAKE SAMPLES AND EXAMINE RECORDS.  COMPANIES WHICH PRODUCE OR RECEIVE YEARLY SINIMUMS OF
CERTAIN TYPES OF WASTE OILS ARE TO KEEP OFFICIAL RECORD BOOKS DESIGNATING  PRODUCT NATURE,
QUANTITY AND LOCATIONS.  SHIPPING IS TO BE REGULATED IN WASTE OIL DISPOSAL BY  THE TRANSPORTATION
MINISTRY,.  FOR PURPOSES OF THE LAW, WASTE OIL IS DEFINED AS USED PETROLEUM, USED FLUID PETROLEUM
AND PETROLEUM REMNANTS IN CONTAINERS.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     LR (A)
    "JANUARY 21, 1969.  REGULATION FOR
    BUNDESGESETZBLATT, PART I, NO. 9.
                                                             IMPLEMENTING  THE  WASTE OIL LAW."
                         GERMAN
                            01/30/69  PGS  89-90
                                                                                ID#
  EPA
02028B
                         THIS REGULATION, ISSUED  BY THE  FEDERAL  MINISTRY  OF ECONOMICS, IMPLEMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE
                     WASTE OIL LAW  (DECEMBER  23,  1968) IN  THREE  AREAS:   (1)  FIRMS ELIGIBLE FOR SUPPLEMENTS FROM THE
                     RESERVE FUND FOR COLLECTING  AND  DISPOSING OF  WASTE OIL ARE DEFINED IN TERMS OF MINIMUM YEARLY
                     QUANTITIES TO  BE COLLECTED AND ACCEPTABLE METHODS  OF DISPOSAL.   ACCEPTABLE DISPOSAL METHODS NOTED
                     ARE REPROCESSING AND BURNING INSOFAR  AS  APPROVED FACILITIES EXIST.  (2)  THE MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF
                     FOREIGN MATERIAL  (NON-PETROLEUM  MATERIALS)  ALLOWABLE IN WASTE OIL TO BE COLLECTED IS SET.  ALSO
                     THE STANDARDS  ARE  NOTED  BY WHICH OFFICIALS  WILL CALCULATE QUANTITIES OF WASTE OIL COLLECTED BY A
                     COMPANY.   (3)  PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTERING AND COLLECTING THE EQUALIZATION LEVY, WHICH IS TO
                     SUPPORT THE RESERVE FUND, ARE DELINEATED.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     LR(A)
    "DECEMBER 2, 1971.  SECOND REGULATION FOR  IMPLEMENTING  THE  WASTE OIL LAW."
    BUNDESGESETZBLATT, NO.  124.
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                   12/09/71  PGS   1939-1942      ID#   02028C

    THIS REGULATION, ISSUED  BY THE INTERIOR  MINISTRY  AND THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH, FAMILY AND HEALTH,
IMPLEMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE WASTE OIL LAW  DECLARING  THAT FIRMS POSSESSING OR ASSUMING POSSESSION
OF AT LEAST 500 KG OF CERTAIN WASTE OILS PER YEAR  MUST  KEEP AN  OFFICIAL RECORD BOOK DESIGNATING
NATURE, QUANTITY AND LOCATION OF THE  WASTE  OIL AT  ANY TIME.  THE REGULATION PRESCRIBES THE FORM OF
THE RECORD, THE NATURE AND  FORM OF THE ENTRIES AND FREQUENCY OF ENTRIES.  IT FURTHER CITES
DOCU1ENTS NECESSARY IN SUPPORT OF ENTRIES AND  THE  LENGTH OF TIME THE RECORD AND SUPPORTIVE MATERIAL
MUST BE MAINTAINED AFTER THE FINAL ENTRY.   TWO SAMPLE SHEETS ACCOMPANY THE REGULATION, ONE
ILLUSTRATING INFORMATION REQUIRED OF  INITIAL OWNERS OF  WASTE OIL, THE OTHER, INFORMATION REQUIRED
OF THOSE WHO COLLECT WASTE  OIL FROM OTHERS.

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GERMANY,FED REP OP


     PM(B)
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                                                                                                                                    60
"EXPERTS:  ORIGINATOR PRINCIPLE INCREASINGLY CALLED  INTO  QUESTION," STUTTGARTER
ZEITDNG, NO. 86.
GERPIAN
*GENERAL
                                        NOISE
(W/11/7U  PCS  1
     SOLID WASTE
                                                       ID*   020UA
                                                                     AIR
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     P« (B)
"SMOG DANGER ON 50 DAYS."  UHWELT:  FORSCHONG, GESTALTUNG,  SCHOTZ,  NO.  3.
NEIKES, JOEG                                                 EPA
GERMAN                  06/00/73  PGS  28-31          ID#   02074A
*AIR
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     PM(E)
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE RUHR AREA," EIN PLANET VERROTTET:
DISKOSSIONSBEITRAG ZUB UMHELTSCHUTZ.
SCHENKEL, W.                                                 EPA
GERMAN                  00/00/71  PGS  213-228        ID*  02075A
*GENERAL       AIR           NOISE         SOLID WASTE
HUNGARY


     PM(A)
"AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN HUNGARY."  NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEMENT,
NO. 29.
                                                             EPA
FRENCH                  04/00/711  PGS  17, 19         ID*  02129A
ALSO LRB
*AIR
ICAO
     PB((A)
"ICAO CONFERENCE IDENTIFIES MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE AERODROME ENVIRONMENT,"  ICAO
BULLETIN, V. 29, NO. 7.
                                                             EPA
ENGLISH                 07/00/7U  PGS  9              ID*  02066A
*NOISE         AIR

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WATER

INTERNATIONAL

     PM(B)
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL IN EUROPE
7ROST AND SULLIVAN LTD., LONDON
ENGLISH                 12/00/73  PCS
ALSO SE AND LRB
 SOLID WASTE
               150
       LOG
ID#  02057A
                                                     TD789.E9F76  1973
                         THIS SURVEY DISCUSSES THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS  BEING REALIZED IN
                     SOLID WASTE CONTROL IN FIVE WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AS A RESULT OF  LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND
                     MODIFICATION.  THE PROBLEMS, EXPENDITURES, LEGISLATION AND FACILITIES  FOR SOLID WASTE CONTROL
                     IN DENMARK, FINLAND, NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN, GREAT BRITAIN AND WEST GERMANY ARE  EXPLORED IN DEPTH.
                     THE SURVEY CONTENDS THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH SIMILARITIES AMONG THESE COUNTRIES  TO FORMULATE
                     POSSIBLE UNIFORM SOLUTION BY CREATING SIMILAR NATIONAL POLICIES AND  WITH THE  CONSULTATIVE HELP
                     OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, WHICH IS PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED WITH SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFLUENCES
                     ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLLUTION CONTROL POLICY.  ALTHOUGH LAND DUMPING  WILL REMAIN THE
                     PRINCIPAL METHOD FOR REFUSE DISPOSAL, THERE IS A GROWING CONSIDERATION FOR  INCINERATION OF REFUSE
                     AND A SUBSEQUENT TIGHTENING OF REGULATIONS FOR DUMPING ON LAND.  EMPHASIS IS  GIVEN TO ECONOMIZING
                     REFUSE TRANSPORTATION WHICH PRESENTLY ACCOUNTS FOR 80 PERCENT OF EXPENDITURE.
INTERNATIONAL

     PM(B)
"THE RHINE HAS BECOME EUROPE'S BIGGEST SEWER," LE PEUPLE.
                                                              EPA
                                                      ID*   02052A
FRENCH
07/03/74  PCS
                         THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE WORSENING CONDITION OF THE  RHINE  AND  ON SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES
                     OF GROUPS WORKING TO SAVE THE RIVER.  ACCORDING TO A  MEMBER OF  THE  INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION
                     FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RHINE AGAINST POLLUTION, FORMED BY COUNTRIES  BORDERING THE RHINE, SOME
                     IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE BY THE  MILLIONS OF TONS OF  TOXIC PRODUCTS AND
                     INSUFFICIENTLY TREATED SEWAGE DUMPED INTO THE RIVER EACH YEAR.  THE MAJOR  CONCERN IS TO KEEP THE
                     RHINE SUFFICIENTLY CLEAN TO SERVE AS A SOURCE OF  DRINKING WATER.  LEGISLATION EXISTS TO AID IN
                     CORRECTING THE SITUATION, BUT HONEY AND MEANS OF  IMPLEMENTATION ARE LACKING.  THE SIX GERMAN
                     STATES THROUGH WHICH THE RHINE FLOWS HAVE FORMED  A COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RHINE, BUT,
                     LIKE ITS INTERNATIONAL COUNTERPART, THE GERMAN COMMISSION CAN ONLY  MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND HAS NO
                     ENFORCEMENT POWERS.  SPECIALISTS WARN THAT EVEN A MODERATE  INCREASE IN  POLLUTION COULD HAVE
                     DISASTROUS EFFECTS, TURNING THE LENGTH OF THE RHINE INTO A  VAST CESSPOOL.

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INTERNATIONAL


     PM(A)
INTERNATIONAL

     PH(B)
    "COUNTRIES BORDERING MEDITERRANEAN:  UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT TO FIGHT POLLUTION,"
    LE FIGARO.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  04/05/71  PGS  15             IDI  02068A

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE RESULTS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE OF  MEDITERRANEAN
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE ARAB COUNTRIES AND ISRAEL, CALLED BY THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY  UNION.   THE
PARTICIPANTS, MEETING IN ROME, REACHED UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT ON A FINAL STATEMENT EMBODYING  SEVEN
ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES CONCERNING THE MEDITERRANEAN WHICH THEY KILL ATTEMPT TO HAVE  THEIR
GOVERNMENTS PUT INTO EFFECT.  ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT A CONFERENCE BE CALLED  TO ADOPT
A REGIONAL CONVENTION SIMILAR TO THAT ADOPTED BY THE BALTIC COUNTRIES IN MARCH 1971, CREATING  AN
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION TO SEE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES AGREED OPON ARE CARRIED  OUT.   ALTHOUGH
EACH COUNTRY RETAINS SOVEREIGNTY OVER ITS TERRITORIAL WATERS, IT PROMISES TO HONOR CERTAIN
AGREEMENTS, SUCH AS A PROHIBITION ON DUMPING CERTAIN TOXIC SUBSTANCES INTO THE BALTIC.   THE
COUNTRIES ALSO AGREED TO TREAT MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE BEFORE DISCHARGING IT INTO  THE  SEA
AND TO HAVE OIL TANKER CLEANING FACILITIES IN ALL PORTS BY 1977, AMONG OTHER MEASURES.


    "CANADIAN-AMERICAN COLLABORATION ON MARITIME CLEAN-UP," LES AFFAIRES.
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  07/01/71  PGS                 IDt  02097A

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO COORDINATE
EFFORTS TO CONTAIN AND CLEAN UP HYDROCARBONS AND OTHER POLLUTANTS THREATENING THEIR COASTAL
REGIONS AND ADJACENT WATERS (AS DEFINED IN THE 1909 TREATY ON LIMITROPHE WATERS).  THE PLAN OF
EMERGENCY ACTION WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IN TWO CASES:  (1)  WHEN THERE IS SERIOUS RISK OF POLLUTION
OF COASTAL AREAS OR WATERS OF BOTH COUNTRIES; AND (2)  WHEN A SPILL OF SUCH MAGNITUDE THAT  IT
REQUIRES THE INTERVENTION OF BOTH COUNTRIES OCCURS.  AUTHORIZATION OF BOTH COUNTRIES IS  REQUIRED
IN THE LATTER CASE.  THIS AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENTS AN EARLIER AGREEMENT ON THE WATER QUALITY  OF THE
GREAT LAKES, SIGNED APRIL 15,  1972.  THE NECESSITY OF SUCH AN EMERGENCY PLAN WAS FIRST STRESSED  IN
APRIL 1970 BY THE-JOINT COMMISSION IN A SPECIAL REPORT ON THE RISK OF POLLUTION BY HYDROCARBONS,
EUTROPHICATION, AND BOATS.
INTERNATIONAL

     PM(A)
    "BALTIC SEA. RESCUE IS ALMOST TOO LATE."  DIE PRESSE, NO. 7789.
    GRAFFENBERGER, GUENTER                                       EPA
    GERMAN                  03/20/71  PGS  12             ID#  02101A

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE SEVEN NATIONS LYING ON THE BALTIC SEA (THE USSR, POLAND, THE
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, DENMARK, FINLAND AND SWEDEN)
ARE TO SIGN THE HELSINKI CONVENTION WHICH WILL FORM THE BASIS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE
BALTIC.  A 15-POINT LIST WARNS OF ESPECIALLY HARMFUL SUBSTANCES, SUCH AS HEAVY METALS,
CARBOLIC ACID, CYANIDES, VARIOUS CONTROL AGENTS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND PLASTICS.  THE BALTIC
HAS BEEN CALLED THE DIRTIEST INLAND SEA IN THE WORLD.  SOURCES OF POLLUTION INCLUDE SOLID WASTES
FROM SHIPS AND FERRIES, ORGANIC WASTES FROM PAPER AND CELLULOSE INDUSTRIES AND MUNICIPAL SEWAGE,
AND ILLEGALLY DUMPED OIL FROM TANKERS.  EXPANDED POLITICAL RECOGNITION OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC IN THE LAST TWO YEARS MADE SUCH AN AGREEMENT POSSIBLE.

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INTERNATIONAL

     PM(A)
    "HOW DIRTT IS THE BALTIC SEA?"  DIE WELT, NO. 113.
    STEINERT, HARALD                                             EPA
    GERMAN                  05/16/71  PCS  16             ID*  0210tB

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DISCUSSES ASPECTS OP POLLUTION IN THE BALTIC SEA RELATIVE TO AN
AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN THE PURITY OP THIS SEA RECENTLY SIGNED IN HELSINKI.  A BALTIC STUDY YEAR
BASED IN COPENHAGEN IS PLANNED AS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE SIGNATORIES AND THE
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR EXPLORATION OF THE SEA TO DETERHINE PRESENT DEGREE OF POLLUTION.
CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF WASTEWATER IN VARIOUS STAGES OF TREATMENT ARE DISCHARGED INTO THE
BALTIC FROM THE SEVEN NATIONS ON ITS SHORES.  A HARKED INCREASE IN DEGREE OF POLLUTION HAS BEEN
NOTED IN THE AREA OF THE BAY OF DANZIG AND OTHER SOUTHERN REGIONS OF THE SEA, MANIFESTED BY LARGE
QUANTITIES OF PLANKTON.  WATERS NEAR SWEDEN WERE POLLUTED BY HERCURY FROM A FUNGICIDE PREVIOUSLY
USED IN FORESTRY.  POLLUTION HAS NOT CAUSED THE TOTAL FISH YIELD FROM THE BALTIC TO DECREASE.
THE BALTIC IS CHARACTERIZED BY SEVERAL SEA-FLOOR DEPRESSIONS WHERE WATER CAN STAGNATE AND BY
CURRENTS INTO AND PROM THE NORTH SEA.
INTERNATIONAL

     PM(B)
    "ERIE'S SEWAGE AT EBB?"
    LEVETT, BRDCE
    ENGLISH
 THE CITIZEN
09/03/7H  PGS  16
       EPA
TDI  02158A
                         ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THE
                     INCREASING RATE OF POLLUTION OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO HAS BEEN HALTED.  IN ITS SECOND ANNUAL
                     REPORT, THE COMMISSION ADMITS THAT THIS ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN HADE ON INCOMPLETE DATA AND HAS
                     CALLED FOR CONTINUED FINANCING ON THE PART OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES TO CONDUCT RESEARCH
                     AND TO COMPLETE THE JOINT CLEAN-OP PROGRAM OF THE LAKES.  THE COMMISSION IS SPECIFICALLY PRESSING
                     FOR THE RELEASE OF THE $9 BILLION IN IMPOUNDED U.S. FUNDS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED FOR THE PROGRAM.
                     THE COMMISSION'S REPORT ALSO CONFIRMS THAT CANADA WILL MEET THE 1975 DEADLINE OF THE JOINT
                     ANTI-POLLUTION PROGRAM, WHILE THE UNITED STATES WILL BE ABOUT THREE YEARS BEHIND.
IRELAND

     PM(B)
    "TACKLING THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION."  IRISH PRESS.
    DOCHERTY, JOHN
    ENGLISH                 Q'H/W/TH  PGS
     SOLID WASTE
                                     EPA
                              ID»  02131A
                         THIS ARTICLE RELATES RESULTS OF A SURVEY IN THE DUBLIN AREA TO DETERMINE WHAT  FIRMS  ARE  DOING
                     ABOUT POLLUTION, PARTICULARLY ABOUT WATER POLLUTION.  THE SURVEY REVEALED THAT  MONITORING  AND
                     EQUIPMENT VARIED, WITH SOME FIRMS SPENDING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS, OTHER LITTLE OR NOTHING  ON
                     POLLUTION CONTROL.  A PLANT WHICH PROCESSES PISH AND POULTRY STATED THAT IT CONTROLLED EFFLUENTS
                     INTO THE RIVER BY A SERIES OF SIPHONING SYSTEBS, DAILY INSPECTIONS OF DRAINS AND WEEKLY  INSPECTIONS
                     OF THE OUTLET INTO THE RIVER.  ANOTHER FIRM, MANUFACTURING STEEL WIRE AMONG OTHER  PRODUCTS,  NOTED
                     THAT ITS EFFLUENT WAS TREATED TO CONFORM TO A REQUIRED ACID/ALKALI BALANCE BEFORE  BEING  DISCHARGED
                     INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER.  THE FIRM HAS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE TO MONITOR ITS EFFLUENT.  A THIRD
                     COMPANY INVOLVED IN STEEL PRODUCTION CHANGED ITS ACID PICKLING PROCESS TO A SHOT-BLASTING  PROCEDURE
                     TWO YEARS AGO TO ELIMINATE WASTES THAT NEEDED DISPOSING OF OUTSIDE THE PLANT.   SEVERAL OF  THE
                     PLANTS HAVE DEVELOPED OR MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OR PROCEDURES TO COMBAT POLLUTION.

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MEXICO

     LR (B)
MEXICO


     PM(B)
    "POLLUTION IS VERY EXTENSIVE IN THE PANOCO RIVER BASIN."  EXCELSIOR
                                                                 EPA
    SPANISH                 05/OU/7U  PCS                 ID»   01650B

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE STATES THAT THE PANUCO RIVER BASIN,  THE FOURTH  LARGEST  IN  MEXICO,  IS
EXPERIENCING A HIGH DEGREE OF INDDSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION.   CONTRIBUTING TO THE
POLLUTION OF THE RIVER ARE SUGAR MILLS, AN OIL REFINERY, A DISTILLERY, A HEAT-PACKING HOUSE,
AND VARIOUS HUNICIPAL DISCHARGES LOCATED IN THE STATES OF SAN LUIS POTOSI, TAMAULIPAS,  AND
VERACRUZ.  IN TABPICO  (TAMAULIP4S) THE DIRECTOR OF WATER USE AND POLLUTIOH CONTROL OF THE
MEXICAN DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES HAS CONFERRED WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF  THE  PRINCIPAL
INDUSTRIES IN THE LOWER PANDCO BASIN TO DEMAND COMPLIANCE WITH  THE REGULATION  FOR  THE
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION.


    "RIVERS WHICH COULD BE WATER SUPPLY SOURCES FOR THE FEDERAL DISTRICT ARE BEING
    POLLUTED."  EXCELSIOR
                                                                 EPA
    SPANISH                 05/12/74  PGS                 ID#   02039A

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE WEEK-LONG CONFERENCE ON POLLUTIOH  PROBLEMS  ORGANIZED
BY THE NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO (UNAH).  ENRIQUE HERAS HERRERA,  A  PARTICIPANT
REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF WATEB RESOURCES (SRH), STATED THAT IMMEDIATE  ATTENTION WAS NEEDED
TO SAVE MEXICO CITY'S FUTURE HATER SUPPLY SOURCES FROM POLLUTION.  THE CITY'S  PRESENT SUPPLY IS
OBTAINED FROM THE LERMA RIVER BASIN AND FROM WELLS.  IN VIEW OF THE GROWING  DEMAND FOR  WATER THE
TUXPAN, PAPALOAPAN, AND BALSAS RIVERS HAY PROVIDE THE CITY'S FUTURE NEEDS.   HOWEVER,  THE
INCREASING RATE OF POLLUTION OF THESE RIVFRS MAY SOON MAKE THEM UNACCEPTABLE AS  WATER SUPPLY
SOURCES.
MEXICO


     PM(B)
    "60,000 DEAD EACH YEAR FROM TYPHOID IN THE COUNTRY:
    POLLUTED MEDIUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT."  EXCELSIOR
                             WATER IS THE MOST
    SPANISH
05/19/74  PGS
ID*
  EPA
02040A
                         THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE CITES A REPORT, IN PREPARATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
                     IMPROVEMENT (SNA), THAT CALCULATES THAT FOR EVERY PESO SPENT IN COMBATTING AIR POLLUTION  SIX  ARE
                     NEEDED TO WAGE A SUCCESSFUL FIGHT AGAINST WATER POLLUTION.  THE SMA IS PLANNING A NEW STRATEGY  OVER
                     THE NEXT THREE YEARS, CONSISTING OF THE OFFERING OF REWARDS TO AND ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES
                     THAT VOLUNTARILY HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION.  THIS STRATEGY IS NECESSARY, FOR IT WOULD
                     OTHERWISE BE TOO LATE OR TOO EXPENSIVE TO DEAL WITH WATER POLLUTION BY THE TIME LAWS OR REGULATIONS
                     FINALLY COME INTO FORCE.  THE SMA RECOGNIZED THE LERMA, SANTIAGO, LA LAJA, COATZACOALCOS, PANUCO
                     AND OTHERS AS THE WORST POLLUTED RIVERS, AS ARE LAKES CHAPALA AND PATZCUARO.

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WATER

MEXICO
     Pfl(S)
    "DAMAGE TO RIVERS IS TOO MUCH FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO CONTROL."
    EXCELSIOR
                                                                 EPB
    SPANISH                 05/18/74  PCS                 ID#  02042A
    ALSO PMB

    THE MEXICAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK HAS DECLARED, ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER
ARTICLE, THAT IT IS ECONOMICALLY AND TECHHICALLY INCAPABLE OF DEALING WITH THE RIVER POLLUTION
PROBLEM.  NOR CAN AN EVALUATION OF CROP DAMAGE CAUSED BY POLLUTED WATER BE GIVEN.  THE ONLY
EFFECTIVE CONTROL EXERCISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS IN THE AREA OF POLLUTED WATER
UTILIZATION FOR IRRIGATION OF COTTON.  IN THIS MANNER, CLEAN WATER CAN BE RESERVED FOR FOOD
CROPS.  HOWEVER, THE IMPACT OF POLLUTED-WATER IRRIGATION CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED AT PRESENT.
MOREOVER, AN ESTIMATED 250 MILLION CUBIC METERS OF SLUDGE ARE POURED INTO RIVERS EACH YEAR, MOST
OF WHICH IS AGRICULTURAL WASTE.  IN LIGHT OF ITS OWN INCAPACITY, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
HAS CALLED UPON THE GOVERNMENT TO UNDERTAKE A CAMPAIGN APPEALING TO THE PATRIOTISM OF MEXICAN
INDUSTRIALISTS TO ADOPT CORRECTIVE MEASURES.
MEXICO

     PM(B)
    "WATER POLLUTION WILL BE DETECTED
    RIVERO, IVEN
    SPANISH                 03/14/74  PGS
BY A NATIONAL

     2
MONITORING NETWORK."
             EPA
      ID*  02123A
                                                                                               EL DIA
                         ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THE ADOPTION OF POLLUTION CONTROL TECPNOLOGIES OF OTHER
                     COUNTRIES IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR MEXICO.  THE MEXICAN DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES REPORTS THAT
                     GOVERNMENT EFFORTS IN COMBATING WATER POLLUTION ARE NOW CENTERING AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
                     POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ADEQUATE FOR MEXICAN PROBLEMS.  TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, REGIONAL
                     CONSULTATIVE COMMISSIONS WILL BE CREATED TO STUDY POLLUTION PROBLEMS, AND 101 MONITORING STATIONS
                     WILL BE ESTABLISHED ALONG MEXICAN RIVERS TO MEASURE WATER QUALITY VARIATIONS REGULARLY AND ON  A
                     CONTINUING BASIS.  THE CAPACITY OF THE MEXICAN ANTI-POLLUTION INDUSTRY HAS BEEN STUDIED AND
                     ASCERTAINED.  IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE NEWLY CREATED CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING  IN WATER
                     QUALITY CONTROL WILL OVERCOME THE LACK OF COMPETENT TECHNICIANS IN THE FIELD OF POLLUTION CONTROL.
NETHERLANDS


     LR (B)
    "WATER AND THE PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES IN THE LOW COUNTRIES."  AGUA,
    NO. 77.
    CHELTINGA, H. B. J., & T. VERHEUL                            EPA
    SPANISH                 04/00/73  PGS  12-28          ID*  00530D
    ALSO PMB AND PMA

    THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE REVIEWS TPE WATER SUPPLY HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS AND  DISCUSSES  THE
PRESENT SITUATION AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPLY OF WATER RESOURCES.   THE
ACTIVITIES OF THE WASTE PURIFICATION INSTITUTE  (RIZA) AS WELL AS OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE,  REGULATORY
AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES HAVE CULMINATED IN THE PASSAGE OF THE 1969 LAW ON SURFACE  WATER POLLUTION.
THE PROVISIONS AND PROGRAMS ENVISAGED IN THIS LAW ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL.  IT  FUNCTIONS ON  THE
"POLLUTER PAYS" PRINCIPLE AND BY MEANS OF A PERMIT SYSTEM.  THE MOST NOTEWORTHY ASPECT  OF THIS  LAW
IS THAT IT EMPOWERS THE AUTHORITIES TO OBTAIN PAYMENT FROM POLLUTERS IN  PROPORTION TO THE
DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF THEIR DISCHARGES.  IN THIS MANNER, THE DISCHARGES OF UNTREATED WASTES WILL
NOT 3E PROFITABLE FOR INDUSTRIALISTS.

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SPAIN
     LR(B)
    "HATER POLLUTION IN 'ENVIRONMENT 73.•»  AGHA. NO. 78  (1973)
    VARILLAS, VICENTE ET AL.                                     EPA
    SPANISH                 06/00/73  PGS  26-45          IDl  02107A
    ALSO SB AND PBB

    THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE CONTAINS THE TEXTS OP THREE REPORTS PRESENTED IN APRIL 1973 DURING THE
"ENVIRONMENT 73" CONGRESS IN BILBAO, SPAIN.  THE FIRST REPORT ELABORATES ON THE WATER PROBLEMS OF
THE BILBAO REGION AND COMPARATIVELY SUMMARIZES FRENCH, GERMAN AND BRITISH LEGISLATION ON HATER
POLLUTION AND THEN DETAILS MAJOR SPANISH LEGISLATION ON WATER POLLUTION AND LISTS THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE OBJECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION.  THE LAST TWO
REPORTS EMPHASIZE THAT FINAL SOLUTIONS TO WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED
SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY, THROUGH CONSCIENTIOUS COOPERATION AMONG GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY AND THE PUBLIC,
AND BY CHANGING THE TRADITIONAL ATTITUDES AND CONCEPTS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AMD
UNPRECEDENTED TECHNOLOGICAL GROWTH.
UNITED STATES

     PB(A)
    RESEARCH AND MONITORING:  CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
    UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY                EPA
    ENGLISH                 10/00/72  PGS  1-16           ID#  02053A
    *GENERAL       AIR           PESTICIDES    RADIATION     SOLID WASTE
                                                                                                NOISE
UNITED STATES

     PM(B)
    BACKGROUND REPORT ON EPA ENFORCEMENT
    UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    ENGLISH                 07/25/74  PGS  1-UO
    ALSO LRB AND PMA
    *AIR           PESTICIDES
       EPA
ID#  02081A
UNITED STATES
     P«(B)
    ACTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.  STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT FOR AIR AND
    WATER POLLUTION CONTROL.
    UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY                EPA
    ENGLISH                 03/00/73  PGS  1-20           ID#  02083A
    *AIR

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WATER

UNITED STATES            THE ECONOMICS OP CLEAN WATER, 1973.
                                                                                      EPA
     SE ( )                EHGLISH                 00/00/74  PCS  1-120          ID»  02095A
                         ALSO PHB

                         THIS IS THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  AGENCY  TO THE
                     UNITED STATES CONGRESS PRESENTED IN JANUARY 1974.  THE REPORT FOCUSES  PRIMARILY  ON  SOME  OF THE
                     ECONOMIC FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1972 AHENDHENTS TO THE  FEDERAL  WATER
                     POLLUTION CONTROL ACT.  THE INTRODUCTION CONTAIHS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE REPORT  AND ITS
                     CONCLUSIONS.  THE BODY OF THE REPORT DISCUSSES:  THE NATURE OF AND TRENDS IN WATER  POLLUTANTS;
                     MUNICIPAL COSTS; INDUSTRIAL COSTS; NONPOINT POLLUTION  (SOIL LOSS, NITROGEN  FERTILIZERS); BENEFITS
                     FROM WATER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT; AND CONSTRAINTS.  THE CONSTRAINTS CONSIDERED ARE THE FINANCIAL
                     BURDENS PLACED ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND DIRECTLY DISCHARGING INDUSTRIES, AND THE CAPACITY  OF THE
                     CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT SUPPLY INDUSTRIES TO PUT IN PLACE THE REQUIRED CAPITAL.


VENEZUELA                "DECREE NO. 1127 OF NOVEMBER 15, 1972."  GACETA OFICIAL, NO. 29.959.
                                                                                      EPA
     LH(A)                SPANISH                 11/17/72  PGS  185-188        ID#  02170C

                         THIS DECREE STATES THAT THE COMMISSION FOR THE NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT  PLAN
                     WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF VENEZUELA'S WATER RESOURCES.  THE
                     ACTIVITIES AND PLANNING OF ALL PUBLIC BODIES MUST CONFORM TO THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
                     PLAN.  THS ACTIVITIES AND PLANNING OF PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE REGULATED  BY LAWS  WHICH
                     CONFORM TO THE PLAN.  THE DECREE LISTS THE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF  THE COMMISSION AND PUBLIC
                     BODIES IN FORMULATING AND ADMINISTERING THE PLAN AND ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE  CREATION OF LAWS AND
                     PROGRAMS TO REGULATE THE USE OF THE COUNTRY'S WATER RESOURCES.

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